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Introduction: social protection in the Western Balkans

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  • Bartlett, Will
  • Uvalić, Milica

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This introductory essay situates the papers in this Thematic Section within the background of social policy development in the Western Balkans during the long period of transition following the break-up of former Yugoslavia. We identify three stages of transformation of social protection policies. The first, in the 1990s, was characterised by a continuation of the Yugoslav legacy of social insurance, while many work-based benefits were lost during privatisation. In the second stage, international institutions promoted individualised social protection policies, taken up in some countries but avoided in others. In the third phase, EU influence on social policies accompanied the prolonged EU accession process, with an emphasis on the introduction of work-care policies, early childhood education and the remediation of in-work poverty. The four papers address these issues in greater detail and provide a basis for re-evaluating progress with social protection policies in the Western Balkans in the future.

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  • Bartlett, Will & Uvalić, Milica, 2022. "Introduction: social protection in the Western Balkans," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 117190, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Mehmed Ganić, 2019. "The Labour Market, Social Inequality and the Role of Emigration: The Case of the Western Balkan Economies," Societies and Political Orders in Transition, in: Reiner Osbild & Will Bartlett (ed.), Western Balkan Economies in Transition, pages 61-72, Springer.
    2. Gorana Krstić, 2021. "Factors Contributing to Income and Wage Inequality: Comparative Evidence from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(5), pages 423-448, September.
    3. Maja Gerovska Mitev, 2019. "Social Policy During a Decade of Centre-Right Governance in Macedonia," Societies and Political Orders in Transition, in: Reiner Osbild & Will Bartlett (ed.), Western Balkan Economies in Transition, pages 123-134, Springer.
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    social expenditure; social protection; Western Balkans;
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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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