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Sisak Case Study Report

The book is based on the EU FP6 research-project Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions Related to Religion, Minorities and Gender, undertaken in 12 European countries, in the period 2006-2009, and this chapter is based on an in-depth qualitative research that was conducted in Sisak – a medium-sized town in Croatia. The first section presents Sisak´s characteristics, a portrait of the national and religious minorities and a map of the local welfare system. The welfare dimension of the minority groups was researched in two Bosniac organizations, as well as in the Islamic community and the Evangelical Pentecostal Church. The analysis of values focuses on three welfare areas – social care, employment and family. Concerning social care, the situation in Sisak is representative of the state at the national level (Communist heritage, distrust in state institutions, lack of cooperation, informality, underdeveloped civil sector and traditional views on social care as a women’s domain). Unemployment is the crucial issue – it is at the core of welfare and security and a polygon for inequality. Also, unemployment is closely related to the problem of underground economies, anomy and the position of women in the labour market. Family is the alternative welfare provider with visible gender dimensions (mainly gender-based division of labour, domestic violence).

welfare; minority; gender; religion; Sisak; Croatia

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