CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Saric, Ivan |
|---|---|
| Title | Contemporary Theories of Political Economy and the Welfare State |
| Summary | This thesis examines contemporary theories of political economy and power with regards to welfare state development in the countries of former Yugoslavia. Two republics were selected for examination – Croatia and Slovenia. The first part of the paper examines external constraints – EU and IMF conditionalities – and concludes that they were insufficient to explain the outcome of neocorporatist welfare state. The second part of the paper deals with actors in the domestic political arena. The findings support Crowley and Stanojević (2011) but suggest that the lack of a strong nationalist movement was equally important to securing a neocorporatist outcome in the Slovenian case. Labor power and the Yugoslav legacy are confirmed as the leading factors effecting social protection spending levels. |
| Supervisor | Greskovits, Bela |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/saric_ivan.pdf |
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