Local Welfare Systems: A Challenge for Social Cohesion

In recent decades, local welfare systems have been emerging in many Western countries as a consequence of bottom–up and top–down transformative pressures. Local welfare systems are defined as dynamic arrangements in which the specific local socioeconomic and cultural conditions give rise to differen...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2012-07, Vol.49 (9), p.1925-1940
Main Authors: Andreotti, Alberta, Mingione, Enzo, Polizzi, Emanuele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Civil society
Culture
Economic policy
Environmental policy
Governance
Production
Public assistance programs
Public policy
Social Cohesion
Social conditions & trends
Social policy
Social structure
Social welfare
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Solidarity
Territories
Urban sociology
Welfare
Welfare economics
Welfare Services
Welfare state
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Summary:In recent decades, local welfare systems have been emerging in many Western countries as a consequence of bottom–up and top–down transformative pressures. Local welfare systems are defined as dynamic arrangements in which the specific local socioeconomic and cultural conditions give rise to different mixes of formal and informal actors, public or not, involved in the provision of welfare resources. This article presents some of the most important implications related to the emergence of local welfare systems and the challenges they face in seeking to build social cohesion. After a brief description of the reasons that justify a local approach to welfare, an account is provided of the scientific debate on local welfare and an indication given of the possible relations and tensions between the emergence of local welfare systems and the production of social cohesion.
ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1177/0042098012444884