Welfare States in Transition: East and West

By Irwin L. Collier

Social policy in East and West finds itself today in the middle of a fundamental transition. The former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union are attempting to create the institutions needed for a modern market economy and a modern democratic welfare state. At the same time, the mature welfare states of Europe are struggling to solve the contemporary financial crisis of their systems of social entitlements. Because of fundamental economic and demographic trends, these systems will become increasingly difficult to sustain over the coming decades.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333738454
• ISBN13: 9780333738450
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"