Alfio Cerami

BOOKS

Cerami, A. (2013), Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Excerpt and order available here.

This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Moving existing theories of transformation into a new terrain, it sheds light on the exclusive origins of dictatorship and democracy. The book explains how development, social protection and democracy-enhancing policies have been produced by existing institutional frameworks and contingent responses to emergency events, and that these have themselves been shaped by the actions of actors and by their embeddedness in the surrounding political, economic, cultural and social environment. The book also draws attention to the most relevant institutional and social mechanisms, with associated elite strategies and power politics relations in the creation of politically-induced conflicts. In doing so, it highlights the important role of welfare institutions in the reduction and reproduction of vertical and horizontal inequalities as well as their repercussion in the emergence of social conflicts.

Cerami, A. (2006), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime, LIT Verlag: Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, London. Download PDF Introduction here. Preview available at Google Books.

By explaining the path of extrication from state socialism, this book clarifies the patterns of the welfare state's transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, at the national and EU level. It identifies the emergence of a peculiar Eastern European welfare regime through the fusion of pre-communist (Bismarck social insurance), communist (universalism, corporatism and egalitarianism) and post-communist features (market-based schemes). The author concludes by reflecting on how Eastern welfare states will fit in the future EU welfare regime.

EDITED BOOKS

Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds) (2009). Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Download PDF Introduction here.

This collection adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare state pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism in 1989. Going beyond existing path dependency and neo-institutionalist explanations, it highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, ideas, discourses, path departures, power politics, and elite strategies. It includes contributions from leading international experts to examine welfare in specific countries and across social policy domains. By providing a broad overview based on a theoretical foundation and drawing on recent empirical evidence, Post-Communist Welfare Pathways offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the progress that has been made since 1989, and the main challenges that lie ahead for welfare state regimes in Central and Eastern Europe.

Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T. (eds) (2011), Migration and Welfare in the New Europe. Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration, Bristol: Policy Press. Download PDF Introduction here.

This book provides innovative insights into one of the most controversial and important subjects of the 21st century: migration and social integration. Empirically, the volume offers comprehensive grounding in the relationships between migration, migration policies and social protection/inclusion in the enlarged European Union and its member states. Theoretically, the collection moves the debate on migration and integration policies onto new terrain. It explains how policies in this field are produced by institutional frameworks, political strategy, and contingent responses to events, but that these are themselves fundamentally shaped by emotions, discourses, narratives, formal and informal aspects of governance. With contributions from leading international experts, the book can be used by academics and professionals as well as by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

COLLECTIVE MONOGRAPHS

Cerami, A. (2007). Promoting Human Security: Ethical, Normative and Educational Frameworks in Western Europe. UNESCO, Paris. (together with P. Burgess, A. Amicelle, E. Bartels, R. Bellanova, E. Eggum, G. Hoogensen, S. Kittelsen, K. Knibbe, M. de Koning, K. Koser, K. Krause and O. Salemink). Download PDF volume here.

This collective monogragh analyzes various challenges to the human security of the most vulnerable groups in Western Europe, and the various policy and research initiatives launched in the EU. This publication provides an in-depth analysis of human security in seven inter-connected areas: socio-economic security, health security, environmental security, migration and security, cultural identity, personal liberty and political security. Recommendations are also provided.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Cerami, A. (2008)."Europeanization and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe", in François Bafoil and Timm Beichelt (eds.) Européanisation. D'Ouest en Est. Coll. Logiques Politiques, L'Harmattan: Paris, pp. 137-168. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2009), ‘Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring’, Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 35-52. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. and Stanescu, S. (2009), ‘Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania’, in Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 112-128.

Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (2009), ‘Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall’, in Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 1-16. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2010), ‘Happiness and Socio-Economic Transformations in the Russian Federation’, in Greve, B. (ed), Happiness and Social Policy in Europe, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 101-119. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2010)."The Politics of Social Security Reforms in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia", in Bruno Palier (ed.), A Long-Good Bye to Bismarck? The Politics of Reforms in Continental Europe, Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam, pp. 233-254. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2010), ‘Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes and Human Development in West Sub-Saharan Africa’, in Harrison, L. P. (ed.), Social Policy: Challenges, Developments and Implications, Nova Science Publishers: New York.

Cerami, A. (2011), ‘Human Rights and the Politics of Migration in the European Union’, in Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T. (eds), Migration and Welfare in the New Europe. Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration, Bristol: Policy Press.

Cerami, A. (together with Carmel, E.) (2011), 'Governing Migration and Welfare: Institutions and Emotions in the Production of Differential Inclusion' , in Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T. (eds), Migration and Welfare in the New Europe. Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration, Bristol: Policy Press.

Cerami, A. (together with Carmel, E. and Papadopoulos, T.) (2011) ‘Conclusions: What Future for Migration?’, in Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T. (eds), Migration and Welfare in the New Europe. Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration, Bristol: Policy Press.

Cerami, A. and Wague, A. (2013), ‘Africa’, in Greve, B.(ed), The Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State, London: Routledge.

Cerami, A. (2013 fc),  ‘Public Welfare and Social Security’, in R. Kollmorgen, W. Merkel and H-J Wagener (eds), The Handbook of Transformation Research, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (in German; English version also available).

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

Cerami, A. (2011). Ageing and the Politics of Pension Reforms in Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. International Journal of Social Welfare., vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 331-343.

Cerami, A. (2011), Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union. Politics & Policy , vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 345-372. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2010). Human Security in the Russian Federation. Journal of Human Security, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 7-27. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2009). Socio-Economic Transformations in Post-Communist Countries: Central and Eastern Europe and Russia Compared. Romanian Journal of Political Science, vol. 9. no. 2, pp. 25-41. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2009), Változó Közép-Európa: a jólét és a szociális segélyezés kialakuló modellyei [Central Europe in Transition: Emerging Models of Welfare and Social Assistance], Hungarian Social Policy Review ESELY, no. 1, 28-50. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2009). Welfare State Developments in the Russian Federation: Oil-Led Social Policy and the 'Russian Miracle'. Social Policy & Administration, Vol. 43, no. 2, 105-120. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2008). New Social Risks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Need for a New Empowering Politics of the Welfare State. Czech Sociological Review, vol. 44, no.6, 1089-1110. Download PDF here.

