Conclusions
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Serena Romano
Abstract
In the last part of the book the main findings of our study are reviewed with a discussion of how the social and political construction of poverty in CEE countries has been driven by normative, functional, institutional and distributive dynamics. An attempt will be made to answer the question: what is the role of the communist past in the transformations that occurred in these welfare states? Are new anti-poverty programmes designed according to old, persistent ideas of deservedness and social justice? How do CEE countries construct the boundaries between the deserving and undeserving poor? Finally, the ethnic dimension will be examined as a silent yet existing variable that is apparently being increasingly used in post-communist countries as a criterion for reducing social rights to specific groups, as is the case of the Roma.
Abstract
In the last part of the book the main findings of our study are reviewed with a discussion of how the social and political construction of poverty in CEE countries has been driven by normative, functional, institutional and distributive dynamics. An attempt will be made to answer the question: what is the role of the communist past in the transformations that occurred in these welfare states? Are new anti-poverty programmes designed according to old, persistent ideas of deservedness and social justice? How do CEE countries construct the boundaries between the deserving and undeserving poor? Finally, the ethnic dimension will be examined as a silent yet existing variable that is apparently being increasingly used in post-communist countries as a criterion for reducing social rights to specific groups, as is the case of the Roma.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
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The construction of poverty before 1989
- Social policy in Central Eastern Europe 3
- The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty before 1989 27
- Poverty in transition 63
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Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition
- East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model 101
- The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma? 129
- The construction of poverty in times of austerity 173
- Conclusions 205
- References 221
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
-
The construction of poverty before 1989
- Social policy in Central Eastern Europe 3
- The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty before 1989 27
- Poverty in transition 63
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Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition
- East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model 101
- The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma? 129
- The construction of poverty in times of austerity 173
- Conclusions 205
- References 221
- Index 249
