Turkey's Health and Social Expenditures: A Retrospec-tive Comparative Study from the Perspective of Social Work

Abstract

At the beginning of the 1980s, when the state of welfare declined and liberal economy disguised, so-called neoliberal politics flourished in both developing and developed countries. Consequently, public and private sector economies in those countries narrowed; internal and external debts increased; and those countries remained weak relative to the countries advocating neoliberal policies. In this context, the year 1980, in which neoliberal policies emerged, has been chosen as the initial year for the assessment of health and social expenditures in the case of Turkey. The reason for the selection of health and social expenditures in the study is to reflect the perspective of social work on the assessment to be made using OECD data. In this regard, the aim of this study is to make a retrospective and comparative examination of the health and social expenditures of Turkey using OECD data from the perspective of social work.

Keywords

• Neoliberal Policies,Turkey,Health Expenditures,Social Expenditures,Social Work,Social Work Perspective

Türkiye'nin Sağlık ve Sosyal Harcamaları: Sosyal Hizmet Perspektifinden Retrospektif Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

Abstract

1980’li yılların başında sosyal devlet anlayışının azaldığı ve liberal ekonominin kılık değiştirerek neoliberal politikalar adı altında hüküm sürdüğü bir süreç, hem gelişmekte olan hem de gelişmiş ülkeler için başlamış oldu. Bu ülkelerin kamu ve özel sektör ekonomileri daralmış, iç ve dış borçları artmış ve neoliberal politikaları savunan ülkeler karşısında adeta onlar zayıf kalmışlardı. Bu bağlamda, neoliberal politikaların gün yüzüne çıktığı 1980 yılı, Türkiye’ye ilişkin sağlık ve sosyal harcamaların değerlendirilmesinde başlangıç yılı seçilmiştir. Öte yandan, çalışmada sağlık ve sosyal harcamaların seçilmesinin nedeni ise sosyal hizmet bakış açısının Ekonomik Kalkınma ve İşbirliği Örgütü (OECD) verileri kullanılarak yapılacak olan değerlendirmeye yansıtılmak istenmesidir. Dolayısıyla bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’nin sağlık ve sosyal harcamalarının sosyal hizmet bakış açısı temelinde OECD verileri kullanılarak retrospektif karşılaştırmalı şekilde incelenmesidir.

Keywords

• Neoliberal Politikalar,Türkiye,Sağlık Harcamaları,Sosyal Harcamalar,Sosyal Hizmet,Sosyal Hizmet Bakış Açısı

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