Abstract
The article we would like to present is a part of the research carried out in cooperation with FEANTSA (the European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless) and national social agencies. The aim of the article is to explain and describe the institutional and cultural changes taking place in the context of the so called "double" transition process that was observed in the Baltic States Central - and East - European (CEE) countries at the end on the 1980s. Parallel processes that can be recognized in the context of the development of anti-poverty politics at the national and supranational (EU) level will also be described and explored in the given paper. The purpose of the given analysis is the following: 1. To describe general differences in the social protection system of the Baltic States, with a focus on housing politics; 2. To analyze homelessness as a form of European Union's social inclusion politics in national politics, using NAP-s (National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Exclusion).
Highlights
Is straipsnis yra paraSytas remianlis autorhĮ atliktais tyrimais bendradarbiaujant su FEANTSA (Na cionalinil1 organizacijtĮ, dirbančių su benamiai Europos federacija)
The article we would like to present is a part of the research carried out in cooperation with FEANTSA and national social agcncies
The aim of the article is to explain and describe the institutional and cultur a! changes taking place in the context of the so called "double" transition process that was observed in the Baltic States Central- and East- European (CEE) countries at the end on the 1980s
Summary
Is straipsnis yra paraSytas remianlis autorhĮ atliktais tyrimais bendradarbiaujant su FEANTSA (Na cionalinil[1] organizacijtĮ, dirbančių su benamiai Europos federacija). Daugelyje Europos Sąjungos se nąją narht benamių problemos pradėtos vie.finti, o vėliau ir spręsti praėjusio šimtmečio seplinluoju-aš tuntuoju dešimtmetyje. Changes taking place in the context of the so called "double" transition process that was observed in the Baltic States Central- and East- European (CEE) countries at the end on the 1980s. To describe general differences in the social protection system of the Baltic States, with a focus on housing politics; 2. Satisfaction with living conditions and requirements about the dwelling and other similar topics wcre in the focus of social psychological. The general changes characteristic of the post-communist states in this period are transition from totalitarianism to democracy, from planned economy to market economy, from centralized governance to decentralized pol ity and the replacement of solidarity as a dominant value by the individualistic pursuit of weil-being. Norris & Shields (2004, 2007) describc l iving conditions in the enlarged European Union in the following way: : good housing conditions in the ,,long standing" northern member states,average conditions in most of the remaining "long-standing" member states and poor condi tions in many of the "new" Central and Eastern European member states
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