Social policy in Greece: The state regulations and the reasons behind the people’s satisfaction level

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to investigate the efficiency of social services provided at the regional level in Greece, not only from the point of view of the bodies planning social policy measures but also from the perspective of the population (Chatzikonstantinidou, 2023) The research effort is linked to the issues of implemented social policy measures, as relief measures for citizens. Through the use of statistical methods, an attempt is made to outline the profile of the citizens of the sample. This results in the creation of homogeneous groups that are mapped through the corresponding semantic pillars (Everitt, 1993). Having collected a representative and reliable sample, the researchers focused on the analytical and extensive investigation of the research questions (Chatzikonstantinidou, 2023). The research findings demonstrate that there are citizens who in the past would not come to social services for the problems they face, citizens who are motivated to increase their personal skills and expand their abilities, as well as citizens who will “give back” to society for help that they received. This study raises questions about the way social policy is implemented in the country.

Keywords: Satisfaction, People in Need, Use of Social Services, Vulnerable Population Groups, Social Policy

Authors’ individual contribution: Conceptualization — S.C. and S.A.T.; Methodology — S.A.T.; Software — S.A.T.; Validation — S.A.T.; Formal Analysis — S.A.T.; Investigation — S.C. and E.D.; Resources — S.C. and E.D.; Data Curation — S.A.T.; Writing — Original Draft — S.C. and S.A.T.; Writing — Review & Editing — S.C., S.A.T., and E.D.; Visualization — S.C., S.A.T., and E.D.; Project Administration — S.C., S.A.T., and E.D.; Funding Acquisition — S.C. and S.A.T.

Declaration of conflicting interests: The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

JEL Classification: I00, I30, I31, I38, I39

Received: 06.02.2024
Revised: 01.05.2024; 22.07.2024; 29.01.2025
Accepted: 11.02.2025
Published online: 13.02.2025

How to cite this paper: Chatzikonstantinidou, S., Toumpalidou, S. A., & Drimpetas, E. (2025). Social policy in Greece: The state regulations and the reasons behind the people’s satisfaction level [Special issue]. Journal of Governance & Regulation, 14(1), 286–294. https://doi.org/10.22495/jgrv14i1siart5