Social services is a constitvent part of the social security system. Social services are provided in cases of social risk such as illness, disability, senility, widowhood, family, childcare, unemployment, lodging, social ...

The Swedish welfare model is distinctive among other social policy models according to the citizens equality paradigm, due to which there exists a belief in a social welfare state, redistribution of state resources, equality ...

The article defines and discusses the New Public Management as well as indicates its need for public administration and local government. The first part discloses the concept of the New Public Management and presents its ...

The article deals with five attributes of the NGO-municipal relations: institutionalization, intensity, functionality, mutual trust and resource dependence. A theoretical model of NGO-local government relations was formed ...

This article analyses the issue of posting workers and administrative challenges in the Baltic States an d Poland. The administrative challenges are explained through administrative cooperation and information ...

This article deals with the necessity to supplement the decisions in public administration under the influence of globalisation with new theoretical and practical decisions, mainly from the area of New Public Management. ...

The article deals with the development of Greek social model during the past 25 years. The facts in the article are extracted from the works of Greek and foreign authors and are explained in a chronological manner. The ...

The article surveys developments of the system of social services in Lithuania, discusses opportunities of performance measurement in the social services sector and results of a performance measurement project in Lithuanian ...

In the article the model of the welfare state in Lithuania, its development and perspectives are overviewed and also Swedish welfare state and its present situation is considered. In the beginning of creating Lithuanian ...