CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Máté, Ákos |
|---|---|
| Title | Social Policy Pathways in the New Member States: The Cases of Hungary and Estonia |
| Summary | The goal of the thesis is to analyse the changing pathways of social policy within the new member states. The 2008 crisis created a severe shock in the European Union and the thesis sets out to assess the changes in social policy and institutions via the case studies of Estonia and Hungary. The literature on the various welfare state arrangements within the new member states categorizes Estonia as a liberal system, while Hungary is seen as a more social regime. The central question for the thesis is how the different types of welfare systems react to the influence of the European Union. Using historical institutionalism as theoretical framework the thesis maps out the changes in policies and institutions and comes to the conclusion that while internal characteristics of the new member states are still relevant the European Union showed capacity to influence policy formation after the crisis. |
| Supervisor | Csaba, László |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/mate_akos.pdf |
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