Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
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Notes on Contributors
Social Security in the Balkans
Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska
PART 1
Social Security: Overview of Reforms and Challenges
1 The Social System in Croatia
Challenges and Reforms
Predrag Bejaković
2 Security Threats, Challenges and Risks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Social Security Perspectives
Nevenko Vranješ, Velibor Lalić and Mile Šikman
3 The Functionality of the Social Security Scheme in Albania Challenges and Perspectives
Teuta Nunaj Kortoci and Shkëlzen Macukulli
PART 2
Pension System: Scheme and Development
4 The Pension System in Greece
Effrosyni E. Kouskouna and Aspasia Strantzalou
5 The Current and Future Consistency of the Pension System and Social Security in Romania in the Face of Demographic Changes
Mirela Cristea and Graţiela Georgiana Noja
6 The Pension System in Bulgaria
The Complexity of Socioeconomic Development towards Sustainable Social Security
Dorota Domalewska and Irina Mindova Docheva
PART 3
Social Security Evolution and Economic Recession
7 The Evolution of the Social Security System in Greece
Nikos Kourachanis
8 Social Security in Greece in the Aftermath of the Economic Recession
Policies and Challenges Laying Ahead
Christos Koutsampelas
Index