This paper contributes to the comparative studies of population policies and discourses with the intention of finding such teleologically not biased interpretative frameworks in which both Western" and "Eastern" histories can be linked to each other without setting up Eurocentric or West centric...

Households and welfare states both serve as vehicles of lifecycle financing through intergenerational transfers. Working-age people are net contributors, children and the elderly are net beneficiaries. However, there is a marked asymmetry in the socialization of intergenerational transfers....

In Global Governance Spotlight 3

Seit 1. Mai 2011 ist der österreichische Arbeitsmarkt für acht der 2004 zur EU beigetretenen Staaten - Tschechien, Slowakei, Ungarn, Slowenien, Polen, Estland, Lettland und Litauen - geöffnet. In Band 12 der Sozialpolitischen Studienreihe werden zwei Studien behandelt, die ein umfassendes...