SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN EU COUNTRIES: CURRENT STATUS AND TRENDS

Larysa NALYVAIKO

Nalyvaiko L. (2022), Social policy and social protection in EU countries: current status and trends, Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affair, Special Issue №1, 7-12

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2022-5-7-12

 

ABSTRACT. The article deals with the actual issues of social protection the citizens. The system of social protection after the collapse of the USSR in the conditions of economic recession and its further transformation during the transition of Ukraine to a market economy are considered. The importance of improving the social protection system is emphasized both to ensure the stable development of society and to meet the requirements for EU membership. The social problems of Ukraine today are discussed, including unemployment, poverty, etc. It is proposed to implement the experience of the European Union countries to develop effective social policy mechanisms in our country that would ensure the approximation of such European standards as: a stable standard of living for the population, an increase in employment, reducing income inequality, strengthening social protection, overcoming poverty. The article summarizes the experience of the countries of the European Union in relation to social assistance to the population, in particular the issues of transition from charity to social policy based on the optimal system of social support and social protection of citizens. The main conclusions are that the efforts of social policy should not be directed only to the provision of social assistance. The importance of providing employment and reducing unemployment is emphasized, since in countries with fragile economies, the risk of poverty is closely related to unemployment. It is noted that the increase in the economic component of the human right to social protection leads to the fact that workers have to deduct a higher percentage of their income into the social security system. Thus, the social safety net must be balanced, not too generous or too passive.

Keywords: rights and freedoms, institutional mechanism, guarantees, social policy, public authorities, social support, social standards, EU policy, martial law, European integration.

References

  1. Konstytutsiya Ukrayiny : (z ofits. tlumachennyam Konstytuts. Sudu Ukrayiny) [Constitution of Ukraine: (with the official interpretation of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine)]. Kyiv : Lira. 2006. 96 p.[in Ukr.]
  2. Hantrais, L. (2017) Social policy in the European Union. Bloomsbury Publishing, 304 p.
  3. Hromadsʹka, N. A., Dereha, V. V. (2009) Osnovni napryamky polityky Yevropeysʹkoho Soyuzu [The main policy directions of the European Union]. Visnyk SevDTU. No. 84, pp. 140-162. [in Ukr.]
  4. Yevropeysʹka sotsialʹna khartiya (perehlyanuta) : Khartiya Rady Yevropy vid 03.05.1996 : stanom na 7.09.2016 [European Social Charter (revised): Charter of the Council of Europe dated 05.03.1996 : as of September 7. 2016]. URL : https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/994_062#Text. [in Ukr.]
  5. Martynov, A. Yu. (2017) Maastrykht·sʹkyy dohovir 1992 [Maastricht Treaty 1992]. Entsyklopediya Suchasnoyi Ukrayiny: entsyklopediya [elektronna versiya] / red.: I. M. Dzyuba, A. I. Zhukovsʹkyy, M. H. Zheleznyak ta in. NAN Ukrayiny, NTSH. Kyiv: Institute of Encyclopedic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Vol. 18. URL : https://esu.com.ua/article-60173. [in Ukr.]
  6. Béland, D. (2005) Ideas and social policy: An institutionalist perspective. Social Policy & Administration. No 39(1), pp. 1-18.
  7. Taylor‐Gooby, P. (2012) Root and branch restructuring to achieve major cuts: The social policy programme of the 2010 UK coalition government. Social Policy & Administration. No 46(1), pp. 61-82.
  8. Savchenko, V. F., Los’, A. F. (2011) Otsinka rivnya podatkovoho navantazhennya v Ukrayini [Assessment of the level of the tax burden in Ukraine]. Economic Annals-XXI. No. 9-10, pp. 25-28. [in Ukr.]
  9. Leheza, Ye., Nalyvaiko, L., Sachko, O., Shcherbyna, V., Chepik-Trehubenko, O. (2022) Principles of law: Methodological approaches to understanding in the context of modern globalization transformations. Ius Humani. Law Journal. No 11(2), pp. 55-79. Doi : https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31207/ih.v11i2.312.
  10. Nalyvaiko, L., Chepik-Trehubenko, O. (2022) Application of the principle of the rule of law international and national courts. KELM (Knowledge, Education, Law, Management). No 4(48), hh. 413-419. Doi : https://doi.org/10.51647/kelm.2022.4.65.
  11. Nalyvaiko, O. I., Chepik-Tregubenko, O. S. (2019) Economic and social systems of society as elements of social structure: concept, objectives, trends. Challenges and prospects for the development of legal systems in Ukraine and EU countries: comparative analysis: Collective monograph. Riga: Baltija Publishing. Vol. 1, pp. 256-272.
  12. Beschastnyi, V., Shkliar, S., Fomenko, A., Obushenko, N., Nalyvaiko, L. (2019) Place of court precedent in the system of law of the European Union and in the system of law of Ukraine. Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory. No 22(6), pp. 1-6.
  13. Nalyvaiko, L. R., Нrytsai, I. O. (2021) Gender budgeting as a means of ensuring the gender equality principle. Riga: Baltija Publishing. Doi : https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-571-83-1-14.
  14. Nalyvaiko, L., Lebedieva, Yu. (2022) Human reproductive rights: international standards, experience of Ukraine and Lithuania. modern scientific strategies of development : monograph. P. 318–336. Doi : https://doi.org/10.51587/9781-7364-13395-2022-008-318-336.
  15. Nalyvaiko, L., Ilkov, V., Verba, I., Kulinich, O., Korovaiko, O. (2022) Specific features of the legal regulation of prosecution for contempt of court: judicial rules established in different countries: Características específicas de la regulación legal del enjuiciamiento por manifestación de desacato a los tribunales: normas judiciales establecidas en diferentes países. Political Questions. No 40(74), pp. 393-409. Doi : https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.21.
  16. Minakova, Ye., Nalyvaiko, I. (2022) Application of mediation in the resolution of public legal disputes with the participation of local governments. KELM (Knowledge, Education, Law, Management). No 3(47), pp. 223-227.
Views: 7,503