Political Aspects of the American "Workfare"
Political Aspects of the American "Workfare"

Summary/Abstract: When even a democrat president says: "We have to end welfare as a way of life" (Clinton, 1995) it is obvious that America is committed to stop social benefits without work. The concept of Workfare, contrasting with the traditional Keynesian Welfare State established in the postwar Europe, is trying to find reasonable way in which both the State and the Citizens have rights and responsibilities in order to promote acceptable standards of life. This paper deals with the political dimension of the Workfare System, regarding its consequences in terms of politics, electoral behaviour and public resistance.

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