Is Balkan following Europe: future oriented policies in focus
Session
Political Science
Description
The economic crisis has proven to have taken a toll on the world economies. The same has been with Europe and Balkan region that was affected as well. Recovery policies together with long term plans have been established but what are the results? The welfare state has been under strain even before the crisis but there are even stronger inclines to further adaptations and policy changes. One of the greatest alterations was adoption to the more future oriented model, the social investment state. The paper is looking into Balkan region, with special focus on Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, to see how these policies have been developed and adopted and what their effect has been. The paper will also look in the relationship between political forces that were in power and the pace investment policies were adopted. It is of the crucial importance to see whether changing governing parties meant changing policy profiles, as has often been the case in European Union member states. Finding this relationship may provide good insight into predicting future policy formation in the area of social policy and the way it will develop, depending on the political forces that have the majority. Social investment state can be broadened to many policy areas and due to the limited space in this paper, the focus here will be on the labour market policies. It is one the most debated areas at the moment, with social but also high political component. Policies in the Balkan states will be compared to EU member states to see whether these countries are prepared for the membership, at least in this area. It is of the highest importance to realise this as it will be the citizens who will bear the greatest share of the potential benefits of the EU labour market, once the membership is obtained.
Keywords:
Economic crisis, social investment, labour market, Balkans
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 5:00 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 6:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.396
Recommended Citation
Boskovic, Branko, "Is Balkan following Europe: future oriented policies in focus" (2018). UBT International Conference. 396.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/396
Is Balkan following Europe: future oriented policies in focus
Pristina, Kosovo
The economic crisis has proven to have taken a toll on the world economies. The same has been with Europe and Balkan region that was affected as well. Recovery policies together with long term plans have been established but what are the results? The welfare state has been under strain even before the crisis but there are even stronger inclines to further adaptations and policy changes. One of the greatest alterations was adoption to the more future oriented model, the social investment state. The paper is looking into Balkan region, with special focus on Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, to see how these policies have been developed and adopted and what their effect has been. The paper will also look in the relationship between political forces that were in power and the pace investment policies were adopted. It is of the crucial importance to see whether changing governing parties meant changing policy profiles, as has often been the case in European Union member states. Finding this relationship may provide good insight into predicting future policy formation in the area of social policy and the way it will develop, depending on the political forces that have the majority. Social investment state can be broadened to many policy areas and due to the limited space in this paper, the focus here will be on the labour market policies. It is one the most debated areas at the moment, with social but also high political component. Policies in the Balkan states will be compared to EU member states to see whether these countries are prepared for the membership, at least in this area. It is of the highest importance to realise this as it will be the citizens who will bear the greatest share of the potential benefits of the EU labour market, once the membership is obtained.