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Problem prywatnych oszczędności długoterminowych w polskim systemie emerytalnym

Author(s): Ilona Skibińska-Fabrowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 5/2016

Demographic changes and the condition of the public finance require conducting changes in the pension scheme. So far the functioning system based above all on paid retirement pensions from the compulsory part isn't able to guarantee of high replacing rate. For that purpose proper building the large store of individual savings is necessary. So far financial products functioning in frames of the III pillar on account of their structure and little fiscal incentives didn't fulfill the assumed role. So taking action being aimed at breaking restrictions and barriers in the rise in long-term savings is necessary. Tasks in this respect should immediately be taken.

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Metody analizy wpływu interwencji publicznych na poziom ubóstwa

Author(s): Malgorzata Latuszynska,Shivan Fate / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2017

Due to the large scale of the phenomenon of poverty, a very important element of public policy at all levels (international, national and regional) is to undertake activities aimed at limiting this problem. These activities should ultimately lead to positive structural change.However, it does not always happen – so before the realization of a particular public intervention, it is advisable to make a thorough analysis of the effects of its implementation – both short and long term. In practice, the results of public intervention are mostly evaluated ex-post with the use of different methods. However, the essence of the evaluation process should not only be observation of past events, but also an acquaintance with the effects of planned activities. Hence, this article focuses mainly on ex-ante analyses of the impact of public intervention on levels of poverty, and its purpose is to review the methods that can be used in such analyses, with particular emphasis on various types of models.

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Sytuacja materialna a dobrostan osób w wieku 60+ i według ujęcia regionalnego

Author(s): Ewa Sobolewska-Poniedziałek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2017

Due to the ongoing demographic changes towards an aging population, the situation of the elderly gains particular significance. The economic and social consequences of the projected transformations, forced to reflect on the economic rationale of life of these people. It can be assumed that greater life satisfaction turns into greater economic activity in the society. This,in turn, from the point of view of the economy is of great importance. In this paper, life satisfaction will be analyzed in relation to financial aspects affecting the welfare of people aged 60+. The analysis will focus on the aspect concerning the situation of people aged 60+ in Poland and will be based on data from the Social Diagnosis, the Central Statistical Office and Social Insurance Institution.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Eastern European Lifestyle Unhealthiest In the World, Study Suggests

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 10/03/2017

Nine out of the top 10 nations with the least healthy eating, drinking, and smoking habits are in the post-communist region.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Estonia to Block E-IDs in Identity Theft Scare

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 11/07/2017

People in the Baltic country are experiencing the downside of life in one of the world’s most digitized societies.

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Problemy ze spójnością prawa i regulacjami pozaprawnymi a siła sprawcza państwa – zarys tematu

Author(s): Jolanta Jabłońska-Bonca / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

The causative force of the state in the 21stcentury depends on the coherence of the law and the importance of non-legal regulations of large corporations. Multi-centricity, multi-level structure and the strength of „soft law” of corporations lead to the transformation of internal law and altering of its function. In addition states give up their welfare and privatise various tasks. They lose the essential elements of the legal, territorial and personal sovereignty. Does giving away numerous normative areas mean that the states do weaken their causative force?

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Periodizacija razvoja sistema socijalne zaštite - Prilog izučavanju novije istorije socijalne zaštite u Republici Srpskoj

Author(s): Ljubo Lepir / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 14/2017

The social protection system in Republic of Srpska shares the fate of other areas of social policy. It emerged on the legacy of the institutional-legal and value system of the former socialist society, which developed under the influence of unfavorable social processes and frequent interventions by international institutions. War events that marked the creation period of the Republic of Srpska had a decisive influence on the practice and content of social protection measures, and the collapse of the old political and value system and its transition to the neoliberal ideological concept of „the state’s (not) caring for citizens,“ created new and intensifed already existing social problems. Under such conditions, the social protection system has faced a very demanding task, which refers to: How to provide social security to the socially most vulnerable members of society? Te four stages in the development of this system are determined by the system’s efforts to answer this question. Te study of the development of the social protection system is a contribution to the understanding of the processes and content of the measures that the state has sought to improve the systematic care of the socially most vulnerable groups of citizens. It is an attempt to explain the current state of the system and its future development as part of a continuing process. It is also a contribution to the history of social work and social policy of the Republic of Srpska. The criteria used in the preparation of this periodization were related primarily to the state of the system, system solutions and the achieved level of customer support. Data periodization provides insight into the key-moments that have determined the twenty-five-year development of the social protection system of the Republic of Srpska. During the analysis, available official documents of the institutions of the system were used, as well as reports of project activities of non-governmental organizations and personal testimonies of direct actors of events and creators of system solutions in the field of Social protection.

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Around the Bloc: Bosnia’s Veterans and Victims Fight for Compensation

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 03/06/2018

War veterans block roads to demand higher benefits from a state that claims it can’t afford it.

