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This topical book examines the social and political construction of anti-poverty programmes in Central Eastern Europe and their transition from communist rule to the current economic crisis. It illustrates how the distinction between different categories of deserving' and undeserving' poor has evolved as the result of changing paradigms.

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"This volume will be of interest to both academics and domestic and international policymakers concerned with the persistent problems of welfare reform, poverty and social exclusion in Europe." LSE Book Review
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Preface; Part One: The construction of poverty before 1989; Social policy in Central Eastern Europe; The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty; Poverty in transition; Part Two: Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition; East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model; The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma?; The construction of poverty in times of austerity; Conclusions;

The Political and Social Construction of Poverty

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 29/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9781447312710, 978-1447312710
      ISBN10: 1447312716
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      Poverty and precarity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This topical book examines the social and political construction of anti-poverty programmes in Central Eastern Europe and their transition from communist rule to the current economic crisis. It illustrates how the distinction between different categories of deserving' and undeserving' poor has evolved as the result of changing paradigms.

      Trade Review
      "This volume will be of interest to both academics and domestic and international policymakers concerned with the persistent problems of welfare reform, poverty and social exclusion in Europe." LSE Book Review
      "An important contribution to social policy studies" Critical Social Policy

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Part One: The construction of poverty before 1989; Social policy in Central Eastern Europe; The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty; Poverty in transition; Part Two: Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition; East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model; The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma?; The construction of poverty in times of austerity; Conclusions;

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