Abstract The greater part of studies of post-communism -habitually grouped under the heading of 'transitology' -understands the transition ultimately as a political and cultural convergence of the ex-communist societies with Western Europe. Even those critical approaches that regard

This study examines how personal disposable income is distributed across regions, countries and larger geographical areas in the EU25 and how this distribution changed during the second half of the 1990s. Moreover, it assesses the “statistical ” effect resulting from the enlargement of the European

economies of the OECD-countries; there is little systematic analytical work on the transitions in post-communist Europe. Theoretically, this paper builds on comparative welfare state analysis as well as on new institutionalism. The initial hypothesis is built on the assumption that emerging patterns

Abstract: Eight years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain economic and political cleavages are still visible in Europe. With respect to social and economic transition the saliency of the problems seem to increase, as the efforts to solve the problems become the common business

in post-conflict settings, this paper shifts the focus to the European Union, a largely ignored participant in transitional justice efforts. This paper examines how and why the European Union develops and promotes transitional justice policies as part of both its enlargement strategy as well as its

; Husserl; Patocka; Valéry), the EU’s eastern and south-eastern enlargements appear to have motivated recent interrogations of the meaning and parameters of Europe. The scale, but more so the cultural, religious, and political implications of these enlargements, seem to have made the problem of Europe a

Her research interests centre on school to work transitions, gender and the labour market, and school organisation and process. The current paper draws on her involvement in the project 'Evaluation and Analyses of the LFS 2000 Ad-hoc-module on Transitions from School to Work

This research examines poverty among young people aged 16 to 29, across 13 countries of the pre-enlargement European Union. Although young adulthood is known to be a time of uncertainty and vulnerability, there has been little research into the incidence of poverty among young people. This report

in an enlarged Europe, despite the spirit of assimilation in the accession process. Key words ■ diversity ■ enlargement ■ historical sociology ■ modernity ■ transition

Abstract: After a brief survey of evidence showing that social security reform in each country of the region now follows its own path, the author reviews some gen-eral issues of social protection with special reference to transition countries. He then deals with several questions which preoccupy