Nordic welfare in post-war Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paolo Borioni (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-231 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1354571x.2017.1286102 |
| OpenAlex | W2600326957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
The present article deals with some of the main issues concerning the perception of the Nordic welfare state in Italy. First the article describes how and why socialist and communist leftists oppose the Nordic model. Then it shows how, around 1980, more factually informed and less ideologically biased descriptions changed this picture. In this positive evolution, more critical views focusing on (albeit mild) Nordic eugenic practices are also taken into account. Finally, the article focuses on the new image of the Nordic model as modernized welfare states (Schumpeterian states, as some scholars define them) effectively coping with enhanced globalized competition and therefore chosen as the benchmark of EU welfare reform. The concluding remarks also deal with the contradictions and setbacks of this ‘Europeanization’ of the Italian welfare debate
Communism · Economic system · Economics · Eugenics · European social model · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social policy · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European and International Law Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |