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- Aidukaite, Jolanta, et al.
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Ageing and the welfare state: Welfare policies and attitudes in the Baltic and Nordic countries
- 2021
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Ingår i: Challenges to the Welfare State. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781839106118 - 9781839106101 ; , s. 138-160
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter aims to document the current trends in the Baltic and Nordic welfare policies on ageing from a comparative perspective and to reveal senior citizens’ subjective perceptions of their socioeconomic situation and their attitudes towards the role of government in ensuring safety. The analyses show essential existential gaps among younger and older generations in the three Baltic states, if poverty, age discrimination and income security are taken into account. The situation, as expected, is more positive in the Nordic countries. However, Finland exhibits similarities with Estonia and Lithuania in terms of overall satisfaction of elderly people with their household income, attitudes towards means-tests and preference for stronger support from the government. This is explained by the lower availability of long-term services in Finland, and especially in the three Baltic states, and an emphasis on familial care.
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- Aidukaite, Jolanta
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Community Mobilizations around Housing and Local Environment : Insights into the Case of Vilnius
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sociologija. - Vilnius University : Klaipedos University. - 1392-3358 .- 2335-8890. ; 32:1, s. 136-151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reviews activities of community organizations in the post-Soviet city of Vilnius. The particular attention is paid to the reasons for mobilization of the local communities; the leadership and motivation; the reasons for non-participation; and the communication with the local authorities. The findings of this paper show that mobilizations are not taking place on the massive scale. However, they are being institutionalized and have achieved noteworthy results. Communities mobilize against illegal or unwanted constructions close to their vicinity or to defend green zones in the city. The successful movement is centered around a charismatic leader who devotes his/her time and non-material and material resources to attain results. The explanations for non-participation can be found in difficult economical conditions of the majority of the population; low level of civil society; increasing individualization and income inequalities. The findings of this paper also demonstrate that the political and institutional structure is fairly unfavorable for local activists. The community organizations are not supported by the local governmental structures in a substantial way. On the contrary, they are faced, in most of the cases, with the authority’s alienation and confrontation.
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- Aidukaite, Jolanta
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Housing Policy Regime in Lithuania : Towards Liberalization and Marketization
- 2014
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Ingår i: GeoJournal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0343-2521 .- 1572-9893. ; 79:4, s. 421-432
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reviews housing policy development in Lithuania in the light of previous literature which reinterprets Esping-Andersen’s work on welfare regimes and adopts it to study housing policy. It seeks to highlight the major features of the Lithuanian housing policy. The findings of this paper reveal that the Lithuanian housing regime exhibits many features which are common under the liberal one. Most significant of these are low de-commodification for those who have to buy or rent a home for the market price, increasing stratification based on income and the dominant position of the market in housing production, allocation and price determination. However, a detailed examination of the Lithuanian housing policy reveals that the housing policy system, despite having many features similar to the liberal one, has been operating in different social and economic settings as a result of unique historical experience of the communist housing policy (massive production of low quality apartment blocks during the communist era, which currently need substantial renovation) and consequently drastic changes in the housing field since 1990s (massive privatization of the housing stock and decentralization of the housing management system). The Lithuanian housing policy regime could be characterized as a regime with the higher owner-occupation compared to other welfare state regimes, but the lower economic power of the owners to take care of their property maintenance, repair and renovation.
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- Aidukaite, Jolanta, et al.
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Introduction: Baltic and Nordic countries from a comparative perspective - Family policies and pensions in the era of ageing
- 2021
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Ingår i: Challenges to the Welfare State: Family and Pension Policies in the Baltic and Nordic Countries. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781839106118 - 9781839106101 ; , s. 1-9
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter discusses the aim and scope of the book and provides summaries of the included chapters. It claims that the state remains the most important agent in providing financial security and empowerment services for families and individuals experiencing social risks. Familialisation and/or marketisation has not proven to guarantee the well-being of the most vulnerable groups of the population.
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- Aidukaite, Jolanta
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Old welfare state theories and new welfare regimes in Eastern Europe : Challenges and implications
- 2009
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Ingår i: Communist and post-communist studies. - : University of California Press. - 0967-067X .- 1873-6920. ; 42:1, s. 23-39
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reviews some theoretical and empirical literature written on welfare state development in post-communist Eastern Europe in the light of the theories and approaches that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. The aim of this discussion is to critically reassess the old welfare state theories, definitions and approaches and their implications regarding the study of post-communist Eastern Europe. The paper ends with the conclusion that the exclusion of 'communist' countries for more than twenty years from welfare state theorising has created an empirical and theoretical gap. This creates fresh challenges for welfare state research and calls for a new paradigm. It is evident that the not so well explored Eastern European region with regards to social policy research suggests that it is necessary not only to test already existing welfare state theories, definitions, typologies and approaches on these countries, but also to advance them.
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- Aidukaite, Jolanta
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Post-Sovjet Vilnius : Giving meaning to abandoned buildings
- 2016
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Ingår i: Baltic Worlds. - 2000-2955 .- 2001-7308. ; IX:1-2, s. 68-79
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- This paper explores the scope, causes, flourishing, and decline of squatting in Lithuanian society during the period of 1990-2002. Drawing on 16 in-depth interviews conducted with squatters in Vilnius, newspaper articles and legal documents, this paper shows that squatters made contributions to the city with their cultural capital, creating local subcultures and making the urban space more attractive. Squatters promoted an alternative way of life, contributed to the preservation of the city and fostered counter-cultural activities. They offered spaces for performances, exhibits, and concerts. These activities are still present up to this day in the Užupis neighborhood that hosted the most long-lived squat, which in turn was transformed into Art Incubator.
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