Social Policy and International Interventions in South East Europe
Deacon, B. and Stubbs, P. (eds.) (2007) Social Policy and International Interventions in South East Europe, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Edited by Bob Deacon, Professor of International Social Policy, University of Sheffield, UK and Paul Stubbs, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia
Introductory chapters on transnationalism and Europeanisation are followed by a series of nine linked case studies depicting research undertaken within this region. The book charts the variable influence that international actors such as formal organisations, non-governmental organisations, consulting companies and individual transnational policy entrepreneurs have on key policy issues, including pensions, social protection, labour markets and health.
The authors conclude that welfare settlements are a complex product of historical and institutional legacies, the neo-liberal interventions of the World Bank, the emerging impact of the EU, and the crowded international arena resulting from war and post-war reconstruction agendas.