Social Security in the Balkans – Volume 3

The third volume in this comprehensive study of social security in the Balkan states.

Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment, have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. This book offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region.

This volume focuses on the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Montenegro.

Contributors are: Dritero Arifi, Ngadhnjim Brovina, Pëllumb Çollaku, Dorota Domalewska, Besnik Fetahu, Remzije Istrefi, Maja Jandrić, Gordana Matković, Ruzhdi Morina, Artan Mustafa, Katarina Stanić, and Marzena Żakowska.

ISBN: 9781642598117

Publication date: March 7, 2023

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Abstracts

Serbia and Kosovo EU Integration and the Development of the Social Security Systems
  Marzena Żakowska

part 1
Social Security in Serbia
1 Overview of Social Protection in Serbia Current Perspective and Challenges
  Katarina Stanić and Gordana Matković

2 The Pension System in Serbia Developments, Current State and Challenges
  Katarina Stanić

3 Decentralization of Social Care Services in Serbia
  Gordana Matković

4 Unemployment in Serbia Characteristics and Challenges
  Maja Jandrić and Marzena Żakowska

part 2
Social Security in Kosovo
5 The Renegotiation of Social Policy in Kosovo Gradual Institutional Change since Independence
  Artan Mustafa and Pëllumb Çollaku

6 Developments and Challenges in the Kosovo Pension System
  Remzije Istrefi and Ruzhdi Morina

7 Buying Social Peace Lessons from Kosovo
  Besnik Fetahu and Marzena Żakowska

8 Kosovo Society Coexistence, Challenges and Opportunities
  Dritero Arifi and Ngadhnjim Brovina

part 3
Conclusion
9 Social Security in the Balkans Lessons and Recommendations
  Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska

Index