Tatjana Rakar
Biographic Data
| ID | 654625 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tatjana Rakar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tatjana |
| FAMILY NAME | Rakar |
| SIGNATURE | RAKAR T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5357-8194 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset
BACKGROUNDParenting leave policies shape how caregiving and paid work can be reconciled around the time of childbirth.They have important implications for fertility, employment, and gender equality.Still, there are limited quantitative cross-country data capturing longterm policy changes that impact how long parents can temporarily be away from work to care for their children, and how leave can be shared between them. OBJECTIVEThe European Parent…
Complementing the State
The article examines the role of non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) in addressing regional inequalities for ensuring access to public services in Slovenia. Drawing on recent mixed methods research and theoretical frameworks, we analysed the capacity and impact of Slovenian NGOs in improving access to public services. The data show regional differences in the availability of these services. Areas poorly covered by public social services are ide…
The Scope and Potential of Social Enterprises in Slovenia
Following Slovenia’s EU accession in 2004, social enterprises gained momentum and political support, with pilot projects backed by the European Social Fund starting in 2009 and the Social Entrepreneurship Act adopted in 2011. However, Slovenia has a long tradition of social economy organisations, many of which operate as de facto social enterprises without legal status of social enterprises. As the first of its kind in Slovenia, the study assesse…
Development of Civil Society Organizations—Caught Up in the Framework of Different Welfare Systems
This article examines the processes of governmentalization and marketization in enabling the development of civil society organizations within different welfare systems. It also attempts to explain how these processes impact volunteerism, distinguishing the service from the expressive roles of the civil society sector. Theoretical findings are tested and illustrated using data from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. Further, …
The 2021 cross-national and comparative classification of in-country awareness and policy responses to ‘young carers’
Many children under the age of 18 are drawn into unpaid caring roles because they live in families where there is chronic illness, mental health problems or substance misuse, and because other alternatives are not available. Many of these children, widely referred to as ‘young carers’, provides regular and significant amounts of care, often ‘hidden’ because of the absence of awareness by professionals in the fields of education, health and social…
What and whom are family policies for? Unpacking the meaning of citizens’ support for family policy across Europe
The paper provides a comparative investigation into public attitudes to family policies. It shows that citizens’ support for family policies is diverse across different welfare regimes with respect to four countries belonging to distinct regimes: the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Slovenia. Using qualitative data, we unpack the ways individuals view the need for family policies, the rationale they use to explain their support for family poli…
Cross-national Analysis of Legislation, Policy and Service Frameworks for Adolescent Young Carers in Europe
Despite some national examinations of policy responses for young carers (YCs), this study provides a first comprehensive cross-national comparison of the different legislation, policy and service frameworks that exist to protect and support adolescent young carers (AYCs) in six European countries (Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom) and how these are enacted. Until now, research has focused on estimating numbers …
Care Policy in Slovenia
Slovenia makes a compelling case for care policy analysis since it is marked by extreme dichotomy in care. Therefore, placing Slovenia on a continuum of care regimes ranging from defamilialised to familialised with respect to care is difficult, with care for children being highly defamilialised, and care for older people highly familialised. The country’s childcare policies build on a historically well-developed system of public childcare provisi…
Social policy in Slovenia and Montenegro
Slovenia and Montenegro have a common past; however, they have also experienced diverse developments in the field of social policy over the last three decades. The social policy of the two countries is based on a Yugoslav welfare model, and yet the positions of the two countries were quite rather different even as part of Federal Yugoslavia, with Slovenia being one of the most developed territories within the federation, while Montenegro was one …
Social Investment in an Age of Austerity
The focus of this article is on family policy reforms in four European countries – Austria, Finland, Portugal, and Slovenia – between 2008 and 2015. These years were marked by the ‘Great Recession’, and by the rise of the social-investment perspective. Social investment is an umbrella concept, though, and it is also somewhat ambiguous. This article distinguishes between different social-investment variants, which emerge from a focus on its intera…
The social legitimacy of the universal basic income from a social justice perspective
The universal basic income (UBI) has found its way into public debates and has prominent advocates across almost all political camps. In many debates, it is presented as a solution for the consequences of a large variety of current societal challenges, such as unemployment, over-education, ecological crises, gender inequality and issues related to digitalization and automatization. While UBI has been discussed broadly from an expert position, we …
A Comparative Analysis of People’s Views on Future Policies for Older People
Population ageing is one of the biggest structural changes currently affecting the development of all European welfare states.Countries have tackled these changes in different ways.In reaction to the global economic crisis, many countries have reformed their old-age pension systems and how they address the rising care needs.These changes are bound to influence how citizens view the welfare state's prospects and what they expect from it in the fut…
The Provision of Care
Budućnost slovenske socijalne države
European states are facing challenges how to successfully restructure their welfare systems in times of numerous external and internal pressures, among them especially the demographic pressure and the impact of global economic crisis.Slovenia was one of European countries that were hit hardest by the crisis in 2009.Likewise, Slovenia is facing severe challenges regarding population ageing.In the paper, we are interested in people's attitudes towa…
The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity
