Social policies and solidarity during the Greek Crisis

Kourachanis, Nikos; Lalioti, Varvara; Venieris, Dimitris

doi:10.1111/spol.12420

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“…However, the greatest problem that participants encountered in daily professional practice was unquestionably a lack of the necessary means and resources, a finding that has also been reported in other studies [42]. Cutbacks in social spending have drastically limited the resources that social workers can offer users [43]. Furthermore, participants were caught in the middle between the authorities and users, creating the feeling that they were punch bags, which as other authors have noted, may lead to occupational burnout [44].…”

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The Sustainability of Public Social Services: A Qualitative Study

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The 2008 global economic crisis heightened social inequality and drastically reduced equal opportunities for many people. It had negative consequences for social regulation in many European countries, which have dismantled their public social policies. The objective of the study was to describe social workers’ perceptions of their lived experiences in different areas of the public social services system. A qualitative study was developed, based on a hermeneutic approach. Six in-depth interviews and two focus groups were conducted with 20 social workers employed by community social services and the Andalusian public health service (Spain). The professionals agreed that the public social services system has been eroded, that the lack of resources has consequences for workers and the general public alike, and that the public authorities and the administration are responsible for this situation. Social services have become distributors of scarce resources rather than a social protection system that empowers and accompanies the most vulnerable. The system must provide the necessary resources and structures so that they can escape the situation of poverty, exclusion and social injustice.

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“…In Greece, the combination of the economic downturn with the refugee crisis has led to the activation of a large spectrum of civil society managing the humanitarian crisis (Chtouris & Miller, 2017). The so-called 'refugee crisis' has resulted in an upgrade of the role that CSOs play in social solidarity, education, employment promotion, and so forth (Kourachanis et al, 2019), as well as an increase in institutionalised and atypical CSOs seeking to meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees (Kalogeraki, 2020).…”

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The Role of Civil Society in the Labour Market Integration of Migrants in Europe: An Introduction

2022

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This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue that discusses the role of civil society in the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in six European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK. The paper presents a typology of civil society’s involvement in migrant labour integration—a policy-contested field—based on the relationship between non-profit and public sector organisations. Such ideal-type models are traditional public administration delivery, co-management, co-production with a partial or non-existent role for public sector organisations, and full co-production. In the six countries covered by the special issue, the existing relationship between the public sector and the civil society sector is affected by the specific social, cultural and economic contexts that underpin both their labour markets and welfare states. Although one model predominates in each of the six countries, in different ways and with different mechanisms, in all of them there is a trend towards the development of coproduction whereby the state plays either a central or a residual role.

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“…The fact that a small percentage of young people find a job upon completion of these programs along with the low connection between acquired skills and jobs is another problematic feature (Nteli, 2015). Although existing evaluative studies provide important evidence regarding the labour market outcomes of traineeships (Kourachanis et al, 2019), they do not explore in any detail the learning dimension. This is an important omission given that such initiatives aim predominantly to equip young people with valuable skills and training experiences and in theory achieve both efficiency and inclusiveness.…”

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Training in the age of liberalization and crisis: Understanding the learning experiences of young Active Labour Market Programme Participants

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2022

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Vocational Training has been a prominent aspect of Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) across EU member states, as part of efforts to boost the employability and human capital of young unemployed people and address new social risks arising within knowledge economies. However, young people's learning experiences of these programmes, and how these shape their early formative experiences in the labour market is underexplored. We address this gap by presenting new analysis of an extensive qualitative dataset, involving interviews with participants in Greece's Continuous Vocational Training (CVET) Program. Drawing on Unwin and Fuller's influential theory of restrictive and expansive learning environments which was developed through examination of formal apprenticeship programmes, we explore the extent to which these short-term vocational training programs provide meaningful learning and work experiences for young people. We show that vocational training facilitated through ALMPs is often experienced as restrictive, underpinned by a lack of meaningful training, occupation-specific skills, supportive guidance and quality employment prospects. Furthermore, we show how ALMPs in such contexts not only fail to support young people, but they also reinforce and legitimize precarious work practices by socializing the

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Social policies and solidarity during the Greek Crisis

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

The Sustainability of Public Social Services: A Qualitative Study

The Sustainability of Public Social Services: A Qualitative Study

The Role of Civil Society in the Labour Market Integration of Migrants in Europe: An Introduction

Training in the age of liberalization and crisis: Understanding the learning experiences of young Active Labour Market Programme Participants

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