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SOCIAL PROTECTION IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY
SOCIAL PROTECTION IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Author(s): Zuzana Macková
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Welfare systems, Welfare services
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
Keywords: social protection; social insurance; Social Security Law; neoliberal reform; fundamental principles of law; European social model; solidarity; social justice;

Summary/Abstract: The article is a critical analysis of neoliberal approach to system of social protection in Slovakia, especially after the year of 2004, when a major reform of the Social Security Law and social policy took place. The focus is on specific sub-systems of the social protection – i.e. the system of social insurance, the system of state support and the system of social assistance – in the light of the constitutional and fundamental principles of law (liberty, equality, justice and solidarity), the actual content of the abovementioned systems of social protection and values and principles of the European social model of welfare state – and leads to author’ s overview of major flaws and spaces for improvement.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-63
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English