Sociální politika Evropské unie a její vývoj

The final thesis depicts historical development of social policy in the European Union. It describes the meaning particular members of EU attribute it. It characterizes different models of social policy and by comparing them across the EU it evaluates the efficiency and sustainability of such models. The thesis deals mainly with Czech model of social policy. It focuses on systems of social protection, incomes and expenses on social benefits and transfers and finally compares the particular structure of this issue within members of EU. It also tries to define the term "social state" and compares it with Swedish model of social state. It is focused not only on historical development but also address present issues, which modern models have to face. Based on economic indicators and characteristic variables it compares Czech model with presented Swedish model. Finally it focuses on new problems and challenges, which social policy has to deal with nowadays.