Social Policy. Romania in the European Context

The book is the product of interdisciplinary teamwork, one which merged the scientific and research experience of many academics, scientists, and practionners representing a numbers of fields. The volume was intended to fill a gap in the Romanian professional literature on social work, social insurance and social policies, the welfare state and the market economy and welfare mechanisms. Special attention was paid to educational policy and women. The gender issues are related to women emancipation, women labour force participation, the equal opportunities for women in searching their identity, the demographic and family procedures and interventions for increasing the birth quality, etc. In the directions of social reform, the family policy and the efficient actions for childcare services have been occupying in that time a main place within the Romanian Government priorities.