... the chances of future political instability. Russia redistribution social policy authoritarianism welfare state Repression is rightfully considered to be the cornerstone of governance in authoritarian political regimes. Nevertheless, there are also a variety of nonviolent mechanisms...

... an empirical and theoretical gap. This creates fresh challenges for welfare state research and calls for a new paradigm. It is evident that the not so well explored Eastern European region with regards to social policy research suggests that it is necessary not only to test already existing welfare state...

... Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California Labor migration Illegal migration Labor market Social policy Commonwealth of Independent States Russia The changes in the migration patterns in the post-Soviet states: the first decade Andrei V. Korobkova...

... influenced social policy transformation from its former highly universal, however authoritarian form, to the less universal, social insurance-based systems of present day Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. It will be demonstrated that the welfare–economy nexus is not the only important factor in the development...

... Middle class Income distribution Social policy Political attitudes Czech Republic Communist and Post-Communist Studies 32 (1999) 397 416 The middle class in the Czech reforms: the interplay between policies and social stratification Jir Vec ern ´k * Institute of Sociology Academy of Sciences...