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Social Policy

In: Social Costs of Transformation to a Market Economy in Post-Socialist Countries

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  • Jan Adam

    (University of Calgary)

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Under the socialist system the population was protected by comprehensive social programmes. With some exaggeration it can be said that they took care of people from the cradle to the grave. Social programmes were based on the socialist credo that society must take care of people who cannot work because of old age or disability or sickness, or because they have not yet reached the working age, and ensure that all citizens have access to health care. With the exception of social assistance programmes to families, including mostly family allowances, financial support was linked to employment incomes. Health services were supposed to be available on the basis of need. Great stress was put on free education, as a tool for bettering the wellbeing of the population (for more, see Adam, 1991).

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  • Jan Adam, 1999. "Social Policy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Social Costs of Transformation to a Market Economy in Post-Socialist Countries, chapter 9, pages 126-154, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50087-7_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230500877_9
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