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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Social Policy under Communism
2. Social Protection Policies and Safety Nets in East-Central Europe: Dilemas of the Postcommunist Transformation
3. Social Problems and Policy in Postcommunist Russia
4. Social Policy in the Economies in Transition: The Role of the West
Comment: Social Assets Divestiture in the Postcommunist Economies
Conclusion: Toward a Political Economy of Social Policy
About the Authors
Index
Overview
In the transition of the postcommunist countries from central planning to market economies, the role of the social safety net has become increasingly important and controversial. The dislocations caused by the transition-in particular unemployment and poverty-have increased the demand for social support. But the level of benefits set in the communist era is, in most of these countries, too high to be sustained without inflicting serious damage on their economies.
