Download or read book Post-Communist Welfare Pathways written by Alfio Cerami and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism. It highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, power politics, path departure, and elite strategies.