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.
Publication date: September 27, 2022
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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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