Economisation of social policy
The subject of this study is the so-called economisation of social policy understood, however, not as rationalisationof activities of state agencies in support of specific social objectives, but as perception of social problemssolely from an accounting perspective, that of a profit and loss account. While such a view may sometimes be justifiedconsidering the situation of public finance, it can, nevertheless, lead towards weakening of the state’s protectivefunction, and thus towards destabilisation of the social system. For that very reason it is necessary to find a “goldenmean” whereby the two values, conflicting with each other at least to a certain degree, could be reconciled. Presentedbelow are two representative examples of the phenomenon, as inherent in the practice of Poland’s social policyof recent years.