The countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have opened up their economies to the world economy as a step towards a profound transformation from plan to market. Some have fully integrated into the European market while others have not. This book focuses on the challenges economies face when in transition.
Where do concepts such as "welfare state" and "social security" come from and how has their meaning changed over time?. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy.
Studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish by Quechua and Aymara women in the Andes.
