CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Myshketa, Elvanda |
|---|---|
| Title | The Political Economy of Welfare States: The Divergence of Family Policies in Hungary, Poland, and Czech Republic |
| Summary | The restructuring of Central and Eastern European countries after 1989 has led to major transformations of political and social institutions. This paper focuses on the institutional legacies, political processes, and the new directions in the gendered nature of welfare state formation in Hungary, Poland, and Czech Republic. Theoretically, this paper builds on comparative welfare state analysis as well as on new institutionalism. The initial hypothesis is build on the assumption that the emerging patterns of family welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe diverge from the typology described in the comparative welfare state literature inasmuch as they diverge in relation to each other in the process of gendered welfare regime formation. This paper argues that despite various initial similarities in the pre-‘89, there are significant differences in the political institutional setting and post-communist maternal and family policy reforms in Hungary, Poland, and Czech Republic and consequently in women’s relationship to welfare state. The paper seeks to identify central economic and political actors, historical processes, and social variables that might explain the divergence of family policies across these countries. |
| Supervisor | Hancke, Robert |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/myshketa_elvanda.pdf |
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