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Book Review: The Social Security Systems for Self-Employed People in the Applicant EU Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

In this book Paul Schoukens deals with social security for self-employed persons. As he points out, self-employed entrepreneurship was, and still is, one of the key elements in the transformation from a planned to a freemarket economy. This raises an important question about social protection for self-employed persons and their families. This issue concerns not only the EU member states, but also the new candidate states. As there is little information about social protection systems for self-employed persons, especially in CEEC countries, this survey is timely. The book shows that there is no ‘wild East’ as far as social security is concerned. There is only a period of transition and reformation. Such reforms have also occurred in the EU Member states.