Social policy modeling in the process of European integration

There are no social movements or political parties in Europe which would strive for united social policy model. Large historic, structural and financial differences between various countries are the main reasons for that. Negative results of referendums for adoption of European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, as other forms of resistance, are witnessing about aims of population to preserve continental corporative European model without changes or only with slight changes. The latter does not help European integration and harmonization of social tasks, although helps to survive for developed and well financed social security systems in Europe. European Union , as before, foresees social security as a subject for national competence and jurisdiction. Nevertheless, separate problems considering common EU labour market are solved jointly and positively. Social policy modeling in Western European countries has a history of several decades. It enables to define one or another European social security model and to conduct analysis of existing social situation and prognostic perspectives. English sociologist Richard Titmuss and danish sociologist Gosta Esping-Andersen have made the largest input into social policy modelling. They both have scientifically founded the liberal, corporative and socialdemocratic welfare models. If Titmuss in his work have made more qualitative analysis, Esping-Andersen have added substantial quantitative indicators of decommodification. The works of other researchers have shown the impact of this theory for other parts of societal life, especially - for labour market policies. Globalisation impact is decisive for one or another social policy model configuration. Mainly because of globalisation impact the ,,passive social policy”, which was functioning until the 90-ies is replaced by ,,active social policy" which is posing final social reintegration aims.Europos integracijos procese natūraliai kyla bendro Europos socialinės politikos modelio pasirinkimo problema. Kai kurie administratoriai ir tyrėjai siūlo nuo „socialinės Europos" darbotvarkės klausimų pereiti prie konkretaus socialinės apsaugos modelio pasirinkimo. Kiti administratoriai ir mokslininkai atkakliai tvirtina, kad Europoje ir toliau išliks bent 4 svarbiausi socialinės apsaugos modeliai - Šiaurės, kontinentinėje, Pietų Europoje ir Britanijos salose, nes socialinei apsaugai ES ir toliau bus skiriamas antraeilis vaid-muo, ji ir toliau priklausys nacionalinei jurisdikcijai ir kompetencijai. Trečia tyrėjų grupė pabrėžia sociali-nių problemų aktualumą Europoje tik tuo atveju, jeigu socialinės apsaugos uždaviniai neprieštarauja ben-drai Europos Sąjungos darbo rinkos politikai. Šiame straipsnyje paliečiama Europos socialinė integracija, suderinamumo, konvergencijos ir bendros socialinės erdvės problema, nušviečiamos svarbiausios kliūtys didesnei socialinei Europos integracijai pasiekti, apibrėžiami iššūkiai socialinės politikos modeliams praeityje ir dabar, pateikiamos G. Esping-Anderseno ir kitų Vakarų mokslininkų pastabos apie gerovės modelius, numatomos Vakarų Europos ir Lietuvos socialinės apsaugos lyginamosios perspektyvos