Pergamos - Library and Information Center of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Unit:

Κατεύθυνση Δημόσιο Δίκαιο και Δημόσια Πολιτική
Library of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology

Deposit date:

2019-12-17

Year:

2019

Author:

Vasilatou Regina

Supervisors info:

Ν.-Χ.Χλέπας, Αν.Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Αλ.Μητρόπουλος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Μ.-Η.Πραβίτα, Λέκτωρας, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ

Original Title:

Ο διευρυνόμενος ρόλος των Δήμων στην άσκηση κοινωνικής πολιτικής. Νέες τάσεις και προοπτικές. Η περίπτωση των δημοτικών βρεφονηπιακών σταθμών.

Languages:

Greek

Translated title:

The growing role of municipalities in social policy. Trends and prospects. The case of municipal Kindergartens.

Summary:

This working paper attempts to analyze the growing role of municipalities in advancing social policy measures, namely in the field of social protection and solidarity. The main purpose of this study is to review how the municipalities responded to recent social policy challenges: determining its involvement in implementing social policies, both in terms of institutional forecasts and of best administrative practices. Methodology used in this paper includes bibliographic research, relevant legislation, statistical data processing as well as a case study focusing on the municipal preschool educational institution. Among the most important findings is that despite the recent reforms of the legislative framework enhancing the role of municipalities as key managers of social needs at the local level, these authorities did not manage to accomplish that mission. Among the impediments which resulted in that failure were the lasting effects of the recent financial crisis. As far as preschools are concerned, it seems more and more necessary to shift from the notion of preschool nursery to the concept of integrated preschool education and to the creation of a network of high quality municipal day care centers. The ultimate goal is to serve the overall needs of the population for preschool education and offer tangible support to the families of the modern world.

Main subject category:

Social, Political and Economic sciences

Keywords:

municipality, social policy, preschool educational institutions

Index:

Yes

Number of index pages:

3 σελίδες

Contains images:

Yes

Number of references:

118