Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1127231 | Journal of Eurasian Studies | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In this article I explore the ‘grey zones of welfare’ in rural Lithuania whereby I point to the inherent ambiguities that lies in a system where people to a high degree rely on networks and normative solutions to everyday shortcomings, rather than on the state. I argue that we in the period after socialism witness an increased degree of informal economies and social arrangements, as the formal sector of social security is perceived as unreliable. This results in a model where liberalism and individual ethics co-exist with a strong morality to support the poorest in society.
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Authors
Ida Harboe Knudsen,