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A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare.

Authors :
NORDENSVÄRD, JOHAN
KETOLA, MARKUS
Source :
Journal of Social Policy. Jul2024, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p772-791. 20p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Formal social citizenship is limited in how it enables us to think about informal social citizenship and informal welfare. This informal perspective is important in all contexts where access to social rights is negotiated through local and transnational spaces, and where the state is a relatively minor player. By drawing on work on moral economy (Scott, 1976) and informal welfare (Gough and Wood, 2006) the article aims to propose a new theoretical model to understand the nature and social practice of both informal citizenship and welfare. This model departs from a western-centric understanding of nation-state-based citizenship and national welfare states, adopting instead the perspective that informal social citizenship and welfare have existed independently of the nation state as long as there have been human communities. Formal citizenship together with formal welfare rights represent just one particular crystallization of such informal practice. Our proposed model highlights the interdependent (rather than evolutionary) relationship between formal welfare at national level and informal welfare practices at local and transnational levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00472794
Volume :
53
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Social Policy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177660037
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000630