Disadvantaged Groups and Social Policy

Institutional social services, which were organized under the umbrella of the Social Services and Child Protection Agency in Turkey until 2011, entered a new organizational process with the formation of the Ministry of Family and Social Policies in 2011. This process it means not only the change in bureaucratic structuring, but also the involvement of actors other than the public in the delivery of social services. These actors; private sector, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Undoubtedly, in this new era, the importance of the family as the main pillar of social solidarity continues.
This book discusses the transformation in social services in the context of different welfare regimes on the axis of disadvantaged groups (children, elderly, disabled, women, immigrants, LGBT individuals, different ethnic-cultural groups, human trafficking victims). Undoubtedly, every disadvantaged group has problems in many areas from employment to increasing the quality of life, education and health services. This study deals with different disadvantaged groups as the main issue of social policy within the framework of the interest of social services and includes specific discussions for each group.