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Title:

Small transformations : the politics of welfare reform - east and west / János Mátyás Kovács (ed) ; contributions by Helmut K. Anheier ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Lit,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xiii, 319 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Public welfare.
Public welfare--Economic aspects.
Public welfare--Europe, Eastern.
Public welfare--Economic aspects--Europe, Eastern.

Other Authors:

Matyas, Janos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

PART III. THE ROLE OF MEDIATING INSTITUTIONS: SOCIAL POLICY "FROM ABOVE" AND "FROM BELOW" [THE EXAMPLE OF UNEMPLOYMENT] -- Comments / Antoinette Hetzler. PART I. LOCAL WELFARE PROVISION: THE STATE, THE MARKET AND THE NON-PROFIT SECOTR [THE EXAMPLE OF HEALTH CARE] -- The non-profit sector and health care: a cross-national view / Helmut K. Anheier -- The context and outcome of health care reform in Slovakia / Martin Bútora et al. -- Privatization and decentralization in the Hungarian health sector / Éva Orosz -- Health policy reforms in the Czech and Slovak republics as a political process / Martin Potůček -- Changing the welfare mix - does it make a difference? The case of Germany / Annette Zimmer -- Comments / Jane Lewis, Christoph Sachβe -- PART II. BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY: NEW SOCIAL PROGRAMS [THE EXAMPLE OF THE PENSION SYSTEM] -- Public financing for long term care beyond residualism and full-coverage universalism / Adalbert Evers -- The actors in Hungarian pension reform / Zsuzsa Ferge -- Conditions for a successful refrom of Poland's pension system / Jerzy Hausner -- The pension reform debate: the example of Central and Eastern Europe / Dalmer D. Hoskins -- Individualising pensions / Alan Walker -- Comments / Nicholas Barr, Claus Offe -- PART III. THE ROLE OF MEDIATING INSTITUTIONS: SOCIAL POLICY "FROM ABOVE" AND "FROM BELOW" [THE EXAMPLE OF UNEMPLOYMENT] -- Social partnership in solving unemployment problems on the local level / Michal Boni -- Working with welfare: the transformation of US social policies / David T. Ellwood -- Renegotiating the Dutch welfare state / Anton Hemerijck -- Interest mediation in the politics of unemployment in Great Britian / Michael Hill -- Comments / Tamás Bauer, Antoinette Hetzler.

Series:

IWM studies in European thought Bd. 1

ISBN:

9783825864439
382586443X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52784655

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)