20.500.12556/RUL-146897 The Covid-19 pandemic as a driver of more responsive social procedures between theory and practices in Slovenia Social and other administrative procedures are gaining importance because of the increasing complexity of administrative relationships brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, digitalisation and other societal changes. When exercising social rights, procedural elements should be seen – both at the lever of regulation and enforcement of the rules – as factors contributing to the welfare state, the rule of law, and good administration, and not as an excuse for a bureaucratic attitude. In view of the multifunctionality of social procedures, including their casual-functional role in social relationships and their potential for a critical, value-based evaluation of the current regulation, the rationale for this study is to access the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on special administrative procedures conducted by the 16 social work centers (SWCs) in Slovenia. A special emphasis is placed on the informational calculation of social assistance payments, such as child benefits, kindergarten subsidies or state scholarships – by far the most numerous procedures involving social rights in Slovenia, with over one million cases annually. Drawing upon a normative analysis, available statistics, semi-structured interviews with SWCs managers and surveys among employees, the findings reveal that the response of SWCs to the crisis has improved. However, largely due to the lack of coordination on the part of the line ministry, the simplifications introduced mainly benefit the public administration rather than particularly vulnerable parties to the procedure. Consequently, there is a need to pay greater attention to providing the parties with adequate protection of their constitutional right and other elements of good public governance. administrative procedure Covid-19 pandemic digitalisation good governance rule of law Slovenia social rights upravni postopki epidemija covid-19 digitalizacija dobro upravljanje vladavina prava Slovenija socialne pravice true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-06-15 12:31:47 2023-07-17 14:43:49 2024-02-27 15:04:10 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 1-32 no. 1 Vol. 16 Jun. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 35(497.4):004:342:616-036.21 1338-4309 10.2478/nispa-2023-0001 155766275 RAZ_Babsek_Matej_2023.pdf RAZ_Babsek_Matej_2023.pdf 1 C731A40ADEB80FB0DC7AC5B6F2DD2FAB 300db26b9a0fe2eafd7dd855311a8f5d066d93cef569f0335cfb8064c05cc1f8 15c42f71-0b69-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170211 https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nispa-2023-0001 0 81dcc82a-0b67-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170210 Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0