welfare state is an inevitable characteristic of the capitalist development, which expresses the rise of the modern society …. Contrary to the neoliberal arguments that support the decline or disappearance of the welfare state, the chapter relies on …

Institutions, leading to significant cuts on salaries, pensions and other welfare benefits …English Abstract: The chapter examines the evolution of the welfare state in Greece over the last four decades and the … influence which the EC/EU exercised on it. It is concluded that welfare and social policies in Greece have emerged as a result …

contemporary social policy and welfare state issues. It underlines the principal role of the society in terms of the societal needs …