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Izazovi i perspektive socijalnog rada u lokalnoj zajednici u Tuzlanskom kantonu

Author(s): Nedreta Šerić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 4/2018

The paper elaborates challenges and perspectives of social work in the context of possibilities and limitations in implementation of social work in a local community. A research was carried out in social centers and local self-government authorities in Tuzla Canton, and results (still unpublished) were presented in this paper. The document also includes stances and experiences of heads of municipalities,managers of social centers and social workers in Tuzla Canton, in regard to realistic and concrete possibilities. Based on the gathered data, revealed were important aspects of social work in a local community with limitations. In this regard, possibilities and limitations were observed in the scope of legal framework; characteristics of social policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina; economic, social and political context; organization of social centers, theoretical and practical approach and current model of social work; actions and activities; cooperation, initiative, support and involvement of citizens in social issues.The paper identified problems and preconditions for implementation of social work in a local community.With respect to the importance and role of social work in a local community, to needs, interests and motivation, to possibilities and preconditions, the first challenge – which also shapes a future perspective of implementation of social work in a local community – is to abandon a declarative and neglecting approach and embrace more serious and systematic approach that will focus on a practical side of social work in a local community. Practical aspect of social work has not been well-recognized in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Furthermore, social work in a local community, being a separate and a specific method,has not been sufficiently utilized by social workers. General conclusion of the research is that social work in local communities in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been implemented partially, unsystematically, in an ad hoc manner, without continuity when it comes to certain activities, without mentioning social work in a local community, and without participation of its main actors – social workers.

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Enhancing the Macedonian Health System through Implementation of the Public-Private Partnership Model

Author(s): Iskra Belazelkoska Borizovska,Ljubomir Kekenovski / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

The research involves determination of the extent to which the public-private partnership model can contribute to the improvement and enhancement of the healthcare services in Macedonia. To achieve this purpose, the research embraces comprehension of the common advantages and disadvantages of this model, encompassed with a case study of the publicprivate partnership in the specialised-consultative health protection for the health activity-dialysis, together with other efforts to ensure high quality health protection. It also reflects the attitudes of the public authorities and private sector entities regarding the significance of the public-private partnership model, consideration of the advantages and disadvantages before entering public-private partnerships and the ways public-private partnerships affect the employees and employments. The study outlines planned and realised efforts to implement this model to ensure better and more efficient healthcare system. Generally, the results from the survey and the outlined case study present this model as a good solution for many healthcare challenges, since public-private partnerships offer different services to the citizens that neither the public nor the private sector could separately achieve. The public-private partnership model leads to new employment opportunities according to the opinion of the public authorities, while the private sector entities consider that public-private partnerships increase the responsibility of the employees in such partnership in comparison to the public sector. The outlined case study is an example of successful public-private partnership model in the field of healthcare and can serve as motivation for further implementation of this model to ensure better, enhanced and modern health system.

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Türkiye Sağlık Harcamaları Trendi

Author(s): Elif Dikmetaş Yardan,Mustafa Demirkıran,Birgül Yabana Kiremit / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2016

This study aims to investigate the health expenditures in Turkey compared to the year with the sub-components and make predictions about the future health expenditures by identifying trends. For this purpose, total health expenditure in Turkey, the ratio of total health expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP), the ratio of public health expenditure to GDP, the ratio of private health expenditure to GDP, the ratio of current health expenditure to total health expenditure, the ratio of health investment expenditure to total health expenditure, the ratio of drug expenditure to total health expenditure, the ratio of done health expenditure to total health expenditure and per capita health expenditure were examined. The data needed were obtained from official sources such as the OECD and the Turkey Statistical Institute, “trend analysis” method was used. According to the results of the study; the ratio of private health expenditure to GDP, the ratio of current health expenditure to total health expenditure, the ratio of pharmaceutical expenditure to total health expenditure and the ratio of made pocket health expenditure to total health expenditure trends towards decreasing; other variables trends towards increasing.

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Feedback w pracy socjalnej

Author(s): Norbert G. Pikuła / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2013

Poland, like many European countries, is moving away from a welfare state thus it is essential to focus on the effective use of social work, which aims to encourage individuals and groups to change their life situation. Social assistance clients with the support of social workers are taking action to permanently become independent and overcome the crisis. The process of promoting and strengthening the correct attitudes to life in social work, in addition to relevant laws and regulations, is determined by the relationship that is formed between the social worker and the client. Undoubtedly, the basis for effective and proper relationship is assistance in the essential process of interpersonal communication which includes feedback as significant part of it.

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Efektywność w zmienności? O roli instytucji pomocy społecznej w dobie nowych ryzyk socjalnych

Author(s): Krzysztof Chaczko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2017

The article discusses the role of social assistance in a time of new social risks. It first characterises old social risks and the social security system and then describes the system of social assistance and social services. The article ends with findings about new social risks and the role of new social welfare in minimising their impact.

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The European National Welfare States and the Dissolution of the EU

Author(s): Ivor Altaras Penda / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

This paper examines the causes of prominent radical political options and behaviors that are already visible on a daily basis in the European Union. In public discourse there is a simplified belief that the primarily responsibility for this lies with the immigrants and fear caused by terrorist attacks carried out in Europe or the old European latent nationalism. Although these elements undoubtedly contribute to the development of radicalism, the author argues that the key sources for this issue should be found in the difficulties encountered by the European national welfare states. This is the source of ever-greater mutual intolerance among the citizens of the European Union, which can take on various forms of political, cultural, ideological and physical conflict. On the basis of these arguments the author concludes that the European Union is indeed in a historic milestone but the real danger of the European Union’s disintegration is not primarily in cultural, civilization, confessional, security or geopolitical sources, but this source should first be sought through the prism of the European national social states and the expectations of citizens referring to them.

