Social policy is a system of targeted activities that are carried out by the state or another business entity (for example, local, regional government, some private enterprise, etc.). They are carried out in order to improve the quality of life and raise its level among some segments of the population. He also studies social policy and issues related to economics, history, law, sociology.
In this area, an examination of the links between the investigation and its cause in the field of public issues is carried out. However, this definition is ambiguous, as there is no established opinion about the term “social policy”. Often, it implies the regulation of services, institutional and legal, and provided to the public by the state. True, not all researchers agree with the use of this term in this sense.
Social policy of the state
It is usually conducted through authorities, regional or local. Social solutions are financed from the state budget. The objects of social policy, as a rule, are large social groups. They must correspond either to the ideology that prevails in the state at the moment, or to the long-term values of society, that is, to be promising.
Pursuing social policy, the Government aims to improve the health of the people, create a favorable atmosphere for them in society, provide the population with an adequate and stable income, and support them in difficult situations. His powers include the regulation of labor relations, employment and labor migration. For a coordinated, competent solution to all these issues, a public service such as the Ministry of Social Policy has been organized. His subordination consists of several departments. This, for example, the departments of pension, administrative, labor market and employment, and others.
Social Policy: Priorities and Strategy
The main direction of its activity is a general solution to a whole system of problems arising in society at the present stage of its development. Among the accumulated questions, there are always those that require priority intervention, and secondary. So, the priorities of social policy are:
- ensuring normal conditions for the existence of the family, providing assistance to mothers;
- the creation of decent living conditions for every person, from birth to death;
- providing the country's population with housing, improving the quality of social services: cultural development, health protection;
- protection of all freedoms of citizens and their rights provided for by the Constitution.
Social policy: principles and objectives
Social policy has the following tasks:
- motivate the labor activity of the employed population;
- stimulate economic growth, strive to ensure that production is subordinated to the interests of the consumer;
- preserve the identity of the nation, its originality, its natural and cultural heritage;
- provide the population with social protection and a decent standard of living.
Social policy is always guided by certain principles: partnership, guarantees, continuity, justice and responsibility.
