It illustrates how poverty and anti poverty policies have been conceived designed and implemented in central eastern europe over the last century the way in which social inclusion policies are conceived and constructed not only affects the final shape of poverty but also helps to define the very nature of each welfare system this book examines the social and political construction of anti . The context of this book is the social and political construction of antipoverty welfare programmes in central and eastern europe cee and all that it comprises governments policies laws benefits and of course people as potential and effective beneficiaries to speak in very broad terms indeed and without mentioning many of its other complexities. It illustrates how poverty and anti poverty policies have been conceived designed and implemented in central eastern europe over the last century the way in which social inclusion policies are conceived and constructed not only affects the final shape of poverty but also helps to define the very nature of each welfare system this book examines the social and political construction of anti . The political and social construction of poverty central and eastern european countries in transition by serena romano 2014 01 29 serena romano books amazonca. Poverty is not a neutral phenomenon nor are social inclusion programmes neutrally conceived designed and implementedtheir ultimate nature is built upon ideas values actors politics and economic constraintsthis topical book is one of the first to examine the social and political construction of anti poverty programmes in central eastern europe and their transformation from communist rule to the current economic crisis