Social provision in Slovenia has pursued a gradual path of development towards a post-socialist model. The country faced a pronounced recession after the 2008 economic crisis, with a second recession in 2012. This was further exacerbated by political instability with a restructuring of left and right political coalitions. These pressures, coupled with an emphasis on austerity, led to structural reforms of the welfare system, which resulted in a s…
The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Service Provision of Education in Slovenia and Hungary
English The author presents a comparative analysis of the development of the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the service provision of education in the post-socialist countries, Slovenia and Hungary. The analysis shows that there are important differences between the countries in the education policies as they relate to denominational educational institutions, and how these institutions are embedded in the education system. This is manifested…
The development of denominational educational institutions in Slovenia1
The problem of adjusting and reconciling the claims of church and state in education is very old. Historically, ‘whatever the theory, the state simply was not in position to run schools; the church
The social legitimacy of the universal basic income from a social justice perspective
The universal basic income (UBI) has found its way into public debates and has prominent advocates across almost all political camps. In many debates, it is presented as a solution for the consequences of a large variety of current societal challenges, such as unemployment, over-education, ecological crises, gender inequality and issues related to digitalization and automatization. While UBI has been discussed broadly from an expert position, we …
The 2021 cross-national and comparative classification of in-country awareness and policy responses to ‘young carers’
Many children under the age of 18 are drawn into unpaid caring roles because they live in families where there is chronic illness, mental health problems or substance misuse, and because other alternatives are not available. Many of these children, widely referred to as ‘young carers’, provides regular and significant amounts of care, often ‘hidden’ because of the absence of awareness by professionals in the fields of education, health and social…
Cross-national Analysis of Legislation, Policy and Service Frameworks for Adolescent Young Carers in Europe
Despite some national examinations of policy responses for young carers (YCs), this study provides a first comprehensive cross-national comparison of the different legislation, policy and service frameworks that exist to protect and support adolescent young carers (AYCs) in six European countries (Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom) and how these are enacted. Until now, research has focused on estimating numbers …
Social policy in Slovenia and Montenegro
Slovenia and Montenegro have a common past; however, they have also experienced diverse developments in the field of social policy over the last three decades. The social policy of the two countries is based on a Yugoslav welfare model, and yet the positions of the two countries were quite rather different even as part of Federal Yugoslavia, with Slovenia being one of the most developed territories within the federation, while Montenegro was one …
What and whom are family policies for? Unpacking the meaning of citizens’ support for family policy across Europe
The paper provides a comparative investigation into public attitudes to family policies. It shows that citizens’ support for family policies is diverse across different welfare regimes with respect to four countries belonging to distinct regimes: the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Slovenia. Using qualitative data, we unpack the ways individuals view the need for family policies, the rationale they use to explain their support for family poli…
Development of Civil Society Organizations—Caught Up in the Framework of Different Welfare Systems
This article examines the processes of governmentalization and marketization in enabling the development of civil society organizations within different welfare systems. It also attempts to explain how these processes impact volunteerism, distinguishing the service from the expressive roles of the civil society sector. Theoretical findings are tested and illustrated using data from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. Further, …
Care Policy in Slovenia
Slovenia makes a compelling case for care policy analysis since it is marked by extreme dichotomy in care. Therefore, placing Slovenia on a continuum of care regimes ranging from defamilialised to familialised with respect to care is difficult, with care for children being highly defamilialised, and care for older people highly familialised. The country’s childcare policies build on a historically well-developed system of public childcare provisi…
Social Investment in an Age of Austerity
The focus of this article is on family policy reforms in four European countries – Austria, Finland, Portugal, and Slovenia – between 2008 and 2015. These years were marked by the ‘Great Recession’, and by the rise of the social-investment perspective. Social investment is an umbrella concept, though, and it is also somewhat ambiguous. This article distinguishes between different social-investment variants, which emerge from a focus on its intera…
Budućnost slovenske socijalne države
European states are facing challenges how to successfully restructure their welfare systems in times of numerous external and internal pressures, among them especially the demographic pressure and the impact of global economic crisis.Slovenia was one of European countries that were hit hardest by the crisis in 2009.Likewise, Slovenia is facing severe challenges regarding population ageing.In the paper, we are interested in people's attitudes towa…
The development of denominational educational institutions in Slovenia1
The problem of adjusting and reconciling the claims of church and state in education is very old. Historically, ‘whatever the theory, the state simply was not in position to run schools; the church
The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Service Provision of Education in Slovenia and Hungary
English The author presents a comparative analysis of the development of the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the service provision of education in the post-socialist countries, Slovenia and Hungary. The analysis shows that there are important differences between the countries in the education policies as they relate to denominational educational institutions, and how these institutions are embedded in the education system. This is manifested…
The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity
Social provision in Slovenia has pursued a gradual path of development towards a post-socialist model. The country faced a pronounced recession after the 2008 economic crisis, with a second recession in 2012. This was further exacerbated by political instability with a restructuring of left and right political coalitions. These pressures, coupled with an emphasis on austerity, led to structural reforms of the welfare system, which resulted in a s…
