Left parties and social policy in postcommunist Europe
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Left parties and social policy in postcommunist Europe
Westview, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Beginning in 1993, left or communist successor parties have achieved electoral success in several postcommunist countries as critics of neo-liberal reform. They have focused their electoral appeals on the social costs of reform, promising greater public welfare and moderation of economic policies. The present volume examines the impact of these parties on social policy in Poland, Hungary, Russia, Eastern Germany, and the Czech Republic, asking: Do left parties commit greater resources to social policy, or are they constrained by finances, international pressures, or their own conversion to market ideology? Do they seek to promote a social-democratic model of the welfare state, or look to models that assign the state a more limited role? Are they acting opportunistically in appealing to popular grievances or effectively building a consensus around a policy agenda? Answers to these questions are used to address a broader theoretical concern: What does being "left" mean in the postcommunist context? }Beginning in 1993, left or communist successor parties achieved electoral success in several postcommunist countries as critics of neo-liberal economic reform.
They have typically focused their electoral appeals on the social costs of transition, promising more popular welfare and moderation of reform policies. This volume examines the impact of these parties on social and welfare policy in Poland, Hungary, Russia, Eastern Germany, and the Czech Republic, asking: Do they in fact commit more resources to welfare, or are they constrained by finances, international pressures, or their own ideological conversion to market solutions? Do they seek to approximate a social-democratic model of the welfare state, or look to models that assign a more limited role to the state? Are they simply opportunistic in appealing to popular grievances, or effective in gaining consensus on a policy agenda? The authors' answers to these questions are used to address a broader theoretical concern: Does "left" in the postcommunist context still mean the state's promotion of distributive equality, or have left-right divisions given way to a common acceptance of markets and minimal welfare?The contributors to this volume bring a range of expertise to bear on these questions.
Dena Ringold of provides an analytical and statistical overview of reform's impact on social welfare across postcommunist Europe, using the most recent data collected by The World Bank, UNICEF, and national governments. In a series of case studies, Linda Cook, Mitchell Orenstein, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, and Sharon Wolchik examine the varied social policy agendas and accomplishments of left parties across five postcommunist countries and three left party types, paying attention to the influence of policy legacies, financial constraints, and the roles of ideas and international actors. Three additional chapters focus on specific policy areas: Michael Cain on the political economy of pension spending in Poland, Robert Jenkins on the non-profit sector in Hungary, and Michael McFaul on transitional constraints on the policy process in Russia. A theoretical introduction by Dietrich Rueschemeyer on the relevance of the left-right divide after communism frames the volume, and the editors return to this question in their conclusion. }
目次
- Does Left Still Work As A Political Category: Pro And Con
- The Dominance of Catch-All Parties and Clustering at the Center (Anna Grzymala-Busse)
- Neo-liberal vs. Left in Eastern Europe (Mitchell Orenstein)
- Social Policy Debates And Outcomes
- Leftist Parties and Social Policy in the Former GDR (Marilyn Rueschemeyer)
- The Czech Republic: Left Parties in the Social Policy Debate (Ivan Fisera)
- Russia: Left Parties and Their Impact on Social Policy (Pavel Kudiukin)
- Social Policies in Poland and the Czech Republic (Mitchell Orenstein)
- Social Policy Transformation Since 1989: An Overview of the Statistical Evidence (Dena Ringold)
- Policy Processes
- Hungary: Social Policy and the Non-Profit Sector (Robert Jenkins)
- The Duma and Reform of the Russian Welfare State (Linda Cook)
- Transitional Constraints on Social Policy in Russia (Michael McFaul)
- Neo-Liberal Pension Reform in Theory and Practice (Michael Cain)
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