Inventing the Needy: Gender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary

by Lynne Haney

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Inventing the Needy offers a powerful, innovative analysis of welfare policies and practices in Hungary from 1948 to the last decade of the twentieth century. Using a compelling mix of archival, interview, and ethnographic data, Lynne Haney shows that three distinct welfare regimes succeeded one another during that period and that they were based on divergent conceptions of need. The welfare society of 1948-1968 targeted social institutions, the maternalist...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520231023

ISBN13:9780520231023

Release Date:June 2002

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:351 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Europe Gender Studies History Hungary Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Social Science Social Sciences

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