Globalization and the Future of Welfare States in the Post-Communist East-Central European Countries

2017 ◽  
pp. 130-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
MITCHELL A. ORENSTEIN ◽  
MARTINE R. HAAS
Keyword(s):  
Welfare States ◽  
European Countries ◽  
East Central ◽  
Central European ◽  
The Future ◽  
East Central European

scholarly journals Cervical Cancer Mortality in East-Central European Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4639
Author(s):  
Cezary Wojtyla ◽  
Michal Ciebiera ◽  
Dariusz Kowalczyk ◽  
Grzegorz Panek
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Pap Smears ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
Central European ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
East Central European

Changes that took place in Europe in the early 1990s had an impact on health-associated issues. They were an impulse for the changes in healthcare systems and, consequently, also for the changes in cancer control programmes. Those changes also had an effect on mortality rates due to cervical cancer (CC). Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse CC mortality trends in east-central Europe after 1990. Data on deaths due to CC were retrieved from the WHO Mortality Database. Trends in east-central European countries between 1990 and 2017 were assessed using Joinpoint Regression Program software. CC mortality decreased in the majority of analysed countries. However, an increase was observed in Latvia and Bulgaria. Despite decreasing mortality in the majority of the analysed countries, significant differences were observed. In order to improve the epidemiological situation, effective early detection programmes for cervical cancer ought to be rearranged and based not only on pap smears but also on molecular methods, as well as on introducing widespread programmes of vaccination against HPV.

scholarly journals Integration of Unequal Units: Comparing the German and the European Unification Processes

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Anne Sophie Krossa
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
East Central ◽  
Central European ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
Diffuse Support ◽  
East And West ◽  
East Central European

Based on the differentiation between ‘specific’ and ‘diffuse’ support for political systems, as set out by Easton (1965), the objective of this article is to analyse the reasons for the increased discussion of conflicting interests and different identities in two integration processes: (1) the European one – Western and East Central European countries, focusing on the example of Poland; and (2) the case of Germany – East and West. It is assumed that these two cases are structured similarly and, therefore, can be compared regarding structures of centre and periphery and the differences they symbolise. This article suggests that if relations within the ‘frame of integration’ are perceived as correlating systematically with asymmetrical structures, then feelings of discontent and reactions of protest and resistance may be favoured in peripheries and can lead to exclusive forms of collective identity-construction.

scholarly journals The Emergence of East Central Europe in a Welfare Regime Typology

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Ágnes Orosz
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
Central European ◽  
State Regime ◽  
East Central European ◽  
Over Time

The paper contributes to the welfare state regime literature by assessing the existence of the East-Central European welfare state regime. The article empirically tests whether East-Central European countries constitute a distinct welfare regime or they can be classified into existing regimes by using hierarchical cluster analysis. The paper defines clusters for two distinct time periods, in order to shed light on the changes over time. The research provides two substantive contributions. First, welfare states in East-Central Europe constitute a distinct welfare state regime only for the period of 2014-2016, and they might be subdivided into two groups: (1) Visegrad countries and (2) Balkan and Baltic countries together. Second, countries within the East-Central European welfare regime has become more similar over time.

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