The social policy of the European Union from the very beginning of its implementation has been a very specific area of ​​EU activity for two fundamental reasons: on the one hand, the importance of social problems in the modern world is constantly increasing, but on the other hand, with the...

One might observe some stability of the basics of the typical welfare state models which were laid out by Esping-Andersen and elaborated on in further studies. However, these stable institutions are not immune from the influence of external destabilizing factors which force institutions to...