Social Security in the Balkans – Volume 1

An Overview of Social Policy in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region.

Contributors are: Predrag Bejaković, Mirela Cristea, Dorota Domalewska, Nikos Kourachanis, Effrosyni E. Kouskouna, Christos Koutsampelas, Velibor Lalić, Shkëlzen Macukulli, Irina Mindova Docheva, Grațiela Georgiana Noja, Teuta Nunaj Kortoci, Mile Šikman, Aspasia Strantzalou, Nevenko Vranješ, and Marzena Żakowska.
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2021
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Marzena Żakowska, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland. She has published numerous articles on the Balkan region and armed conflicts, including “The roots of armed conflicts – multilevel security perspective” and “Strategic challenges for Serbia’s integration with the European Union”.

Dorota Domalewska, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland. She has published monographs and articles on security, including Multidimensionality of Communication from a Security Perspective. Communication in Crisis Situations and Strategic Communication (Warsaw, 2020, in Polish).
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Social Security in the Balkans
  Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska

PART 1
Social Security: Overview of Reforms and Challenges

1 The Social System in Croatia
 Challenges and Reforms
  Predrag Bejaković

2 Security Threats, Challenges and Risks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Social Security Perspectives
  Nevenko Vranješ, Velibor Lalić and Mile Šikman

3 The Functionality of the Social Security Scheme in Albania Challenges and Perspectives
  Teuta Nunaj Kortoci and Shkëlzen Macukulli

PART 2
Pension System: Scheme and Development

4 The Pension System in Greece
  Effrosyni E. Kouskouna and Aspasia Strantzalou

5 The Current and Future Consistency of the Pension System and Social Security in Romania in the Face of Demographic Changes
  Mirela Cristea and Graţiela Georgiana Noja

6 The Pension System in Bulgaria
 The Complexity of Socioeconomic Development towards Sustainable Social Security
  Dorota Domalewska and Irina Mindova Docheva

PART 3
Social Security Evolution and Economic Recession

7 The Evolution of the Social Security System in Greece
  Nikos Kourachanis

8 Social Security in Greece in the Aftermath of the Economic Recession
 Policies and Challenges Laying Ahead
  Christos Koutsampelas

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Anyone interested in social security in the Balkan states, particularly students, researchers, and specialists in International Relations, Political and Security Studies.
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Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 244 pp.; incl. 23 figs & 26 tables
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466579

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