WORKING/DISCUSSION PAPERS

Cerami, A. and Stubbs, P. (2011), Post-communist Welfare Capitalisms: Bringing Institutions and Political Agency Back In, EIZ Working Papers EIZ-WP-1103, Zagreb: EIZG. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2009), Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union, Cahier européen n° 03/2009 Paris: Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2007), Europeanization, Enlargement and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, Cahier européen n° 01/2007 Paris: Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), Poverty and Social Structure in Russia: An Analysis of the First Decade of Transition, Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper no. 445, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Study. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), Why Should Central and Eastern European Societies still be Considered as Democracies at Risk: An Analysis of Labour Structure and Preferences for One-Party System, Cahier européen n° 01/2006, Paris: Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2004), Germany after the Unification: The Exclusive Society?, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät Discussion Paper no.: 2004-001SC. Erfurt: University of Erfurt. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2003), The Impact of Social Transfers in Central and Eastern Europe, Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper no. 356. Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Study. Download PDF here.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Cerami, A. (2008), Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring, paper presented at the conference "Cross-Border Influences in Social Policy", ESPAnet Conference 2008, 18-20 September 2008, Finnish Centre for Pension, Helsinki, Finland. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2008), Central Europe in Transition: Emerging Models of Welfare and Social Assistance, paper presented at the conference "Building Capacity, Improving Quality. Social Services in the New Member States", European Social Network (ESN), Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 19-20. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006/2007), The Politics of Reforms in Bismarckian Welfare Systems: The Cases of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, paper presented at the project conference "A long good bye to Bismarck? The politics of welfare reforms in Continental Europe", June 16-18, 2006, The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, USA. Revised versions also presented at: Connex workshop "The Europeanization of the reforms of welfare systems" 8-10 March 2007, CEVIPOF, Paris, France; ESPAnet Annual Conference, 20-22 September 2007, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), New Social Policy Ideas in the Making: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe, paper presented at the Fourth Annual ESPAnet Conference "Transformation of the Welfare State: Political Regulation and Social Inequality" September 21-23, University of Bremen, Germany. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), Europeanization, Enlargement and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, paper prepared for the FP6 CONNEX (Connecting Excellence on European Governance) workshop, Paris, 30th May 2006. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), Worlds of Socio-Economic Security in Western Europe: The Need for Bottom-Up Empowerment, background paper for the UNESCO report "A Human Security Report for Eastern/Western Europe", Centre for Peace and Human Security of Sciences Po/UNESCO UNESCO, Paris, June 8 - 9. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), The Reform Challenges of the Central and Eastern European Welfare Regime, paper presented at the international conference "Transformation of Social Policy in Europe: Patterns, Issues and Challenges for the EU-25 and Candidate Countries", April 13-15, 2006, Department of Political Science and Public Administration - METU, Ankara, Turkey. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2005), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Model of Solidarity?, paper presented at the Third Annual ESPAnet Conference "Making Social Policy in the Postindustrial Age" September 22-24, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Download PDF here.

INVITED PAPERS AT SEMINARS/SPEECHES

Cerami, A. (2007), Social Change and Welfare State Developments in CEE and Russia, invited paper and lecture at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin 16.5.2007. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2007), From Electoral to Policy Representation: A Comparison of 34 Democracies, invited paper and lecture at seminar ECOPOL, Sciences Po, Paris. Download PDF here.

MEDIA/PRESS

Cerami, A. (2013) 'Development Institutions: Adopt a Holistic Approach', The Guardian Global Professionals Development Network, 23 April 2013. Available on-line at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/apr/23/development-economics-social-protection?CMP=twt_gu

Cerami, A. (2011), Consolidating Emerging MENA Democracies, published online in openDemocracy, 5 April 2011. PDF and HTML file available at: http://www.opendemocracy.net/alfio-cerami/consolidating-emerging-mena-democracies

RESEARCH REPORTS

CONNEX (2008), The Transformation of EU Policies? EU Governance at Work. RG6 Concluding Conference, Sciences Po Paris, 17-18 January 2008. Download PDF here.

CONNEX (2007), How Much is Known about the "Community Method"?. CONNEX Workshop, Sciences Po, 29 November 2007. Download PDF here.

BOOK REVIEWS

Cerami, A. (2004). Book Review: Ferrera, M. & Gualmini, E. (2004), Rescued by Europe? Social and Labour Market Reforms in Italy from Maastricht to Berlusconi, Journal of Income Distribution, volume 13, number 1-2 (Spring-Summer), pp.147-149. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2006), Book Review: Schludi, M. (2005), The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Systems: A Comparison of Pension Politics in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press. Journal of European Social Policy, 16 (4), pp. 403-404. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2008). Book Review: Clasen, J. & Siegel, N.A. (eds.) (2007), Investigating Welfare State Change. The 'Dependent Variable Problem' in Comparative Analysis, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. Journal of European Social Policy, 18 (4), pp. 410-411. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2008). Book Review: Vanhuyusse, P. (2006), Divide and Pacify. Strategic Social Policies and Political Protests in Post-Communist Democracies, CEU Press, Budapest. Acta Politica, 43 (4), 508-509. Download PDF here.

Cerami, A. (2011). Book Review: Frye, Timothy (2010), Building States and Markets after Communism. The Perils of Polarized Democracy, New York: Cambridge   University Press. Revue Française de Science Politique, forthcoming. Download PDF here.