Social policy and international interventions in South East Europe  [Book] / 
edited by Bob Deacon and Paul Stubbs. 
 - Northampton, MA :  Edward Elgar,  c2007. 
 - xix, 250 p. :  map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> This comprehensive and engaging book investigates the role of international actors in the making of social policy in South East Europe. Introductory chapters on transnationalism and Europeanisation are followed by a series of nine linked case studies depicting research undertaken within this region. This 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847200969 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social policy--International cooperation.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.609496