The Provision of Care
Budućnost slovenske socijalne države
European states are facing challenges how to successfully restructure their welfare systems in times of numerous external and internal pressures, among them especially the demographic pressure and the impact of global economic crisis.Slovenia was one of European countries that were hit hardest by the crisis in 2009.Likewise, Slovenia is facing severe challenges regarding population ageing.In the paper, we are interested in people's attitudes towa…
A Comparative Analysis of People’s Views on Future Policies for Older People
Population ageing is one of the biggest structural changes currently affecting the development of all European welfare states.Countries have tackled these changes in different ways.In reaction to the global economic crisis, many countries have reformed their old-age pension systems and how they address the rising care needs.These changes are bound to influence how citizens view the welfare state's prospects and what they expect from it in the fut…
Social policy in Slovenia and Montenegro
Slovenia and Montenegro have a common past; however, they have also experienced diverse developments in the field of social policy over the last three decades. The social policy of the two countries is based on a Yugoslav welfare model, and yet the positions of the two countries were quite rather different even as part of Federal Yugoslavia, with Slovenia being one of the most developed territories within the federation, while Montenegro was one …
Social Investment in an Age of Austerity
The focus of this article is on family policy reforms in four European countries – Austria, Finland, Portugal, and Slovenia – between 2008 and 2015. These years were marked by the ‘Great Recession’, and by the rise of the social-investment perspective. Social investment is an umbrella concept, though, and it is also somewhat ambiguous. This article distinguishes between different social-investment variants, which emerge from a focus on its intera…
The social legitimacy of the universal basic income from a social justice perspective
The universal basic income (UBI) has found its way into public debates and has prominent advocates across almost all political camps. In many debates, it is presented as a solution for the consequences of a large variety of current societal challenges, such as unemployment, over-education, ecological crises, gender inequality and issues related to digitalization and automatization. While UBI has been discussed broadly from an expert position, we …
Cross-national Analysis of Legislation, Policy and Service Frameworks for Adolescent Young Carers in Europe
Despite some national examinations of policy responses for young carers (YCs), this study provides a first comprehensive cross-national comparison of the different legislation, policy and service frameworks that exist to protect and support adolescent young carers (AYCs) in six European countries (Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom) and how these are enacted. Until now, research has focused on estimating numbers …
Care Policy in Slovenia
Slovenia makes a compelling case for care policy analysis since it is marked by extreme dichotomy in care. Therefore, placing Slovenia on a continuum of care regimes ranging from defamilialised to familialised with respect to care is difficult, with care for children being highly defamilialised, and care for older people highly familialised. The country’s childcare policies build on a historically well-developed system of public childcare provisi…
The 2021 cross-national and comparative classification of in-country awareness and policy responses to ‘young carers’
Many children under the age of 18 are drawn into unpaid caring roles because they live in families where there is chronic illness, mental health problems or substance misuse, and because other alternatives are not available. Many of these children, widely referred to as ‘young carers’, provides regular and significant amounts of care, often ‘hidden’ because of the absence of awareness by professionals in the fields of education, health and social…
What and whom are family policies for? Unpacking the meaning of citizens’ support for family policy across Europe
The paper provides a comparative investigation into public attitudes to family policies. It shows that citizens’ support for family policies is diverse across different welfare regimes with respect to four countries belonging to distinct regimes: the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Slovenia. Using qualitative data, we unpack the ways individuals view the need for family policies, the rationale they use to explain their support for family poli…
Complementing the State
The article examines the role of non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) in addressing regional inequalities for ensuring access to public services in Slovenia. Drawing on recent mixed methods research and theoretical frameworks, we analysed the capacity and impact of Slovenian NGOs in improving access to public services. The data show regional differences in the availability of these services. Areas poorly covered by public social services are ide…
The Scope and Potential of Social Enterprises in Slovenia
Following Slovenia’s EU accession in 2004, social enterprises gained momentum and political support, with pilot projects backed by the European Social Fund starting in 2009 and the Social Entrepreneurship Act adopted in 2011. However, Slovenia has a long tradition of social economy organisations, many of which operate as de facto social enterprises without legal status of social enterprises. As the first of its kind in Slovenia, the study assesse…
Development of Civil Society Organizations—Caught Up in the Framework of Different Welfare Systems
This article examines the processes of governmentalization and marketization in enabling the development of civil society organizations within different welfare systems. It also attempts to explain how these processes impact volunteerism, distinguishing the service from the expressive roles of the civil society sector. Theoretical findings are tested and illustrated using data from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. Further, …
The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset
BACKGROUNDParenting leave policies shape how caregiving and paid work can be reconciled around the time of childbirth.They have important implications for fertility, employment, and gender equality.Still, there are limited quantitative cross-country data capturing longterm policy changes that impact how long parents can temporarily be away from work to care for their children, and how leave can be shared between them. OBJECTIVEThe European Parent…
Political science (15 works) · Economics (11 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Welfare (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works)