Open AccessBifurcation, Stratification and Informality in Post-Socialist Welfare Regimes
Author(s) -
Terry Cox
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
intersections
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2416-089X
DOI - 10.17356/ieejsp.v4i1.404
Subject(s) - welfare state , welfare , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , sociology , welfare capitalism , economics , political science , geography , market economy , law , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology
The essay assesses the work of Júlia Szalai on the concept of the bifurcated welfare state as a contribution to the debate on welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. It locates her work in the context of the debate around Esping-Andersen’s ideal types of welfare state regimes and sees the bifurcated welfare state as offering a means of understanding the key features of hybrid welfare states in East Central Europe. The essay then examines evidence in support of the concept and explores possible ways in which the idea may contribute to the research agenda on welfare regimes.