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Welfare Deservingness for Migrants: Does the Welfare State Model Matter?
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Abstract This article draws on the idea that welfare systems and institutions are based on normative assumptions about justice, solidarity, and responsibility. Even though the literature on welfare deservingness has highlighted the connection between ideas of solidarity and the support to, for instance, peop... view more
This article draws on the idea that welfare systems and institutions are based on normative assumptions about justice, solidarity, and responsibility. Even though the literature on welfare deservingness has highlighted the connection between ideas of solidarity and the support to, for instance, people with different ethnic backgrounds, there is very little research on the interconnections of different welfare state models and ideas on how migration should be governed. This article suggests that there is a link between the welfare state models suggested by Esping‐Anderssen and different discourses on migrant welfare deservingness. The article explores the interlinkages of three welfare state models - liberal, socialdemocratic, and continental‐corporative - and four discourses on welfare deservingness of migrants in respect to social welfare - labourist, ethno‐cultural, residential, and welfarist (see Carmel & Sojka, 2020). It is suggested that the normative foundations embedded in different welfare systems lead to dissimilar ways of approaching migrants and migration.... view less
Keywords
EU; migrant; social assistance; social welfare state; social policy; migration policy; social support
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social Security
Free Keywords
European Union; migrants; welfare chauvinism; welfare deservingness; welfare state models
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 239-249
Journal
Social Inclusion, 10 (2022) 1
Issue topic
Transnational Social Protection: Inclusion for Whom? Theoretical Reflections and Migrant Experiences
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed