Social incentives and hindrances to the participation in the EU integration as observed within the new member states

The author scrutinizes the problems arising in the process of integration of the newly adopted Central- and Southeast-European member countries into the EU, with special attention being paid to the transformation of social relationships within them. The article also reveals the peculiarities of their social policy models formation in the course of alignment of the new member states' welfare systems.

Keywords

social policy, social welfare models, European Union, new EU member states, financial and economic crisis, pandemic crisis

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10.09.2020

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14.09.2020

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GOST	Sinitsina I. Social incentives and hindrances to the participation in the EU integration as observed within the new member states // Obshchestvo i ekonomika – 2020. – Issue 8 C. 5-26 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://oie.jes.su/S020736760010798-6-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020736760010798-6
MLA	Sinitsina, Irina "Social incentives and hindrances to the participation in the EU integration as observed within the new member states." Obshchestvo i ekonomika 8 (2020):5-26. DOI: 10.31857/S020736760010798-6
APA	Sinitsina I. (2020). Social incentives and hindrances to the participation in the EU integration as observed within the new member states. Obshchestvo i ekonomika (8), pp.5-26 DOI: 10.31857/S020736760010798-6

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