The Informal Welfare State and the Family: Invisible Actors in the Greek Drama

Lyberaki, Antigone; Tinios, Platon

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“…As shown elsewhere (Lyberaki and Tinios, 2014;Matsaganis, 2012), faced with greatly increased demand for social protection as a result of job and income losses, the response of the Greek welfare state in 2009-12 was inadequate -and it is unlikely to get better soon. The 2013-14 Spending Review explicitly targeted social transfers: €6.1 billion (3.23 per cent of GDP) of savings were to be achieved through massive cuts in pensions and other social benefits, and another €0.7 billion (0.38 per cent of GDP) through increases in social insurance contributions.…”

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Poverty and Inequality during the Great Recession in Greece

Matsaganis

Leventi

2014

Political Studies Review

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The severe economic crisis that has been affecting Greece since 2009 is having an unprecedented impact in terms of job and income losses, and is widely perceived to have a comparably significant effect in terms of greater inequality and increased poverty. This article provides an early assessment of whether (and to what extent) the latter is the case. Specifically, it simulates the impact of the austerity (i.e. fiscal consolidation policies) and the recession (i.e. negative developments in the wider economy) on the distribution of incomes in 2009-12, and estimates how the burden of the Great Recession has been shared across income groups. The article concludes by discussing the policy implications of the authors' research.

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Poverty and Inequality during the Great Recession in Greece

Matsaganis

Leventi

2014

Political Studies Review

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“…Women of that generation were very different from their mothers: more educated and with a greater stake in paid employment. Although the need for social policy to recalibrate itself away from the familial system had been recognised, policy was lagging behind official intentions (Lyberaki and Tinios 2014). Consequently, caring responsibilities overwhelmingly fell on female members of the family.…”

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Greece

Lyberaki¹,

Georgiadis²

2020

Extended Working Life Policies

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The simultaneous experience of rapid population ageing, deep recession and a conservative social protection system was behind the dramatic social adjustments during the Greek bailout 2010-2018, affecting diverse categories of citizens whose later life wellbeing was undermined. Older women are especially vulnerable, as they were disproportionately affected by reforms. Women who retire after 2016 face abrupt and dramatic retirement age hikes, while those who managed to retire early have already faced repeated cuts in pensions in their incomes. Their predicament is exacerbated by new obstacles and disincentives which discourage older workers. To make a dire employment situation even worse, unemployment among older workers (especially women) is especially hard to tackle. Long term care services provided by social protection are insufficient to cover demand, implying the need for continued informal care on the part of older women to fill gaps. Consequently, older women have had to shoulder a large part of adjustments, but will also be called to make up for retrenchment in key areas, such as caring for grandchildren and for elderly relatives-whilst being denied meaningful support to help their them respond. As long term developments unfold over the next decade, these gaps will deepen and the social predicament of older Greek women will be more pressing.

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“…As the economic crisis evolved, it was evident that most people in need could not rely on a constantly retreating formal welfare state solidarity. Moreover, the capacity of the Greek family to play it's traditional role in providing social care for it's members has been significantly constrained (Lyberaki and Tinios 2014). In a context of extreme deterioration in economic conditions, women face the difficulty of combining work and family care due to the lack of adequate public social structures and the growing need for care in the family caused by the return of adult children home due to the crisis (Petmesidou 2013).…”

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The transformation of solidarity in times of austerity: The case of Greece

Feronas

2018

SCAD

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Ο µετασχηµατισµός της κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης στην εποχή της λιτότητας: Η ελληνική περίπτωση Ανδρέας Φερώνας, Πανεπιστήµιο Πελοποννήσου ΠΕΡIΛΗΨΗ Η εµµένουσα σοβαρή οικονοµική κρίση που βιώνει η Ελλάδα τα τελευταία οκτώ χρόνια, δεν έχει µόνο οδηγήσει σε µια πρωτοφανή κοινωνική κρίση, αλλά έχει επίσης θέσει σε αµφισβήτηση τα παραδοσιακά εδραιωµένα πρότυπα κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης. Υιοθετώντας έναν ευρύ ορισµό της κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης, ως «της προθυµίας για διαµοιρασµό των κοινωνικών κινδύνων», το παρόν άρθρο στοχεύει στην ανάδειξη δύο παράλληλων διαδικασιών µετασχηµατισµού της κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης στην Ελλάδα στο πλαίσιο της τρέχουσας κρίσης. Πρώτον, τη σηµαντική περιστολή µιας ήδη προβληµατικής (πριν από την κρίση) θεσµοποιηµένης αλληλεγγύης του κράτους πρόνοιας, που επιβλήθηκε σε µεγάλο βαθµό από τις διαδοχικές συµφωνίες διάσωσης µε την Τρόικα. ∆εύτερον, την ανάδυση µιας πληθώρας µορφών άτυπης κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης, µε σκοπό τη στήριξη των κοινωνικών οµάδων που επλήγησαν περισσότερο από την κρίση. Το άρθρο καταλήγει στο συµπέρασµα ότι αν και η τελευταία έχει διαδραµατίσει ένα σηµαντικό ρόλο στην παροχή άµεσης ανακούφισης στις πιο ευάλωτες κοινωνικές οµάδες, δεν πρέπει να θεωρείται ούτε πανάκεια για την επίλυση κοινωνικών προβληµάτων ούτε ως υποκατάστατο της θεσµοποιηµένης αλληλεγγύης του κράτους πρόνοιας, σε µια εποχή που η ζήτηση για την κοινωνική προστασία έχει αυξηθεί δραµατικά. ΛΕΞΕΙΣ-ΚΛΕΙ∆ΙΑ:Κοινωνική αλληλεγγύη, λιτότητα, κράτος πρόνοιας, κοινωνία πολιτών, Ελλάδα. ABSTRACTThe severe economic crisis that has surfaced in Greece over the last eight years, not only has resulted to an unprecedented social crisis but has also challenged long established domestic patterns of solidarity. By defining social solidarity very generally as "the willingness to share social risks" this paper aims at highlighting two parallel processes of transformation of solidarity in Greece in the context of the ongoing crisis. First, a process of retrenchment of an already problematic formal welfare state solidarity, largely imposed by the successive bail out agreements with the Troika. Secondly, the emergence of various forms of informal solidarity, aimed at supporting the social groups most affected by the crisis. The paper concludes that although the latter has played an important role in offering immediate relief to those "in need", is far from being considered, neither as a panacea for solving social problems nor as a substitute to welfare state solidarity, at a time when the demand for social protection has increased dramatically.

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The Informal Welfare State and the Family: Invisible Actors in the Greek Drama

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Poverty and Inequality during the Great Recession in Greece

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