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Slovenská sociálna politika po vstupe SR do Európskej únie
Slovak Social Policy after Accession to the European Union

Author(s): Rastislav Bednarik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Katedra politológie
Keywords: social policy; social protection; pension system; pension policy; family policy subsistence minimum; benefit in social need; labour market policy

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on changes in social policy in Slovakia after joining the European Union. Specifically analyzed are changes in the objectives and specific policies (instruments) in the field of social protection (pension policy, policy for people with low incomes, family policy) and the labor market policy. Author demonstrates that the first period after EU accession, the Slovak social policy was confronted mainly with the European model and later those policy profiles under the influence of crisis.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 275-309
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Slovak