The Neoliberal Concept of Bulgarian Healthcare: Diversity or Cognitive Dissonance

cris.sourceIdoai:journals.unwe.bg:article/254
dc.creatorTodorova, Elkaen
dc.creatorChengelova, Emiliaen
dc.date2022-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-24T23:10:41Z
dc.date.available2026-09-24T23:10:41Z
dc.descriptionThe paper examines the issue of the neoliberal nature of Bulgarian health care system, which introduced at once and in non-gradual way, formed varieties of combined neoliberal and anti-neoliberal theses. This is tracked in an analysis of data from ISSP surveys in Bulgaria (2021, 2022) regarding health care inequalities. Since the two surveys use certain identical questions, comparisons were made related to the performance and attitudes towards health care, vaccination, the role of the state authorities, etc. The results defend the thesis that neoliberal attitudes to health care are bend to nonliberal expectations in a way that exemplifies a type of “roll back” neoliberalism (Peck 2002).en
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dc.identifierhttps://rp.unwe.bg/index.php/rp/article/view/254
dc.identifier10.37075/RP.2022.5.07
dc.identifier.urihttps://ds.e-dnrs.org/handle/123456789/1080
dc.languagebg
dc.publisherAcademic Publishing UNWE (AP-UNWE)en
dc.relationhttps://rp.unwe.bg/index.php/rp/article/view/254/246
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2022 Elka Todorova, Emilia Chengelova (Author)en
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en
dc.sourceResearch Papers of UNWE; No. 5 (2022); 165-179en
dc.subjectHealth careen
dc.subjectHealth care attitudesen
dc.subjectHealth inequalitiesen
dc.subjectIncome inequalitiesen
dc.subjectNeoliberalismen
dc.subjectH57 - Procurementen
dc.subjectH75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensionsen
dc.subjectL12 - Monopoly • Monopolization Strategiesen
dc.subjectL13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Marketsen
dc.subjectL14 - Transactional Relationships • Contracts and Reputation • Networksen
dc.titleThe Neoliberal Concept of Bulgarian Healthcare: Diversity or Cognitive Dissonanceen
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen

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