Abstract
This article analyzes the development of personal social services (PSS) after the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania in 1990, looking through the lens of organizational peculiarities. The development of services in Lithuania occurred not only by introducing the principles of the welfare state but was also influenced by the marketization trends in the area, passing through the experience of the Western countries. Therefore, in Lithuania, the origination of PSS as a separate welfare sector and its marketization occurred almost in parallel.
Highlights
Western countries have accumulated a wealth of experience of research of personal social services (PSS)1, as well as a variety of theoretical approaches when analyzing these services (Harris, 2003, ix)
It was necessary to reverse the old system, which was rooted in a paternalistic social service culture, into a community-based service model taken from the democratic welfare states
Lithuania, after the restoration of Independence began to implement market-based restructuring of the economy, but the first model of social service organization was based on the ideology of traditional welfare state
Summary
Western countries have accumulated a wealth of experience of research of personal social services (PSS), as well as a variety of theoretical approaches when analyzing these services (Harris, 2003, ix). After the restoration of independence, the development of personal social services in Lithuania occurred by introducing the principles of the welfare state but was influenced by the marketization trends in the area, passing through the experience of the Western countries
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