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Transformation of welfare regimes

Transformation of welfare regimes. Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Comparison. Jan Drahokoupil Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung University of Mannheim Co-authored with Martin Myant (UWS UK). Outline. Welfare outcomes, including two revolutions

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Transformation of welfare regimes

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  1. Transformation of welfare regimes Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Comparison Jan Drahokoupil Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung University ofMannheim Co-authored with Martin Myant (UWS UK)

  2. Outline • Welfare outcomes, including two revolutions • Making sense of it: State of the art • Political economy of welfare reforms: Welfare adjustments, systemic reforms, comprehensive restructuring • How do the activation policies fit into this? & why our framework useful Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  3. Welfare outcomes 1: Socially related government outlays/GDP (2006, IMF) Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  4. Welfare outcomes 2: Eastern Europe (Total soc expenditure, 2006, Eurostat) Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  5. A silent revolution: Pensions Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  6. A revolution without adjectives: The flat tax Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  7. Making sense of it: State of the art • Explanations of outcomes • institutional inertia and post-communist policy legacies • Strength of welfare stakeholders • Weak labour and ‘illusory corporatism’ • Role of international organizations (particularly the WB) • Divided welfare constituencies as an outcomes of ‘strategic policy making’ • Fiscal and financial crisis • Role of neoliberal technocrats (if party system not institutionalized) Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

  8. Three types of welfare transformations Transformation of welfare regimes in Eastern Europe and the FSU / Jan Drahokoupil

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