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Súčasný rozvoj a budúcnosť sociálneho štátu na Slovensku
Recent Development and the Future of the Welfare State in Slovakia

Author(s): Erika Kvapilová
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied

Summary/Abstract: The following paper is divided into two sections: Part I summarises the most important legislative and institutional changes in the social security system in former Czechoslovakia and in independent Slovakia between 1990 and 1995. Part II analyses a theoretical concept of the future social security system in Slovakia2. I focus, in particular, on the institutional and financial background of the proposed welfare state "model," and the principles which should determine social rights (entitlements and benefits). Then I briefly discuss the relevance of some welfare state classifications (Esping-Andersen 1990, Korpi and Palme 1994) for identifying the emerging "welfare state model" in Slovakia.

  • Issue Year: 1995
  • Issue No: 7-8
  • Page Range: 72-89
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English