Comparative research in social policy

Abstract

The paper analyses the importance, possibilities, forms, advantages and difficulties of comparative research in social policy, which becomes more and more actual in the world. This research is a prerequisite for scientific foundation of social policy and its successful conduct, i.e. setting and selection of actual social aims, as well as for representation of the most adequate instruments and measures for their achievement. There is an ever increasing scientific and practical need for comparative research of social policy. Therefore the issue of possibility for using others' experiences is suggested not only to theoreticians, but also to practitioners. Correct understanding of contemporary social policy requires both the knowledge of different systems of social policy and of their historical legacy. Connection and interdependence of contemporary world requires knowledge and monitoring of developments in the world as a whole, and also in its certain parts.

U radu se analizira značaj, mogućnosti, vidovi, prednosti i teškoće uporednih istraživanja u socijalnoj politici, koja postaju sve aktuelnija u svetu. Ova istraživanja predstavljaju uslov naučnog fundiranja socijalne politike i njenog uspešnog vođenja, odnosno postavljanja i izbora pravih socijalnih ciljeva, kao i predstavljanja najadekvatnijih instrumenata i mera za njihovo postizanje. Za uporednim istraživanjem socijalne politike postoji sve izraženija naučna i praktična potreba. Zato se pitanje mogućnosti korišćenja tuđih iskustava nameće ne samo teoretičarima već i praktičarima. Za pravilno razumevanje savremene socijalne politike neophodno je poznavanje različitih sistema socijalne politike,kao i poznavanje njihovog istorijskog nasleđa. Povezanost i međuzavisnost savremenog sveta zahteva poznavanje i praćenje zbivanja u svetu kao celini, ali i njegovim pojedinim delovima.