Divide and pacify strategic social policies and political protests in post-communist democracies / [electronic resource] :
Pieter Vanhuysse.
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2006.
- xx, 170 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-164) and index.
Introduction -- The unexpected peacefulness of transitions -- Political quiescence despite conditions for conflict -- Preventing protests: divide and pacify as political strategy -- The great abnormal pensioner booms: strategic social policies in practice -- Peaceful pathways: the political economy of post- communist welfare -- Conclusions.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
New democracies--Europe, Central. Patronage, Political--Europe, Central.
Europe, Central--Social policy. Poland--Politics and government--1989- Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993- Hungary--Politics and government--1989-