EU Social Inclusion Policies in Post-Socialist Countries
EU Social Inclusion Policies in Post-Socialist Countries

Author: Ingrid Fylling

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0429785305

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The fact that post-socialist European Union (EU) countries are struggling with implementation of the EU's social inclusion policy is well known. But why is that so? Are the problems solely connected with how inclusion policies are enforced, or could it just as likely be the way policies are designed that creates challenges? This book explores experiences with inclusion policy implementation in seven different post-socialist EU countries. It focuses particularly on two groups of people in constant danger of social exclusion: people with Roma background and people with disabilities. So far, researchers have studied these issues primarily through policy analysis, and thus not provided knowledge on what actually happens in local contexts where welfare services are produced. This book sheds light on implementation processes at different levels, both at the policy level and in local welfare production. The picture painted here is one of complex and conflicting considerations in inclusion policy implementation, between historical and cultural heritage from the communist period, and EU inclusion policy based on Western European political principles. This book will appeal to undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as postdoctoral students in social science, disability studies, educational science, and others. The book will also be useful for researchers and others interested in the development of inclusion policies and EU integration issues. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Reinventing social solidarity across Europe
Reinventing social solidarity across Europe

Author: Ellison, Marion

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2011-10-26

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1847427286

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As Europe's public realms face upheaval, this is the first book to identify how social solidarity is being reinvented from below and redefined from above. Interdisciplinary transnational approaches provide new insights into the relationship between national and transnational social solidarity across Europe.Valuable to students, policy makers and scholars, it reveals social solidarity as the defining pillar of European integration, bringing a greater dimension and integrity beyond democracy across nation states.

The EU and social inclusion
The EU and social inclusion

Author: Marlier, Eric

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2009-04-21

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1847421725

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Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the EU Social Inclusion Process, the means by which it hopes to meet this objective, and explores the challenges ahead at local, regional, national and EU levels. It sets out concrete proposals for taking the Process forward. The book provides a unique analysis of policy formulation and assessment. Setting out the evolution and current state of EU cooperation in social policy, it examines what can be learned about poverty and social exclusion from the EU commonly agreed indicators. Taking the position of outside, but informed, observers, the authors explore the further development of the common indicators, including the implications of Enlargement, and consider the challenges of advancing the Social Inclusion Process - strengthening policy analysis, embedding the Process in domestic policies and making it more effective. Proposing the setting of targets and restructuring of National Action Plans and their implementation, they emphasise the need for widespread ownership of the Process at domestic and EU level and for it to demonstrate significant progress in reducing poverty and social exclusion. The book will be invaluable to academics, students and policy-makers at sub-national, national and EU levels as well as to social partners, and NGOs working towards a more inclusive society.

Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery
Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery

Author: Dorothee Bohle

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0801465222

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With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single set of political-economic relations. Rather, they each had to decide what sort of capitalist nation to become. In Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery, Dorothee Bohle and Béla Geskovits trace the form that capitalism took in each country, the assets and liabilities left behind by socialism, the transformational strategies embraced by political and technocratic elites, and the influence of transnational actors and institutions. They also evaluate the impact of three regional shocks: the recession of the early 1990s, the rolling global financial crisis that started in July 1997, and the political shocks that attended EU enlargement in 2004.Bohle and Greskovits show that the postsocialist states have established three basic variants of capitalist political economy: neoliberal, embedded neoliberal, and neocorporatist. The Baltic states followed a neoliberal prescription: low controls on capital, open markets, reduced provisions for social welfare. The larger states of central and eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary, and the Czech and Slovak republics) have used foreign investment to stimulate export industries but retained social welfare regimes and substantial government power to enforce industrial policy. Slovenia has proved to be an outlier, successfully mixing competitive industries and neocorporatist social inclusion. Bohle and Greskovits also describe the political contention over such arrangements in Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia. A highly original and theoretically sophisticated typology of capitalism in postsocialist Europe, this book is unique in the breadth and depth of its conceptually coherent and empirically rich comparative analysis.

