POVERTY AND SOCIAL SERVICES: EU EXAMPLES AND THE ‘IT’ RISE
Social services are designed to alleviate the risks individuals are facing due to poverty and, on a larger scale, to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the environment (through disturbed interconnections with the environment). Four types of social services of general interest are discussed in th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academica Brâncuşi
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie |
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| Online Access: | http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2014_Special/3_Iorgulescu,%20Balan.pdf |
| Summary: | Social services are designed to alleviate the risks individuals are facing due to poverty and, on a larger scale,
to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the environment (through disturbed interconnections with the environment).
Four types of social services of general interest are discussed in this paper for two groups of EU countries: four new
EU-members and post-socialist countries (Hungary and Poland are EU-members since 2004, while Romania and
Bulgaria since 2007) versus UK and Ireland (the ‘liberal’ state-model and the ‘Celtic tiger’ or the overlapping of the
'liberal' state with the 'corporatist' state). In addition, the link between social services and the distribution of income
inequality is analysed for elders and active people. From a different perspective, social services offered through ‘social
enterprises’ in some of the European models and in the US are compared. Finally, the ‘IT’ rise is connected to Smart
Social Services.
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| ISSN: | 1844-7007 1844-7007 |