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STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2022 | |||||||
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SOCIAL POLICY REFORM IN ALBANIA STUCK IN TRANSITION. Authors: MERITA PONI. |
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Abstract: DOI: 10.2478/subbs-2022-0004 Article history: Received 15 May 2022; Revised 30 May 2022; Accepted 15 June 2022; Available online 10 August 2022; Available print 30 September 2022. VIEW PDF FULL PDF Abstract: This article provides an analysis of social policy regarding social protection of vulnerable groups in Albania, by screening whether the welfare state has responded to the varying needs of socially excluded citizens. The scope is to explore how the consecutive reforms of social policy have addressed the social effects of poverty and social exclusion. The analysis delves into the welfare policy official documents to discover how the vulnerable groups needs are addressed and what is the impact of policymakers, service providers, and service users on social policy shape. Social policy reforms developed after the totalitarian regime and have promoted familialism and gender regime, which have reinforced gender stereotypes of women as primary caregivers and have denied them equal access and full participation in the free labour market. During the transition period, the reforms faced conceptual barriers delaying their application. The minimalist approach of social policy offered insufficient protection to vulnerable citizens from the adversities of life. Social care services for children, elderly and people with disabilities suffer from a persistent lack of funding. The social welfare is offered through few social services provided from civil society. Due to the lack of social care services, the users of the welfare state lack the substantial means for inclusion. The welfare state policies need a reformation to offer decent economic aid and social care services. Key words: welfare, state, poverty, inclusion, social justice.
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