Publications

2020

Dismantling health and social care systems kills

Research carried out by the European Centre had already shown pervasive inequalities in access to care as well as in the coverage of health insurance and potential remedies. The Covid-19 crisis brings the evidence to the headlines of the news that social inequalities and the dismantling of health and social welfare systems are killing people. The current crisis also shows that health and social care are not a ‘product’ which can be produced low-cost and provided to those with sufficiently large incomes only.

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The use of formal and informal care services in Slovenia: availability issues and challenges to gender and income equality

This Policy Brief provides insights into the characteristics of people using home care services in Slovenia and how these services are used – either alone or in combination with informal care.

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Prevention and treatment of substance abuse among young people in criminal justice systems

This Policy Brief looks at drug treatment and rehabilitation services for young drug users in criminal justice systems

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Hier, aber nicht um zu bleiben – Die Entsendung von Drittstaatsangehörigen aus Bosnien und Herzegowina, über Slowenien nach Österreich / The posting of third-country nationals between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Austria

In diesem Policy Brief analysieren wir die Entsendung von BauarbeiterInnen aus Bosnien und Herzegowina über Slowenien nach Österreich, ihre Herausforderungen und Probleme.

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2019

Re-thinking Care (Pflege neu denken)

This article presents the Netherlands’ movement of neighbourhood cooperatives that boost the positive energy emerging when citizens are helping each other to realize their aims by a shared utilization of resources with respect to challenges in community care.

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