Social Security in the Balkans - Volume 2

An Overview of Social Policy in the Republics of North Macedonia and Montenegro
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-30688-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 196, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

The 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: Maja Bacovic, Agata Domachowska, Dorota Domalewska, Tomasz Ferfecki, Afet Mamuti, Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva, Natalija Perišic, Kire Sharlamanov, Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska, and Marzena Zakowska.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zakowska, Marzena

Domalewska, Dorota

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Sozialrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

PREFACE

Social policy in the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Montenegro: development and challenges

Marzena ZAKOWSKA and Dorota DOMALEWSKA

PART I. SOCIAL SECURITY IN REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

CHAPTERS

1. The social security policy of the Republic of North Macedonia: reform process, opportunities and perspectives

Katerina VELJANOVSKA BLAZHEVSKA

2. Health, pensions and disability insurance in the Republic of North Macedonia

Afet MAMUTI

3. Poverty as a social phenomenon in the Republic of North Macedonia

Kire SHARLAMANOV and Katerina MITEVSKA PETRUSHEVA

4. Unemployment in Republic of North Macedonia: characteristics and perspectives

Kire SHARLAMANOV and Katerina MITEVSKA PETRUSHEV

PART II. SOCIAL SECURITY IN REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO

5. Pension system and reforms in Montenegro

Maja BACOVIC

6. The public health care sector in post-transition Montenegro

Natalija PERIŠIC

7. Social protection system in Montenegro

Marzena ZAKOWSKA and Tomasz FERFECKI

8. Unemployment and emigration as a (main) challenge for the social security system and stability of a multiethnic state: the case of Montenegro

Agata DOMACHOWSKA

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Marzena Zakowska, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland. She has published numerous articles on the Balkan region and armed conflicts, including “The roots of armed conflicts – multilevel security perspective” and “Strategic challenges for Serbia’s integration with the European Union”.



Dorota Domalewska, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland. She has published monographs and articles on security, including Multidimensional communication from a security perspective. Communication in crisis situations and strategic communication (Warsaw, 2020, in Polish).