The introduction of a universalistic minimum income measure in our legal system represents one of the main innovations seen by the Italian welfare system in the last decades. After reconstructing the poverty trends of recent years, this chapter reviews the historical process that led to the implementation of the Reddito di cittadinanza or Citizenship Income measure. It will then focus on analysing said instrument to demonstrate its many weaknesses, primarily the risk of distortion in a welfarist sense that is not compatible with the logic of social investment pursued by similar instruments in other European countries. Suggestions for improvement will then be proposed, starting with the need for a drastic reinforcement of the socio-labour activation components.

Pesenti, L., Marzulli, M., Citizenship Income: A failed reform?, in Boschetti, B., Vendramini, E. (ed.), FuturAP - Report on the Future and Innovation of Public Administration – 2021, EDUCatt - Ente per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario dell’Università Cattolica, Milano 2021: 180- 192 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/226468]

Citizenship Income: A failed reform?

Pesenti, Luca
;
Marzulli, Michele
2021

Abstract

The introduction of a universalistic minimum income measure in our legal system represents one of the main innovations seen by the Italian welfare system in the last decades. After reconstructing the poverty trends of recent years, this chapter reviews the historical process that led to the implementation of the Reddito di cittadinanza or Citizenship Income measure. It will then focus on analysing said instrument to demonstrate its many weaknesses, primarily the risk of distortion in a welfarist sense that is not compatible with the logic of social investment pursued by similar instruments in other European countries. Suggestions for improvement will then be proposed, starting with the need for a drastic reinforcement of the socio-labour activation components.
2021
Inglese
FuturAP - Report on the Future and Innovation of Public Administration – 2021
978-88-9335-841-5
EDUCatt - Ente per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario dell’Università Cattolica
Pesenti, L., Marzulli, M., Citizenship Income: A failed reform?, in Boschetti, B., Vendramini, E. (ed.), FuturAP - Report on the Future and Innovation of Public Administration – 2021, EDUCatt - Ente per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario dell’Università Cattolica, Milano 2021: 180- 192 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/226468]
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