Social Exclusion and European Policy
Social Exclusion and European Policy

Author: David G. Mayes

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This work analyzes exclusion, a pressing social problem. It discusses what can be achieved by European countries working together and pooling experiences, showing that not only is social exclusion ill-defined, but that there are many differing concepts of social exclusion across Europe.

Handbook on Urban Social Policies
Handbook on Urban Social Policies

Author: Kazepov, Yuri

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-07-22

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1788116151

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The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context, and bridges the gap in research.

Inclusive Education in the Russian Federation
Inclusive Education in the Russian Federation

Author: Tsediso Michael Makoelle

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 3031577000

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This book provides the first evidence-based accounts of inclusive education in a Russian context. It explores the critical educational changes in the Russian Federation within the post-soviet space and internationally. The book analyzes the transformation of educational practices as Russia transitions from an educational model of student support with an emphasis on disability to a broader conceptualization of inclusive education. Among others, this book discusses inclusive education in the context of: • School and preschool institutions; • higher education institutions; • non-Russian-speaking children and children with migration experience; • culture-sensitive education; • indigenous minorities; • technological and methodological support; • the role of stakeholders such as NGOs, parents, and other social groups; • teacher preparation and professional development. This book is intended for teachers, inclusive education coordinators, principals and school managers, policymakers, teacher educators, scholars of inclusion, and university professors, along with community organizations and students of inclusive courses in a Master in Education. .

Social Policies
Social Policies

Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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The Social Europe guide is a bi-annual publication aimed at providing an interested but not necessarily specialised audience with a concise overview of specific areas of EU policy in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion. It illustrates the key issues and challenges, explains policy actions and instruments at EU level and provides examples of best practices from EU Member States. It also presents views on the subject from the Council Presidency and the European Parliament. This fifth volume in the series of Social Guides sets out how the new challenges facing EU countries call for a rethink of our approach to social policies. It outlines the functions of social policies and recent initiatives by the European Commission to support increased 'social investment' - benefits and services that improve people's skills and capabilities and support people's inclusion in society. This guide also sets out how the European Union's social policy guidance is designed and delivered, and how the Commission is supporting Member States in making reforms to improve the adequacy and sustainability of their social policies.

Social Inclusion Policies in Higher Education
Social Inclusion Policies in Higher Education

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789276088455

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Over the last years, the social dimension of higher education (HE) has become central in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The Yerevan Communiqué of 2015 endorsed the commitment to the social dimension of HE, highlighting the need to widen opportunities for access and completion for students from disadvantaged backgrounds (European Commission, 2015). As a follow up, the Paris Communiqué of 2018 concluded that further effort is required to increase access to higher education and the completion rates of underrepresented and vulnerable groups (European Commission, 2018). Increasing social inclusion in tertiary education is one of the four key goals of the 2017 European Commission’s Renewed EU agenda for higher education and is confirmed by the 2017 European Commission Communication on Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture. In spite of widening participation in higher education being high on the policy agenda in Europe for nearly three decades, the most recent progress report on the Bologna process implementation (2018) confirms that students from low socio-economic backgrounds, migrant backgrounds and students with chronic illnesses or disabilities are still underrepresented in higher education. Gender imbalances continue to exist, particularly in some disciplines. Moreover, students from some underrepresented groups are more likely to discontinue their studies and leave HE without a degree. In essence, inequalities in educational attainment still persist and lead to the underutilisation of hidden potential. The study combines different approaches to enable a structured inventory and review of European, national and institutional policies regarding social inclusion and widening participation in higher education in the EU. Through the review of different policies, the study identifies a typology of policies aimed at enhancing social inclusion in higher education in the EU Member States (EU 28). This is complemented with a review of recent academic literature on the impact of policies directed at improving inclusion in higher education in Europe. Second, eight in-depth case studies describe social inclusion policies in selected countries. Third, examples of good practices in social inclusion policies in EU Member States (EU 28) are provided.