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Are European welfare states, especially in the European periphery, 'fair-weather systems'? Can they survive a sustained and deep crisis and still fulfil basic functions? This article argues that to answer these questions we must look at the interplay between 'formal' and 'informal', family-based, social protection. Social protection services in all countries, but especially in Southern Europe, have always been provided by a hybrid system comprised of state-based and residual family-based systems, where gender plays a critical role. Austerity tests the capacity of formal welfare provision, and so eats into the liquidity of the informal support system. The crisis is thus transmitted from the state to the family. By examining the case of Greece, the article underlines the need for a joint analysis of both parts of the welfare state in the context of the unfolding crisis. A full understanding of crisis dynamics requires innovation in theoretical approaches, in the type of data needed and in policy thinking.

Situated in a permanent process of adaptation and transformation, the SME
sector recorded a significant national quantitative and qualitative leap. At the regional
level, development of the SME sector is determined by a number of local factors, which
distinguish and emphasize the importance of this sector, providing clues that lead to
some courses of action that can be considered when developing strategies or development
programs. Overall, regional disparities in the development of SME sector are relatively
small, except for the region of the capital Bucharest-Ilfov, which is distanced from the
other regions in particular with respect to the performance achieved.

While the construction of a rational case for pension reform is often straightforward, the political implementation of such reform can be somewhat more difficult. In large part, this can be attributed to sceptical public opinion. The precise role played by public opinion in constraining the political feasibility of pension reform is, however, unclear. The purpose of this paper is to distil the ways in which public attitudes influence pension reform. This is done through examining survey data from Greece, where progress with the implementation of pension reform has been particularly modest. Political opposition to pension reform appears to be rooted in a general lack of public appreciation of the case for reform combined with the desire to protect interest group privileges. Public ignorance and insecurity breed attitudes not conducive to reform. Public attitudes do not simply act as a given constraint on reform but are a product of the structure of the pension system and the reform process itself. In this path-dependent process, implementation of a reform agenda of rationalisation is more difficult from the starting point of a severely fragmented and distorted system.

This book explores the issue of private sector over-indebtedness following the recent financial crisis. It addresses the various challenges for policymakers, investors and economic agents affected by applied remedial policies as the private non-financial sector in Europe continues to face increased challenges in servicing its debt, with the problem mainly concentrated in several countries in the EU periphery and Eastern Europe. Chapters from expert contributors address reduced investment as firms concentrate on deleveraging and repairing their balance sheets, curtailed consumer spending, depressed collateral values and weak credit creation. They examine effective policies to facilitate private sector debt restructuring which may involve significant upfront costs in terms of time to implement and committed budgetary resources, as well as necessary reforms required to improve the broader institutional framework and judicial capacity. The book also explores the issue of over indebtedness in the household sector, contributing to the literature in establishing best practice principles for household debt.--

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Platon nennt sich selbstbewusst der griechischstämmige britische Photograph Platon Antoniou (geb. 1968), der mittlerweile zu einem der führenden und gefragtesten politischen Photographen New Yorks gereift ist. Im Jahr 2008 hatte er für sein Photo von Wladimir Putin, vom Time Magazine zum Mann des Jahres gekürt, den ersten Preis des World Press Photo Contest gewonnen. Im Auftrag des New Yorker und in Zusammenarbeit mit dessen Politikredakteur David Remnick, einem der renommiertesten Journalisten der USA, hat Platon sein Power -Projekt entwickelt, das uns das heutige Antlitz der Macht auf ihrer höchsten Exekutivebene in vergleichenden Photographien und im globalen Maßstab vorführt. In einem logistischen Kraftakt bekam Platon die politischen Führer von 130 Mitgliedsländern der Vereinten Nationen vor seine Kamera: gewählte Präsidenten, Premierminister und Staatschefs Seite an Seite mit Diktatoren und Revolutionären. Dafür hat Platon einen eigenen photographischen Stil entwickelt, der es erlaubt, die Gesichter vergleichend zu betrachten und die Spuren der Machtausübung wie die Sorgen der Machterhaltung in ihnen wahrzunehmen.

This paper presents a scientific analysis of interior design in the restoration process of the National Museum of Arts of Moldova. The interior design segment is historically researched through the genre of architecture, from the historical compartment of the XIX-XX century. In the same context, several works of various architects who designed important constructions in Kishinev are analyzed. The study highlights the role and responsibility of interior design in the process of restoration and capitalization of the national cultural heritage. It also analyzes the correspondence or synchronization of new implementations in design with the stylistic concept achieved in the historical period.