Institutional discrimination and local chauvinism. The combative role of pro bono lawyers in defence of migrant minorities' welfare rights

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ID3627166
AuthorsMaurizio Ambrosini, Samuele Davide Molli (0000-0002-6651-1706), Maristella Cacciapaglia
Year2024
Volume50
Issue20
Pages5009-5028
Publication date2024-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2024.2366304
OpenAlexW4400040321
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited49

The paper deals with the issue of institutional discrimination in relation to the welfare access of migrant minorities in Italy, with a specific focus on the subnational level. Adopting a socio-legal approach that is based on a series of lawsuits, it discusses the role of pro bono legal advocacy in identifying and removing bans introduced by territorial administrations against migrant minorities. First, the paper examines what kind of explicit and implicit criteria of exclusion were introduced. Second, it explores the reasons behind, highlighting why and how «Italians first» has become a widespread welfare politics at subnational level as well as to what extent such sentiment has led to an obstinate resistance for the application of anti-discriminatory principles. Third, the paper brings to the attention the series of obstacles that pro bono lawyers encounter in their activity, showing which problems influence their mission against institutional discrimination in Italy

Chauvinism · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Welfare · Human Rights and Immigration · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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