Economic reforms and welfare systems in the USSR, Poland and Hungary : social contract in transformation
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Economic reforms and welfare systems in the USSR, Poland and Hungary : social contract in transformation
Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1991
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The socialist countries gradually built up a welfare system. Considered in a broader sense, the system includes not only social programmes existing in the West, but also job security and relatively low, fixed prices for food and shelter. Recently, Poland and Hungary have committed themselves to a market economy and the USSR is also considering an overhaul of the existing economic system. The transformation of the economic system has already brought about some minor changes and further major changes are pending. In this volume, the contributors analyze the rise of the socialist welfare system, its advantages and disadvantages. The main focus of the volume is the analysis of the changes already carried out and also those expected in the welfare system in the USSR, Poland and Hungary as a result of the economic reforms. The volume is the work of American, Canadian and Hungarian economists, all experts in the subject matter.
Table of Contents
- Social contract, Jan Adam
- drastic changes in the Soviet social contract, Janet G.Chapman
- the social contract - Soviet price and housing policy, Elizabeth Clayton
- health care in the USSR, Murray Feshbach and Ann Rubin
- social policies in the 80s in Poland - a discussion of new approaches, Henryk Flakierski
- economic reform and changes in the welfare system in Poland, Zbigniew M.Fallenbuchl
- recent trends in social policy in Hungary, Zsuzsa Ferge
- economic reform and new employment problems in Hungary, Janos Timar.
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