Social citizenship, solidarity and welfare in regionalized and plurinational states
- 22 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Citizenship Studies
- Vol. 13 (5), 501-513
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13621020903174654
Abstract
The social welfare literature has often assumed the existence of a unified, territorial nation-state. This would provide the basis for solidarity and social citizenship, while mobilizing the resources for redistribution. Spatial rescaling and boundary-opening have put the model in question as market-making, market regulation and market-correction have migrated to different levels. States have also widely decentralized. Some fear that this poses a threat to the welfare state by weakening social citizenship and provoking a race to the bottom. Yet solidarity might be re-forged at new levels. The empirical evidence gives little sustenance to the argument for a race to the bottom but rather suggests that social solidarity is being rebuilt at multiple levels.Keywords
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