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Social Policy Modeling in the Process of European Integration

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Title Social Policy Modeling in the Process of European Integration
Socialinės politikos modeliavimas Europos integracijos procese
 
Creator Guogis, Arvydas
 
Subject social policy models; social security; social integration
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socialinės politikos modeliai; socialinė apsauga; socialinė integracija
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Description There are no social movements or political parties in Europe which would strive for united social policy model. Large historic, structural and financial differences between various countries are the main reasons for that. Negative results of referendums for adoption of European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, as other forms of resistance, are witnessing about aims of population to preserve continental corporative European model without changes or only with slight changes. The latter does not help European integration and harmonization of social tasks, although helps to survive for developed and well financed social security systems in Europe. European Union , as before, foresees social security as a subject for national competence and jurisdiction. Nevertheless, separate problems considering common EU labour market are solved jointly and positively.Social policy modeling in Western European countries has a history of several decades. It enables to define one or another European social security model and to conduct analysis of existing social situation and prognostic perspectives. English sociologist Richard Titmuss and danish sociologist Gosta Esping-Andersen have made the largest input into social policy modelling. They both have scientifically founded the liberal, corporative and socialdemocratic welfare models. If Titmuss in his work have made more qualitative analysis, Esping-Andersen have added substantial quantitative indicators of decommodification. The works of other researchers have shown the impact of this theory for other parts of societal life, especially- for labour market policies.Globalisation impact is decisive for one or another social policy model configuration. Mainly because of globalisation impact the „passive social policy“, which was functioning until the 90-ies is replaced by „active social policy“ which is posing final social reintegration aims. Such changes of paradigms are also changing social policy models by diminishing the role of institutional socialdemocratic elements and increasing the significance of liberal marginal elements. The state of European social security in general has deteriorated, although theoretically because of „active social policy“ it had to improve. Corporative model in France, Germany, Austria, etc. appeared in the worst situation and have stopped to develop. In such a context the architects of Lithuanian social policy model have to examine the failures of corporative model, to analyse still very humanistic Nordic social model and to pay attention to the liberal marginal model in Britain and Ireland which is surviving best because of favourable globalisation influence to it. The author is the first among social scientists to define Lithuanian social policy model as having much in common with South European, especially Portugal and Greek social models. These models have common negative features of clienteleism, corruption and „amoral familialism“. But Lithuania has to study from positive features of Southern social model too, as Southern European countries have better qualitative and quantitative results in development of their social security and health care systems if compare them with the Eastern European countries in general and Lithuania in particular. Nevertheless Southern European countries have more fragmented and difficult to govern social insurance systems which can not be positive examples for the followers.
Europos integracijos procese natūraliai kyla bendro Europos socialinės politikos modelio pasirinkimo problema. Kai kurie administratoriai ir tyrėjai siūlo nuo „socialinės Europos“ darbotvarkės klausimų pereiti prie konkretaus socialinės apsaugos modelio pasirinkimo. Kiti administratoriai ir mokslininkai atkakliai tvirtina, kad Europoje ir toliau išliks bent 4 svarbiausi socialinės apsaugos modeliai – Šiaurės, kontinentinėje, Pietų Europoje ir Britanijos salose, nes socialinei apsaugai ES ir toliau bus skiriamas antraeilis vaidmuo, ji ir toliau priklausys nacionalinei jurisdikcijai ir kompetencijai. Trečia tyrėjų grupė pabrėžia socialinių problemų aktualumą Europoje tik tuo atveju, jeigu socialinės apsaugos uždaviniai neprieštarauja bendrai Europos Sąjungos darbo rinkos politikai. Šiame straipsnyje paliečiama Europos socialinė integracija, suderinamumo, konvergencijos ir bendros socialinės erdvės problema, nušviečiamos svarbiausios kliūtys didesnei socialinei Europos integracijai pasiekti, apibrėžiami iššūkiai socialinės politikos modeliams praeityje ir dabar, pateikiamos G. Esping-Anderseno ir kitų Vakarų mokslininkų pastabos apie gerovės modelius, numatomos Vakarų Europos ir Lietuvos socialinės apsaugos lyginamosios perspektyvos.
 
Publisher Mykolas Romeris University
 
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Date 2014-07-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/public-policy-and-administration/article/view/2343
 
Source Public Policy and Administration; Vol 1, No 17 (2006): Public Policy and Administration; 29-41
Viešoji politika ir administravimas; Vol 1, No 17 (2006): Public Policy and Administration; 29-41
2029-2872
1648-2603
 
Language ltu
 
Relation https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/public-policy-and-administration/article/view/2343/2149
 
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