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Czech Exceptionalism? A Comparative Political Economy Interpretation of Post-Communist Policy Pathways, 1989–2004
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Abstract This article makes a plea for a more explicitly intentional and politicalstrategic analysis of post-communist public policy pathways. The author analyses a set of social and labour-market policies implemented in the Czech Republic (pro-active job loss prevention) compared to Hungary and Poland (larg... mehr
This article makes a plea for a more explicitly intentional and politicalstrategic analysis of post-communist public policy pathways. The author analyses a set of social and labour-market policies implemented in the Czech Republic (pro-active job loss prevention) compared to Hungary and Poland (large-scale non-elderly retirement), and indicates why, far from being fully constrained by structural or external variables or by international pressures, political elites were able to design policy packages that served to reduce anti-reform protests. Once enacted at a formative historical turning point, these early policies fundamentally reshaped the subsequent operational space of post-communist politics throughout the 1990s. They crystallised the distinct pathways of post-communist welfare regimes, and they enabled early, and irreversible, democratic and market reform progress. While seemingly inefficient, and definitely costly in public-finance terms, these policy packages contained a degree of political rationality, as they contributed to the making of the great Czech, Hungarian, and Polish transition success stories, in an otherwise highly heterogeneous population of postcommunist transition cases.... weniger
Klassifikation
Sozialpolitik
Politikwissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
public policies; political strategy; constrained democratic efficiency; East European welfare regimes; post-communist transformations; path contingency
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2006
Seitenangabe
S. 1115-1136
Zeitschriftentitel
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 42 (2006) 6
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung