{"title":"Is There a Link between Income Inequality and Economic Growth in the Balkans? Testing the Kuznets Hypothesis","authors":"Ivana Velkovska","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I2.1764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I2.1764","url":null,"abstract":"This paper makes an effort to test the Kuznets hypothesis in selected Balkan countries by applying panel data regression analysis for the period 2001-2012. We analyzed the following Balkan countries: 1) EU member states – Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Bulgaria and 2) EU candidate states – North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Serbia. The results indicate the existence of the Kuznets curve that is flatter at initial stages of economic development, with income inequality declining at later stages of economic growth. In addition, the EU membership is correlated to lower income inequality, indicating better redistribution efforts in these countries compared to the EU candidate countries.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"227-237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48415250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dohodovne nejednakosti i redistributivne preferencije u Hrvatskoj i zemljama EU-a: makroanaliza","authors":"Z. Šućur","doi":"10.3935/rsp.v28i2.1700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v28i2.1700","url":null,"abstract":"INCOME INEQUALITIES AND REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES IN CROATIA AND EU COUNTRIES: MACRO ANALYSIS Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia The paper analyses the relationship between income inequalities and redistributive preferences. The objectives have been: determine to which degree income inequalities are associated with redistributive preferences, which are the correlates of redistributive preferences on the macro level and which mechanisms of redistribution have been preferred by citizens in the EU countries. Aggregated data from two special Eurobarometer surveys (2010 and 2018) were used as the data source on redistributive preferences, while macro-statistical indicators were taken from the Eurostat database. Bivariate correlational analyses, linear regression and the cluster analysis were used for data processing. A general finding is that redistributive preferences are high in almost all EU countries. It seems that an increase of income inequalities is not the key factor of high redistributive preferences, but it is the perception of income inequalities and the sensitivity of citizens towards income inequalities. Citizens in the EU countries often incorrectly perceive the level of inequalities in society and their place on the income scale. The respondents from post-socialist countries have a larger “aversion” towards income inequalities and want a stronger role of the government in the redistribution and social life. Inhabitants of the EU countries support all key mechanisms of income redistribution (taxes, education, social protection and minimum wage), but they give the largest support to the tax system and the progressive taxation of the wealthy, while there are a lot of suspicions regarding fully free education. Key words: income inequalities, redistributive preferences, European Union, redistributive mechanisms, social justice.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41446263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ivan Krastev i Stephen Holmes: Kraj doba oponašanja. Zašto Zapad gubi bitku za demokraciju","authors":"Predrag Bejaković","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I2.1810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I2.1810","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"289-291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46624925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Horizontalne razlike u visokom obrazovanju u Hrvatskoj: učinci različitih oblika kapitala na odabir fakulteta različitog društvenog statusa","authors":"Saša Puzić, Margareta Gregurović, Iva Odak","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1726","url":null,"abstract":"Cilj rada je ispitati horizontalne nejednakosti u visokom obrazovanju u hrvatskom kontekstu. Polazeci od teorije kulturne i socijalne reprodukcije (Bourdieu, 2011.) postavlja se hipoteza da su, nezavisno od uspjeha u srednjoj skoli, razlike u vjerojatnosti odabira vise ili manje drustveno selektivnih podrucja studija povezane s kulturnim i ekonomskim kapitalom studenata. Provedene analize temelje se na podacima prikupljenim tijekom akademske godine 2016./17. na uzorku od 1 533 studenta druge i trece godine na 13 fakulteta Sveucilista u Zagrebu. Kako bi se provjerila polazna hipoteza, u prvom je koraku utvrđena hijerarhija fakulteta okupljenih u podrucja studija prema stupnju obrazovanja roditelja studenata. Primjenom multinomijalne logisticke regresijske analize ispitani su ucinci kulturnog i ekonomskog kapitala studenata na vjerojatnost odabira vise ili manje drustveno selektivnih podrucja studija. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da je vjerojatnost odabira podrucja studija povezana s ekonomskim i razlicitim oblicima kulturnog kapitala studenata. Za dio fakulteta ucinak ekonomskog kapitala je izravan, a za dio neizravan odnosno posredovan srednjoskolskim uspjehom. S izuzetkom STEM podrucja, posjedovanje kulturnog kapitala povecava vjerojatnost odabira drustveno selektivnijih fakulteta bez obzira na skolski uspjeh. Dobiveni nalazi upucuju da se odabiri u visokom obrazovanju ne mogu odvojiti od socioekonomskog i sociokulturnog okruženja studenata.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"5-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41838942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Europeizacija stambenih politika u postsocijalizmu: usporedba iskustava Slovenije i Hrvatske","authors":"Josip Pandžić","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1707","url":null,"abstract":"Europeizacija stambenih politika samostalno je i u sklopu sire europske socijalne politike bila od marginalnog istraživackog znacaja u korpusu stambenih studija i socijalne politike zbog nacelnog i stvarnog neuplitanja EU-a u stambene politike država clanica. Stambena politika u nadležnosti je država clanica EU-a, pa je stoga nužno visedimenzionalno mjeriti europsku integraciju u ovom podrucju. U ovom su radu analizirani utjecaji europeizacije kroz mehanizme europske integracije temeljem uvida iz dviju postsocijalistickih država clanica EU-a – Slovenije i Hrvatske. Zakljucnom se raspravom ukazuje na europeizacijski deficit u stambenom podrucju kada je rijec o Hrvatskoj u odnosu na Sloveniju. Konacno, predlaže se prosirenje analize na veci broj postsocijalistickih država clanica EU-a te se stoga ovaj rad stavlja u službu poticanja daljnjeg istraživanja teme.