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Title Social Work and Social Policy Transformations in Central and Southeast Europe
Published Springer Nature Switzerland 2024

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Contents Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editor -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Welfare State Reforms and Their Implications for Social Work in Central and Southeast Europe -- Introduction -- Welfare State Trajectories and Social Policy Patterns in Central and Southeast Europe -- Trends in Social Work and Social Service Delivery in Central and Southeast Europe -- References -- Chapter 2: The Austrian Welfare State: A Halfway House -- Introduction -- Context -- Country-Specific Welfare State Discourse and Discussions -- Pensions
Inheritance and Gift Tax -- Poverty -- Energy-Poverty -- Clima-Classism -- Key Challenges in Social Policy -- Reform of Care -- Social Policy Discourses in Austria -- Key Challenges in Social Work and Social Service Provision -- Measures in the Context of COVID-19 (Conservative-Green Government) -- Conclusion: Future Perspectives -- References -- Internet-Sources -- Chapter 3: Social Policy and Social Work in the Czech Republic: Partners at Fragile Times -- Introduction -- Context -- Country-Specific Welfare State Discourse and Discussions -- Key Challenges in Social Policy -- Social Insurance
State Social Support -- Social Welfare and Social Assistance -- Social Services -- Systems Provided by Regulation -- Key Challenges for Social Work and Social Service Provision -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Policy and Social Services -- Conclusion: Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Welfare - From Rights to Obligations: The Case of Slovenia -- Introduction -- Context -- Country-Specific Welfare State Discourse and Discussions -- Social Reality: Key Challenges in Social Policy -- Key Challenges in Social Service Provision and the Position of Social Work
Impact of COVID-19 on Social Policy and Social Services -- Conclusion: Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 5: Social Work and Social Policy in Croatia in Times of Continuous Reforms and Crisis -- Introduction -- Context -- Country-Specific Welfare State Discourse and Discussions -- Key Challenges in Social Policy -- COVID-19 Crisis -- Key Challenges in Social Work and Social Service Provision -- Social Work and Social Care in the Last 10 Years -- The Social Welfare System in the Post-socialist Period Until Today
Development of a System of Cash Fees Within the 2010 Social Welfare System -- Repressive Procedures in the Social Care System -- Social Services as Part of the Social Welfare System -- Current Challenges in the Social Welfare System in the Republic of Croatia -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: Three Decades of Post-Yugoslav Transformation(s) of Social Policy and Social Work in Serbia - Still Between Uncertainty and Failure -- Introduction -- Context -- Discourse and Politics of the Welfare State -- Key Challenges in Social Policy
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ISBN 9783031512322
3031512324