Abstract This paper contributes to our understanding of interest intermediation structures in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and, specifically, whether, which, how what extent organized interests are incorporated into policy-making processes. Unlike previous studies primarily focusing on patterns economic coordination (Jahn 2016), we focus energy the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland Slovenia. ...

The concerns regarding the economic insecurity stemming from earnings instability have been gaining momentum in the contemporary political discourse. If earnings instability is as a proxy for risk, for risk-averse individuals, increasing earnings instability bears substantial welfare costs. Using the variance of transitory earnings estimated using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) a...

Purpose In the context of debates on role social partners in shaping anti-crisis policies, article explores developments dialogue Poland following outbreak pandemic. The central research question is whether crisis has helped to revitalise or it further revealed its weaknesses that were apparent before it. Design/methodology/approach paper based combination literature review and analysis primary...

Abstract Higher education interest groups remain somewhat understudied from a comparative theory-driven perspective. This is surprising because political decisions regarding higher must increasingly be legitimized to students, taxpayers, the academic community and society. article aims advance our understanding of stakeholders in post-communist Europe. In view, region deserves more attention, n...