Social Policy and Concept of Social Work in Slovenia in the First Years after the Second World War Cover Image

Socialna politika in socialne dejavnosti v sloveniji v prvih letih po drugi svetovni vojni
Social Policy and Concept of Social Work in Slovenia in the First Years after the Second World War

Author(s): Mateja Jeraj
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Welfare systems, Welfare services, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: social policy; social welfare; social work; socialism; Slovenia;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is based on archival records, legal bases and printed sources, and its purpose is to present the conceptual basis of social policy, the role and content of social welfare, the first forms of social work and methods of training for this type of work in Slovenia in the early years after the Second World War. Under socialism, the state took over the social welfare, but initially it was not yet able to provide social assistance to everyone who needed it. The state also appointed the ‘mass organisations’, especially the Women’s Anti-Fascist Front. From 1945 to 1949, a social political school operated at the ministry responsible for social affairs to provide professional and political training for new “social workers” as quickly as possible.

  • Issue Year: 38/2022
  • Issue No: 101
  • Page Range: 73-94
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Slovenian