scholarly journals Gojko Bežovan i sur.: Socijalna politika Hrvatske (II. izdanje)

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-434
Author(s):  
Filip Trbojević
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Policy Measures

University textbook Social policy In terms of content and concept, Croatia continues the textbook of the same name from 2008, which testifies to the continuity of systematic research at the Department of Social Policy at Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, whose employees actively monitor and evaluate old and new social risks and new programs and social policy measures.

scholarly journals Poverty and Social Justice in the Devolved Scotland: Neoliberalism Meets Social Democracy?

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Scott ◽  
Gerry Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Neoliberal Economics ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Scottish Government

Drawing on current debates in social policy, this paper considers the extent to which social justice has and is informing social policy making in devolved Scotland. Relating to the work of social justice theorists Young, Fraser and Lister in particular, it critically examines some key Scottish social policy measures since 1999, considering some of the ways in which these have been constructed in terms of social justice and which make claims to the Scottish national. Through a focus on the issue of anti-poverty policies, the paper explores the ways in which the dominant policy approaches of the Scottish Government have reflected an uneven and tension-loaded balance between the enduring legacies of Scottish social democracy and the influences of neoliberal economics.

Will a Basic Income Do Justice to Women?

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Robeyns
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
The Real ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Gender Division Of Labour

AbstractThis article addresses the question whether a basic income will be a just social policy for women. The implementation of a basic income will have different effects for different groups of women, some of them clearly positive, some of them negative. The real issues that concern feminist critics of a basic income are the gender-related constraints on choices and the current gender division of labour, which are arguably both playing at the disadvantage of women. It is argued that those issues are not adequately addressed by a basic income proposal alone, and therefore basic income has to be part of a larger packet of social policy measures if it wants to maximise real freedom for all.

Gender Inequalities and Risk During the ‘Rush Hour’ of Life

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Bowman ◽  
Eve Bodsworth ◽  
Jens O. Zinn
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Rational Action ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Normative Expectations

Increasingly, social policies combine to intensify old risks and create new social risks with unequal consequences for men and women. These risks include those created by changing normative expectations and the resulting tensions between social policy, paid employment and family life. Policy reliance on highly aggregated standardised outcome data and generalised models of autonomous rational action result in policies that lack an understanding of the rationales that structure everyday life. Drawing on two Australian studies, we illustrate the importance of attending to the intersections and collisions of social change and normative policy frameworks from the perspective of individual ‘lived lives’.

Modernization of Social Security System Legal Regulation in Kazakhstan: Experience and Standards of the OECD Members Implementation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2498
Author(s):  
Gulzhan N. MUKHAMADIYEVA ◽  
Gulyiya MUKALDYEVA ◽  
Zhanar T. KARASHEVA ◽  
Amangeldy Sh. KHAMZIN ◽  
Yermek A. BURIBAYEV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

The main idea of the study is to substantiate legislative proposals, recommendations on the introduction in Kazakhstan of the standards of social protection systems of OECD member countries. As a result of the research, conclusions were drawn up aimed at improving the norms of the current legislation and law enforcement practice, and on modernizing measures to implement social policy in the context of the process of the progressive development of Kazakhstan as a social state. The purpose of the article is to develop recommendations, proposals focused on the further development of the legal framework of the social sphere in Kazakhstan as a perspective orientation of legal science and as the most important mechanism for implementing a number of constitutional human and citizen rights. The purpose of the study is limited to four main areas, namely the analysis of social protection systems of OECD countries in the event of the following social risks: disability, poverty, retirement age, and social security guarantees for the family and the child. The applied objective of the work is related to the justification and elaboration of a set of proposals to improve the current social legislation, proposals to increase the effectiveness of state social policy, to introduce the standards of OECD countries in the field of social protection into Kazakhstan's domestic law. Targeted users of the research results are the interested state bodies, the scientific community, students, undergraduates, doctoral students, a wide range of persons interested in the problems of legal provision of state social policy, social human rights.

Paternalism and Social Policy

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Weale
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Government ◽  
Other Regarding

ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the notion of paternalism, and its application to the evaluation of social policies. It attempts first to define the concept, using Mill's distinction between self- and other-regarding actions. A paternalistic policy is one in which the government renders a self-regarding action less eligible for a citizen, with the intention of benefiting the citizen in question. This concept is then applied to the analysis of redistribution by means of social policy measures. Two questions are discussed: (a) whether any redistribution must be paternalist, and (b) whether redistribution in kind is more paternalist than redistribution in cash. It is argued that paternalism need not be the explanation for the policy in either case. Finally three criteria are specified in terms of which paternalistic interventions by the state might be assessed as justified or not.

Balancing Work and Family Commitments: Developments in Innovative Organisations

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Zetlin ◽  
Gillian Whitehouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Policy Measures

In the 1990s, balancing work and family commitments is increasingly seen as an issue to be pursued at corporation and individual levels, with social policy measures providing at best a basic set of minimum standards. This paper seeks to explore how some of the more exemplary corporations are responding to these challenges, their workers’ experience of family friendly policies, and the extent to which this shift is promoting gender equity. We argue that current trends make it extremely difficult to address the more costly aspects of work and family policy, and that, in spite of innovation in some areas, most policy programs tend to reinforce rather than challenge the tendency for women to take up ‘jobs’ rather than ‘careers’.

Combatining Income and Wealth Inequality, Racial Discrimination, and Social Exclusion in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 182-215
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Shared Value ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Policy Measures

Inequality has increased significantly in the United States during the last three decades. Growing inequality has become a shared value among political actors. Inequality has become problematic and a threat to values of citizens and even the conservatives in U.S. The chapter, therefore, examines the trends in income inequality between 1920s and 2010 and the trends in income inequality between 1979 and 2017. It also focuses on wealth inequality, realities of income inequality at sub-national levels, and income equality along racial and ethnic lines with a specific focus in the years 2007-2016. Also, inequality and social inclusion and social policy measures are discussed.

Combating Income and Wealth Inequality, Racial Discrimination, and Social Exclusion in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-144
Author(s):  
Augustine Nduka Eneanya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Shared Value ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Policy Measures

Inequality has increased significantly in the United States during the last three decades. Growing inequality has become a shared value among political actors. Inequality has become problematic and a threat to values of citizens and even the conservatives in U.S. The chapter, therefore, examines the trends in income inequality between 1920s and 2010 and the trends in income inequality between 1979 and 2017. It also focuses on wealth inequality, realities of income inequality at sub-national levels, and income equality along racial and ethnic lines with a specific focus in the years 2007-2016. Also, inequality and social inclusion and social policy measures are discussed.

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