20.500.12556/RUL-166401 Comparative analysis of social services reform in Slovenia, Austria and Croatia legal-administrative perspective Social services within predominantly service-based public administration are undergoing constant reforms in response to evolving social circumstances. These reforms should align with international and constitutional principles, including the rule of law, the welfare state, and public governance, and rely on the assessment of the gap between the current state of affairs and the desired situation. Reforms of the competences and organisation of social work institutions should be analysed in comparison with related systems, taking into account national and sector-specific characteristics. The objective of this research was to examine, from a legal-administrative perspective, the reforms of social services in three systems building on the Rechtsstaat tradition: Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia. A qualitative approach was employed as the most suitable for evaluative research. The methodology included a literature review, semi-structured interviews, relational content analysis of reform policy documents and public administration performance reports, and a systemic analysis of the codification of administrative procedure as the formal legal framework for providing social services. The results show that the reforms of social services in Slovenia and Croatia share similarities as they focus on the Weberian context, with all the challenges associated with such formalised reforms. In contrast, Austrian reforms, influenced by a hybrid public management, are more results-oriented and thus able to provide user-oriented services. public administration reform social services weberianism administrative procedures comparative analysis reforma javne uprave socialne storitve weberjanstvo upravni postopki primerjalna analiza true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-01-10 09:32:21 2025-01-10 09:35:51 2025-01-11 04:01:41 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 321-340 iss. 4 Vol. 15 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 342.9(497.4)(497.5)(436) 1804-8285 10.2478/danb-2024-0018 221687811 RAZ_Babsek_Matej_2024.pdf RAZ_Babsek_Matej_2024.pdf 1 4C1A13CA0A4D48E9C62392248D41252F 3bb915896177884f1dd6f80e8417d4bbd02b7d3f51994e60d376c67ecda9090e 146b4c9d-cf2d-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197997 https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/danb-2024-0018 1 b1703c74-cf2c-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197996 Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0