Social security in the Balkans volume 1: : an overview of social policy in Croatia Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Romania and Bulgaria Part 1. Social security: overview of reforms and challenges Part 2. Pension system: scheme and development Part 3. Social security evolution and economic recession. This book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs provides protection against social risks reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy pension systems health care systems disability insurance labor policy as well as social risks such as poverty and unemployment have been analyzed from historical economic political sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region. Contributors are: Predrag Bejaković Mirela Cristea Dorota Domalewska Nikos Kourachanis Effrosyni E. Kouskouna Christos Koutsampelas Velibor Lalić Shkëlzen Macukulli Irina Mindova Docheva Grațiela Georgiana Noja Teuta Nunaj Kortoci Mile Šikman Aspasia Strantzalou Nevenko Vranješ and Marzena Żakowska