3. Contested Liberalization: Russia’s Politics of Polarization and Informalization

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Welfare States and Postcommunist Transitions 1
6. 1. Old Welfare State Structures and Reform Strategies 31
7. 2. Non-negotiated Liberalization: Decentralizing Russia’s Welfare State and Moving It Off-Budget 55
8. 3. Contested Liberalization: Russia’s Politics of Polarization and Informalization 99
9. 4. Welfare Reform in Putin’s Russia: Negotiating Liberalization within the Elite 145
10. 5. Comparing Postcommunist Welfare State Politics: Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Belarus 193
11. Conclusion: Negotiating Welfare in Democratic and Authoritarian Transitions 239
12. Index 257