Università Roma Tre

The course concerns the connection between welfare system and citizenship. At first it will be underlined the transition from a needs approach to an opportunity approach of welfare, with the analysis of social vulnerability and social generativity. At second time it will be explored the family policies area for describe an example of possible welfare community.

The main aim is to provide methodological and theoretical to analyse and understand how the social policy can support the citizen empowerment through their functionings and their capabilities. Among the argument will be discussed during the course: the rule of families and the rule of no profit subjects to empowerment the citizen in the network society; the welfare community; the effect of the social vulnerabilities.

Andrea Casavecchia, Equilibri di coppia. Tra vulnerabilità e generatività sociale una ricerca in due municipi di Roma, Aracne, Roma 2013

Salvatore Rizza, Welfare e Democrazia, F. Angeli, Milano 2009.