Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2008, 44(6): 1089-1110 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2008.44.6.02

New Social Risks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Need for a New Empowering Politics of the Welfare State

Alfio Cerami
Centre for European Studies, Sciences Po, Paris

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Cerami, A. (2008). New Social Risks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Need for a New Empowering Politics of the Welfare State. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 44(6), 1089-1110. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2008.44.6.02
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