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"25-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45173991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dječji brakovi u romskoj zajednici u Republici Hrvatskoj","authors":"Maja Kutnjak Vrtarić, Olja Družić Ljubotina","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1733","url":null,"abstract":"Rad je usmjeren na razumijevanje pojave djecjih brakova kao prakse koja grubo krsi ljudska i djecja prava djevojcica i djecaka, ugrožava njihovu dobrobit i sprjecava ih u ostvarivanju njihovih punih potencijala. U uvodnom dijelu analiziraju se uzroci i posljedice djecjih brakova te se iznose dostupni podaci o rasirenosti ove pojave u regiji. Slijedom dostupnih istraživanja na podrucju Europe koja ukazuju na povecanu zastupljenost pojave u romskoj zajednici, a uzimajuci u obzir nedostatak domacih istraživanja i literature o ovoj temi, u radu su predstavljeni rezultati provedenog kvalitativnog istraživanja ciji je opci cilj bio dobiti uvid u osobno iskustvo odraslih žena Romkinja povezano s njihovim stupanjem u bracnu zajednicu prije navrsene osamnaeste godine života. Podaci su prikupljani metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua te analizirani postupkom tematske analize. Rezultati istraživanja poklapaju se s dostupnim znanjima u ovom podrucju, ali i dodatno artikuliraju isprepletenost razlicitih cimbenika od razine samih djevojaka i roditelja do razine normi u romskoj zajednici. Slijedom toga, raspravlja se i o javno politickom okviru, a predložene su aktivnosti usmjerene na prevenciju prakse djecjih brakova u sustavu obrazovanja te aktivnosti u zajednici i sa zajednicom usmjerenih na pružanje podrske mladima, ali i na mijenjanje normi koje podržavaju ovu praksu.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"71-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41980392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Otpornost obitelji djece s problemima u ponašanju i intervencije koje ju potiču − doživljaj stručnjaka u sustavu socijalne skrbi","authors":"Anja Mirosavljević, Andrea Čosić","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1714","url":null,"abstract":"Otpornost obitelji visedimenzionalan je koncept cije razumijevanje predstavlja trajni istraživacki i profesionalni izazov. Stoga je cilj ovog rada steci uvid u obilježja otpornosti obitelji u riziku cije dijete manifestira probleme u ponasanju i intervencija koje ju poticu iz perspektive strucnjaka koji svakodnevno rade s takvim obiteljima. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 11 strucnjakinja koje rade u centru za socijalnu skrb ili nevladinim organizacijama u podrucju socijalne skrbi. Podaci su prikupljeni metodom fokusne grupe, a analizirani primjenom tematske analize. Rezultati pokazuju da strucnjakinje prepoznaju visestruku rizicnost i složenost rada s ovim obiteljima. Otpornost obitelji vide kao relacijski konstrukt i nemaju jedinstveno stajaliste kako ga konceptualizirati. Kao kljucna obilježja intervencija koje poticu otpornost obitelji isticu usmjerenost na pozitivne snage te sustavni, pravovremeni, umreženi i sveobuhvatni intervencijski pristup. Naglasavaju kako postojeci sustav ima određene ranjive tocke koje rezultiraju time da je sustav ponekad obiteljima dodatni cimbenik rizika. Doprinos rada ocituje se u razmatranju obilježja intervencija za obitelji u riziku i konstrukta otpornosti obitelji cije dijete manifestira probleme u ponasanju.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"95-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46213355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Father’s participation in childcare and household tasks","authors":"Tatjana Kozjek, Neža Mali, Lan Umek","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1717","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the results of a study on fathers’ engagement in caregiving and household tasks and their perception of a father’s role in the household. The aim of the paper is to find out what fathers perceive as ˝being responsible˝ and how their perception is related to their engagement and role in the household. Therefore, we carried out research among employed or self-employed men, living with their female partners and children in the same household. The research was carried out in September 2019 in a Central European country (Slovenia). Results of our research support the stereotypic classification of household tasks in terms of gender. Fathers who consider participation in care and upbringing of children as a relevant aspect of a responsible father more frequently do housekeeping, washing the dishes (washing and stacking), garbage collection and hanging up and collecting laundry. Fathers who consider financial support as a relevant aspect of a responsible father more frequently pay the bills; they also agree that a mother is considered to be much more burdened with regard to unpaid work than a father.","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"47-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47745471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prikaz knjige: Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism","authors":"P. Bejaković","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"117-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70257605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Living, working and covid-19, covid-19 series","authors":"P. Bejaković","doi":"10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3935/RSP.V28I1.1774","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53979,"journal":{"name":"Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku","volume":"28 1","pages":"115-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70257155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}