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The main object of this chapter is to present some of the social policy problems encountered by post-socialist Eastern European countries. It refers mainly to the Polish experience in its current phase, and only to a small degree to the experience of other post-socialist societies.
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Dziewiecka-Bokun, L. (1994). Social Policy in a Post-Socialist Vacuum. In: Nagel, S.S., Rukavishnikov, V. (eds) Eastern European Development and Public Policy. Policy Studies Organization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23366-3_7
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