Nikos Papadakis – Centre for Political Research & Documentation (KEPET), Department of Political Science, University of Crete; Centre of Training and LLL of the University of Crete (KEDIVIM); Scientific Board of the National
Centre of Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA), Greece
Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis – Department of Political Science, University of Crete; Centre for Political Research & Documentation
(KEPET); Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc); Steering Committee of the ECPR Political Culture Standing Group, Greece
Keywords: Social Sustainability;
Welfare State;
Social Policy;
Evidence-based Policy
Making
Abstract: Social sustainability is one of the key pillars of sustainable development. In our analysis, this concept refers to the need for the creation of a society that contains all the conditions for sustainable development in terms of equal opportunities for employment and social well-being.
Currently, significant problems and dysfunctions exist as long as several European labor markets are fragmented with a strong insiders-outsiders divergence, job polarization, high labor market slack, and high in-work poverty rates, especially in precarious forms of employment. In Europe as well as globally, addressing these issues is of major importance to ensure social sustainability. This paper depicts the state of play of social sustainability in Europe and aims to identify specific policy responses that could offer viable solutions to old and emerging challenges in terms of social inclusion, within the framework of evidence-based policy making mainly related to social policy.
9th International Scientific ERAZ Conference – ERAZ 2023 – Selected Papers: KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, hybrid – online, virtually and in person, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1, 2023
ERAZ Selected Papers published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
ERAZ conference partners: Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia); University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia (Bulgaria); Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET), Research Laboratory of the Department of Political Science of University of Crete (Greece); Institute of Public Finance – Zagreb (Croatia); Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Ohrid, University of St. Kliment Ohridski from Bitola (North Macedonia)
ERAZ Conference 2023 Selected Papers: ISBN 978-86-80194-73-8, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.S.P.2023
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Papadakis, N., & Tzagkarakis, S. I. (2023). Evidence-Based Policy Making Towards Social Sustainability. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Selected Papers (pp. 103-113). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.S.P.2023.103
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