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The Welfare State and Decentralisation

The welfare state today is passing through a serious financial and conceptual crisis whose roots lie in economic, technological and demographic changes. Decentralisation is one of the ways of resolving this crisis - instead of the central government inefficiently trying to resolve the problems that have accumulated, some of the tasks might be carried out by lower territorial units according to the principle of subsidiarity. Successful decentralisation of social policy requires the creation of conditions for activating civil society institutions. Although the social policy and social assistance in Croatia should be decentralised, this process is hampered by poverty within society in general and by significant differences among regions in terms of economic developmen.

decentralisation ; welfare state ; social changes ; social policy

IUC = Inter-University Centre (Dubrovnik)