Poverty in transition and transition in poverty : recent developments in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Russia, Mongolia / edited and with an introduction by Yogesh Atal.
Focusing on countries-in-transition belonging to the former Soviet bloc (where the existence of poverty was officially denied until the collapse of the Soviet Union), this volume examines the ways in which each country is dealing with its newly acknowledged and rapidly increasing poverty. The transi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Berghahn [with] Unesco,
[1999]
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| Summary: | Focusing on countries-in-transition belonging to the former Soviet bloc (where the existence of poverty was officially denied until the collapse of the Soviet Union), this volume examines the ways in which each country is dealing with its newly acknowledged and rapidly increasing poverty. The transition from socialism to democracy and market economies has proved more difficult and costly than anyone imagined. Scholars from the six countries examined here profile and evaluate current social policies and programs on poverty eradication and provide a comparative perspective that ensures that culturally specific solutions can be found in place of borrowed solutions from abroad - solutions which have thus far ignored cultural factors and have failed to deliver. |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1571811915 9781571811912 1571811923 9781571811929 |