Social Security in the Balkans - Volume 1: An Overview of Social Policy in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria (Studies in Critical Social Sciences) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1642597953 ISBN 13: 9781642597950

Publisher: Haymarket Books, 2022

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region.

Contributors are: Predrag Bejaković, Mirela Cristea, Dorota Domalewska, Nikos Kourachanis, Effrosyni E. Kouskouna, Christos Koutsampelas, Velibor Lalić, Shkëlzen Macukulli, Irina Mindova Docheva, Grațiela Georgiana Noja, Teuta Nunaj Kortoci, Mile Šikman, Aspasia Strantzalou, Nevenko Vranješ, and Marzena Żakowska.

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About the Author

Dorota Domalewska is an Associate Professor at War Studies University, Warsaw, and Editor-in-Chief of Security and Defence Quarterly. Her research interests integrate security studies and strategic communication with a particular emphasis on social media analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1642597953
• ISBN 13: 9781642597950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Żakowska Marzena, Domalewska Dorota