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Until recently, the study of the welfare state was confined largely to the advanced industrial countries. However, the recent transitions in Eastern Europe substantially widen the canvas on which comparisons might be drawn. In addition, new literature has emerged on the evolution of social policy in the middle-income countries of Latin America and East Asia as well (Huber, 2002; Kapstein and Milanovic, 2002; Brooks, 2007; SeguraUbiergo, 2007; Haggard and Kaufman, 2008; Rudra, 2008).
We are grateful for thoughtful comments on this chapter by Alfio Cerami, Tomasz Inglot, Mitchell Orenstein and Pieter Vanhuysse.
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Haggard, S., Kaufman, R.R. (2009). The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective. In: Cerami, A., Vanhuysse, P. (eds) Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245808_13
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