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Social assistance in Southern Europe
— the case of Greece revisited | | Author(s) | Manos Matsaganis |
| Journal title | Journal of European Social Policy, vol 10, no 1, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 68-80 |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Greece. |
| Annotation | Recent comparative social surveys of social assistance arrangements in developed countries tend to portray Greece as the most "rudimentary" member of the "rudimentary" group of countries or social assistance regimes, i.e. Southern Europe. While not entirely unfounded, this view rests on a less than complete account of social assistance in Greece, and also ignores the latest developments that further challenge this position. This article aims to "map" social assistance benefits in Greece, describe recent developments, and discuss current debates on future directions of welfare reform in the country. This review suggests that although social assistance remains a "poor relation" within Greece's social protection system as a whole, the relative weight is much greater than previously thought. Moreover, the profile of social assistance is set to rise, due to a renewed emphasis on notions of selectivity and targeting, but also in connection with the revival of the debate on the merits and practicalities of introducing a minimum guaranteed income scheme in the country. The search for the proper place of social assistance in Greece has only just begun. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000411202 A |
| Classmark | JH: TY: TM2: 76X |
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