Mitchell A. Orenstein is S. Richard Hirsch Associate Professor of European Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
The more-democratic postcommunist countries have maintained stronger social safety nets than their authoritarian counterparts, but they must reassess their welfare policies to address emerging social challenges.
This book addresses such broad issues as whether democracy promotes inequality, the socioeconomic factors that drive democratic failure, and the basic choices that societies must make as they decide how to deal with inequality.