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CONTROVERSIES AND PARADOXES OF SOCIAL POLICY: THEORETICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Łukasz Jurek / Language(s): English Issue: 510/2018

Welfare reforms are carried out by government to solve problems of citizens and to improve their quality of life. However, social interventions also generate various consequences, that are unintended and unanticipated. The aim of the article is to investigate and to systemize such controversial and paradoxical outcomes. Basing on the historical facts, they were divided into three groups: (1) expanding the problem that was to be solved (2) expanding the opposite problem to the solved one, (3) expanding other problem. These outcomes are arguments against welfare programs, that were formulated already by classical researchers (T.R. Malthus, G. Bentham, D. Ricardo, H. Spencer), and currently are being maintained and developed by modern scholars. They focus mainly on: moral hazard, freeriding, incentive traps, and crowding-out individual engagement.

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TÜRKİYE’DE SOSYAL BELEDİYECİLİK UYGULAMALARI AVRUPA BİRLİĞİNİN ENTEGRASYON VE YERELLİK İLKESİNİN ANALİZİ

Author(s): Adem Yazir / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 40/2018

The main purpose of the study in Turkey in terms of municipal social practices as a condition for the aid of the European Union, “subsidiarity and integration Principle” of the issue of analysis, discussion, application, advantages, scientific recommendations and the discussion of all relevant parties is presented. The social development of the country, plays an important role in the effectiveness and support of local governments. In a country; labor, natural resources, capital, and efficient in the process of making values such as entrepreneurship, interested parties and to act together need to be supported. Local governments, community power, the resources, support and investments can provide significant benefits in the spirit of the team to perform. To monitor the preparation of this study of qualitative methodology in the relevant area in the main sources (books, unlimited publications, Internet, etc.) will benefit. Countries that wish to become a member of the European Union“, integration and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity seeks to fulfill the responsibilities of a team. Countries which have fulfilled their responsibilities to the European Union provides significant financial support. In this study, to the analysis that could make it easier for you to receive the financial support of Turkey will be included. Social policies to be managed only by the central government; and local governments will be able to reduce the effectiveness of local democratic participation. Local governments determine the needs of local people more closely in time to be able to follow to be able to capture every moment and the opportunity to be with the residents in the region. Therefore, in this study, local governments will focus on identifying social needs and social benefits of participation.

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YABANCI ÜLKELERDE SOSYAL HİZMET UYGULAMALARI ve ÖZELLİKLERİ

Author(s): Ülvi Alıyev / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 40/2018

In article features of regulation of the sphere of social service in foreign countries are investigated. The author, having investigated practice of some developed countries in the sphere of social service, generalizes their characteristics. The author, including acceptable transfer of the state orders to nongovernmental organizations in the sphere of social service, specifies its primary parties.

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Standard of Living and Quality of Life in Romania

Author(s): Carmen Puiu,Marieta Stanciu / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2008

Standard of living expresses the situation of a country, as well as its various segments in close liaison with the growth of economy, with sustainable economic development and welfare theory. The appreciation of the standard of living is achieved by means of economic and social indicators, living standard is a main component of the quality of life.

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SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: GOALS, MECHANISMS, DEVELOPMENTS

Author(s): Roxana Radu,Cezar Avram / Language(s): English Issue: 36/2012

Social dialogue involves holding of consultations and negotiations between the social partners in the EU for the purpose of concluding agreements on social policy initiatives and ensuring social peace. Over the time, the notion of social dialogue took shape at EU level, being encouraged through the establishment of Community institutions with responsibilities in this area and the establishment of mechanisms for negotiation and consultation of the social partners. From this point of view it is important to know the content of the Community rules on social dialogue, the activity of employers’ and employees’ organizations, their objectives and mode of interaction with the Community institutions which are presented in this paper.

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Is the European Welfare architecture possible?

Author(s): Octavian GRUIONIU / Language(s): English Issue: 35/2012

is obvious that the existing economic crisis influenced the decline of the welfare state, which appeared at the end of the ‘80s. More and more voices, autochthonous inclusively, question the viability of the European social architecture and suggest a significant reduction of the state role within economy and society. More than that, there have been debates not only upon a possible cessation of the providential state, but also connected with the necessity of a rapid transformation of the European Union into a federation similar to the U.S., following exclusively libertarian policies. In this abstract, we want to prove that, although we have stepped into an era of serious confrontations between powerful rival forces, the idea of launching out a new type of welfare society is increasingly up-to-dateness. Therefore, our debate is not based on the idea of abandoning the social assistance programs, but on the efficiency of the existing ones, which are completely discordant with the challenges of the advanced economies of the 21st century. In fact, we must not forget that the most valuable resource which is needed to a great extent in order to provide a dynamic and competitive economy of knowledge, is the human being.

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