Analysis of changes in the sphere of social security in Slovenia

Diplomsko delo se osredotoča na analizo sprememb na področju socialne varnosti. V teoretičnem delu je predstavljena vloga države pri zagotavljanju socialne varnosti ter kako je to povezano z državo blaginje in socialno politiko. Temu sledi poglobitev v slovenski sistem državne blaginje in sisteme socialne varnosti. Poudarek je predvsem na spremembah zakonodaje in socialnih transferjih, namenjenih družinam z otroki. In prav družine z otroki so tiste, ki se večkrat znajdejo na ali pod pragom revščine. Ukrepi socialne varnosti so namenjeni socialno ogroženim oziroma, če poenostavimo, naj bi preprečevali revščino in socialno izključenost. Čeprav se socialni transferji izkažejo za izredno pomembne pri zniževanju stopnje tveganja revščine, pa skozi raziskavo postane jasno, da bo treba storiti več, da se bo to področje izboljšalo in stopnja tistih pod pragom revščine korenito zmanjšala. Poleg tega pa se izkaže tudi, da so zakonodajni ukrepi preteklih let prinesli tako pozitivne kot tudi negativne spremembe.The thesis focuses on analyzing changes in social security. The theoretical part presents the role of the state in ensuring social security and how this relates to the welfare state and social policy. Then we take a closer look at the Slovenian welfare state system and social security systems. The emphasis is mainly on changes in legislation and social transfers for families with children. Families with children are those who often find themselves on or below the poverty threshold. Social security measures are aimed at the socially vulnerable people. They should prevent poverty and social exclusion. Although social transfers prove to be extremely important in reducing the risk of poverty rate, we can see throughout the research that more needs to be done to improve this area and drastically reduce the level of those below the poverty threshold. In addition, it turns out that the legislative measures of the recent years have brought positive and negative changes