The Political and Social Construction of Poverty: Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition

ISBN-13: 9781447312710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 272 str.

Serena Romano

Opis

This book is the first to examine the social and political construction of anti-poverty programs in Central and Eastern Europe, which has faced serious hardships as it has transitioned from communist rule to capitalism beset by economic crisis. It explores a range of different attitudes held about poverty-stricken people and illustrates how the distinction between deserving and undeserving poor has evolved over the years, effected by external pressures from groups like the European Union and World Bank. By examining poverty policies against the commonly held attitudes about the poor that have influenced them, Serena Romano offers a new understanding of the many ways that different post-communist welfare states have dealt withand understoodcitizens facing economic hardship.
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Spis treści

Preface; Part One: The construction of poverty before 1989; Social policy in Central Eastern Europe; The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty; Poverty in transition; Part Two: Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition; East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model; The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma?; The construction of poverty in times of austerity; Conclusions;