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Milka Bakyrdzhieva
Women in Power and Decision Making
Summary:
The article treats gender equality in Bulgaria and gender equality in power and decision making, in particular. The general review of the problem is followed by an analysis of women’s participation in the process of power exercising and decision-making in the aspects presented in the third priority area of the European road map. The area is entitled ‘Encouraging gender equality in power and decision making’ and covers three aspects: political participation and representation of women; women in senior executive position in economy (overcoming the vertical segregation); women in science. At the end of the article, there is a practical research on women’s participation in power and decision making.
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Yulia Nedelcheva
ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF AGE
INEQUALITY IN THE NEW REALITY
Summary:
The aim of article is to present the contemporary development of society and related economic inequality. Emphasis is placed on age inequality due to its economic aspects and characteristics. The main focus of the article is on the new reality of economic slowdown and its adverse effect on another contemporary trend – the growing number of retired persons.
The results of the study identified a trend which is similar across most EU member states - population aging and inequality of the retired people. Unlike the other member states, old-age inequality in Bulgaria is affected by additional factors, such as the ongoing economic transition, social reforms, and European integration processes.
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Beatris Lyubenova
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN BULGARIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Summary:
Research of economic inequality underlies the design and implementation of an adequate economic or social policy. This paper presents a survey of income inequality in Bulgaria in the period from 2001 to 2015 by studying the dynamics of the Gini coefficient, the integral coefficient of une¬ven distribution and decile ratios. We prove that despite the increase registered in the values of these indices in some years, the trend towards decreasing inequality is still weak. We also establish that there was significant income polarisation measured through the S90/10 and the S80/20 decile ratios. We prove that it is necessary to study the relation between the growth rate of the median income received by households in the first six deciles and the income received by households in the last four deciles by employing the growth rates ratio.
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Metody Kanev
THE OVERALL FACTOR OF ALL
GOOD – THE WELL-BEHAVED
AND EDUCATED PERSON
Summary:
The article deals with the issue set as its title. It is essential for the efficiency of any other activity and our civil behaviour. As it is in many other countries, it could become a reality in our country as well, provided that the central government and private funds spending on science and education grows at a faster rate than the budget spending in any other aspect and its quality is improved proportionally. This thesis is corroborated through conceptualization of the issue as per its status quo in the current context and explanation of its importance for the overall social development.
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Valentin Milinov,
Human Resources in Regional Administration - Financial, Management and Organizational Aspects
Summary:
Public administration supports the activities of the state authorities by ensuring the actual functioning of the state administration. It regulates the relations between the citizens and the state institutions and local institutions, administers their rights and obligations, as well as the ways they are implemented. Regional administration is an important part of the public administration. It assists the district governor to carry out the state governance and ensure consistency between national and local interests in conducting regional policies and achieving the strategic goals and priorities of the government programme. Modern understanding of the theory of quality of human capital involved in public administration highlights the key importance of this factor at national level. Global changes related to the adaptation of the Bulgarian administration to the European one have put an even greater emphasis on integration, capacity increase, career opportunities, optimizing the costs and improving human resources management in the state administration.
