Social Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union : Agency and Institutions in Flux.

Intro -- Contents -- PREFACE -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND WELL-BEING IN THE GLOBAL EAST: BRINGING THE 'SOCIAL' BACK IN -- PART TWO: POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: From Theory to Everyday Life -- CHAPTER 2: POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR POLICIES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION -- CHAPTER 3: EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY IN SOCIAL SCIENTIFICS TUDIES IN RUSSIA, 2000 - 2015 -- CHAPTER 4: INEQUALITY OF ACCESS TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN RUSSIA: THE CASE OF OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENTS -- CHAPTER 5: THE HIDDEN REALITY OF DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES OF THE WORKING POOR IN LITHUANIA -- PART THREE: POLICY ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- CHAPTER 6: IGOs' STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN MACEDONIA -- CHAPTER 7: BETWEEN MODERN DESIGN AND OLD POLITICAL HABITS: THE KOSOVAR PENSION SYSTEM UNDER THREAT -- CHAPTER 8: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHILD WELFARE INSTITUTIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN: LAYERING, HYBRIDIZATION AND MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS -- CHAPTER 9: THE IMPACT OF WOMEN'S AGENCY AGAINST POVERTY IN RUSSIA -- PART FOUR: WELFARE TRAJECTORIES AND ASSEMBLAGES -- CHAPTER 10: THE POLITICS OF PENSION REFORMS IN KAZAKHSTAN: PRESSURES FOR CHANGE AND REFORM STRATEGIES -- CHAPTER 11: DIVERSE HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE POST-SOVIETSPACE: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS -- CHAPTER 12: DIVERSIFIED CONVERGENCE: UNEVEN WELFARE TRAJECTORIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 13: REFORMING WELFARE ASSEMBLAGES IN SEMI-PERIPHERALSPACES: UNDERSTANDING 'DRIVERS OF INERTIA' IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA AND SERBIA -- CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES.

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