Welfare State Transformation in the Yugoslav Successor States: From Social to Unequal
Welfare states are the product of economic, political and social interactions, and undergo changes as these interactions transform. Existing welfare state theories mainly tend to explain the emergence and development of the welfare state in the western, industrialized and capitalist world. While the states of Central and Eastern Europe have recently been integrated in the academic discourse, the countries of the former Yugoslavia have been predominantly excluded from comparative analysis. Issues of nationalism and ethnic polarization have been prevalent there while socio-economic issues have been put on the back burner.
This book explores what happened to the strong social states and relatively equal societies which existed in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia, and looks into what accounts for these diverse outcomes. By investigating the applicability of the theories on welfare state development and typologization, it fills in the gap in the welfare state literature. It offers an original typology of social citizenship that takes into account the diversity of welfare policy formations across the region. The aim of this typology is not to compete with existing ones, but rather to offer a framework for better understanding of states that do not necessarily fit into known explanatory categories.
In a global context of changing economic circumstances and contending political responses, macroeconomic policy and welfare state reform become order of the day. By featuring the ways that states adjust to new pressures, this books arguments may come in handy to those trying to make sense of the crisis and the powers that drive the policy solutions.
About the author: Marija Stambolieva, University of Kassel, Germany.
Social Welfare Around the World
Series editor: Bent Greve, Roskilde University, Denmark
This series publishes high quality research monographs and edited books focusing on development, change in provision and/or delivery of welfare with a primary focus on developed welfare states. The books provide overviews of themes such as pensions, social services, unemployment or housing, as well as in-depth analysis of change and impact on a micro level. The impact and influence of supranational institutions on welfare state developments are studied as are the methodologies used to analyse the ongoing transformations of welfare states.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stambolieva, Marija, author.
Title: Welfare state transformation in the Yugoslav successor states : from
social to unequal / by Marija Stambolieva.
Description: Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015034252 | ISBN 9781472466389 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Former Yugoslav republicsSocial policy. | Former
Yugoslav republicsSocial conditions. | Former Yugoslav republics
Economic policy. | Public welfareFormer Yugoslav republics. |
EqualityFormer Yugoslav republics.
Classification: LCC HN632.5 .S73 2016 | DDC 306.09497dc23
ISBN: 9781472466389 (hbk)
ISBN: 9781315547541 (ebk)
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