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Wierzbieniec, W., & Thomas, I. (2015). Social welfare of Poland after ‘89, in the examples of statistical data form Rzeszow (the capital of the Subcarpathian Region). Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 75(1), 157-166.
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The paper analysis the social welfare of Poland after ‘89, in the examples of statistical data form Rzeszow. The implementation of the market economy and the lack of appropriate actions in the area of income policy resulted in a spontaneous process of financial inequalities in the society. Social welfare institution is the institution of Polish social policy, designed to enable individuals and families to cope with difficult life situations which they cannot overcome using their own capabilities, resources and possibilities. Social welfare is provided and organised by administrative governmental bodies (the minister responsible for social security, provincial governors) and local bodies (marshals, the county-level governors and mayors (city’s presidents) at the municipal level. These bodies fulfil the tasks of social assistance, in partnership with non-governmental and civil society organizations, the Catholic Church, other churches, religious organizations, natural and legal persons. The task of social assistance is to prevent difficult situations in life by taking actions leading individuals and families to become independent, and to integrate with the society. In a local/regional social assistance system it is worth remembering that today, particularly hard felt by disabled people are especially social barriers that result from the characteristic tendency of modern society to the evaluation of people according to their capacities and skills of producing material goods. On the one hand, it is proposed to create from a social economy panacea of too «social» nature of the Polish system of social policy and the use of subjects of this economy as the integration only through work.

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social welfare, social protection, statistics of Rzeszow, social barriers