Scopo del presente lavoro è capire le ragioni della crisi del welfare state e proporre una prospettiva di dibattito per la "messa a punto" di una reale politica pubblica con la quale porre rimedio alla crisi.
Bringing together a panel of international experts to examine how international immigration challenges the borders of national welfare states, this volume also explores the ways in which this challenge affects the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within welfare states.
The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government. David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.