@article{
author = "Perišić, Natalija and Pantelić, Marina",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Overall changes in political, social and economic spheres in Serbia, along
with ongoing demographic processes, have affected various policies and all
aspects of people’s lives, including system(s) of care. While care became an
important analytical concept and category of social policy analysis internationally,
it has not been systematically applied in the analysis of the Serbian
welfare state. Incorporation of care in welfare state analysis is much needed
as its organisation in the national context reveals a lot about the nature of the
welfare state, changes in its socio-institutional arrangements and, most importantly,
the effects of provision. This article thus aims to outline the evolution
of childcare and eldercare policies in Serbia over the last decade, employing
the concept of the care diamond developed by Shahra Razavi, which allows
examining the “architecture” through which the care is provided: families/
households, markets, the state and the voluntary sector. By analysing the prevalent
care policy “architecture” for children and the elderly in Serbia and the
roles of different sectors in that respect, as well as by identifying similarities
and differences in the provision of childcare and eldercare in the national
context, the article exposes developments and current state in childcare and
eldercare provision in Serbia. The analysis indicates the profound role of the
informal sphere in both care systems in Serbia, childcare and eldercare. Some
differences between the two care domains could also be noted. These relate to
the configuration of welfare sectors involved in care provision, revealing the
modified shape of the care diamond in the case of childcare. That is, while all
four sectors are involved in providing care in the case of eldercare forming
an eldercare diamond, this is not the case with childcare. In the latter case,
the voluntary, nonprofit sector does not exist as a care provider in Serbia,
with childcare “architecture” having a shape of a care triangle. In light of
this evidence, the role of families and the voluntary, nonprofit sector should
be taken into account in future planning and funding of policies as well as in
their implementation.",
publisher = "Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu : Zagreb, Studijski centar socijalnog rada : Zagreb",
journal = "Revija za socijalnu politiku",
title = "Care Triangle or Care Diamond? The Case of Childcare and Eldercare in Serbia",
pages = "345-323",
number = "3",
volume = "28",
doi = "10.3935/rsp.v28i3.1805"
}
