Contents List of contributors.................................................. . 4 Foreword.......................................................... 9 Introduction........................................................ 11 I part- SOCIAL POLICY IN EUROPE: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES Sven Hort DIFFERENT ORIGINS, COMMON PATHS? FIFTY YEARS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL POLITICS IN EUROPE........................................................ 14 John Hudson and Stefan Kühner THE CHALLENGES OF CLASSIFYING WELFARE STATE TYPES: CAPTURING THE PROTECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY................................... 27 Paul Stubbs and Noemi Lendvai INTERNATIONAL ACTORS AND THE MAKING OF SOCIAL POLICY IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE: FRAMING NEW APPROACHES.............................................. 44 Vlado Puljiz SOCIAL POLICY OF THE POST YUGOSLAV COUNTRIES: LEGACY, TRANSITION PROBLEMS, PERSPECTIVES.................. 64 II part- SOCIAL POLICY IN MACEDONIA Nano Ruzin SOCIAL POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA DURING THE ONE-PARTY SYSTEM................................ 86 Maja Gerovska Mitev REFORM PROCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN SOCIAL POLICY IN MACEDONIA.......................................... 91 Jovan Pejkovski and Irina Majovski SOCIAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT............................ 103