EU Social Inclusion Policies in Post-Socialist Countries

Ingrid Fylling holds a position as associate professor in Sociology at Nord University, Norway. Her main research interest is in disability studies and studies of local welfare services. She is also a board member of the Nordic Network for Disability Research. Latest publication (co-authored): Fylling, I. and Melbøe, L. (2019). Culturalisation, homogenisation, assimilation? Intersectional perspectives on the life experiences for Sami people with disabilities. Accepted for publication in Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 2019 http://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.575.. Janne Paulsen Breimo is a professor in social work at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Norway. Her research interests include social policy and social welfare. She is the chair of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network on the Sociology of Social Policy and Social Welfare (RN26). Co-authored publications: Romanian Roma: An Institutional Ethnography of Labour Market Exclusion (2016), Networking enforced – comparing social services’ collaborative rationalesacross different welfare regimes (2016); Planning individually? Spotting international welfare trends in the field of rehabilitation in Norway (2016). Elena-Loreni Baciu is an Associate Professor at the Social Work Department from the West University of Timisoara, Romania and a co-founder of the Research-Action Centre on Discrimination and Social Inclusion at the same University. (Co)-authored publications: Between equality and discrimination: disabled persons in Romania (2017); Exploring the social relations of Roma employability (2016); Romanian Roma: An institutional ethnography of labour market exclusion (2016).

1. Implementing Social Inclusion Policies in Post-socialist EU Countries: Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones. 2. Independent Living in Central and Eastern Europe? The Challenges of Post-socialist Deinstitutionalization. 3. The Limits of Projects: Translating the Social Inclusion of Roma in Serbia. 4. Ethnicizing Poverty, Implementation of Structural Funds in Slovakia. 5. Policies for Whom? Roma as Ethnic and/or National Minorities: The Case of Hungary and the European Union. 6. How Can We Understand the Poor Implementation of Disability Inclusion Policy in Romania?. 7. EU Social Inclusion Policy Implementation in Poland 1989–2018. 8. Social Inclusion and Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Slovakia. 9. Social Economy Entities as a Practical Instrument to Enhance Social Inclusion in Poland. 10. The Promotion of Social Inclusion in the Slovak Education System through "Teach for Slovakia" Programme. 11. The Integrated Approach in Practice: A Framework for Roma Work Inclusion. Case Studies from Romania. 12. Inclusion Policies between EU Framework and Post-socialist Heritage.