Il sito del Laboratorio di Politiche Sociali

Social Care

Care needs, practices and policies have undergone profound changes in recent decades. Caring for children, for persons with disability and for the frail elderly...

Poverty

The fight against poverty is the foundation stone of any system of social protection anywhere in the world. Structural trends, such as the rise of work insecurity and...

Housing

Housing policy in most of European cities has to deal with rising house prices, shrinking rental markets, reduced social provision, and greater social inequalities in...

Urban Studies

In recent years, European cities have increasingly become objects of social research. On the one hand, the effects of economic crises have been particularly intense in...

Local Welfare

Local welfare systems have come to the fore of welfare studies in recent years for a variety of reasons. To start with, countries like Italy have always featured...