Childcare Systems in Post State-Socialist Countries: Comparative Cases from Brno, Szekesfehervar and Tartu

Social services in post-industrial Europe: an incomplete success story and its tragic moments

“…Ireland or Germany (Ferragina and Seeleib-Kaiser, 2015). Concerning recent developments in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism, a similar trend is discernible at least in some countries (see Kampichler et al, 2015). Regarding support to older people, the numbers of both facilities and users served have increased as well.…”

“…Company-based, more universalistic childcare services were cut back during this period, without this loss in facilities being compensated by the (growing) non-statutory service sector. Only some countries have built up new capacity in this area (CAP Győry and Szikra, 2014;Kampichler et al, 2015). Concerning services for old age, this part of Europe traditionally relied on residential care (of very modest quality), but the latter was challenged strongly following the fall of the iron curtain (Österle, 2011).…”