Mutual aid societies appeared in Europe between the 19th and 20th centuries. This is one of the first forms of working class solidarity - anti-elitist, free from state control and self-managed - established to address the costs of illness, death and unemployment. Based on a study of the Italian situation, the paper deals with the role that mutuality can play today in response to the welfare crisis. Read More
This work aims to provide a first assessment of the economic and financial sustainability of the Trentino healthcare service system, with the main objective of identifying the drivers of profitability, both by examining the role and relevance of the new services that can be provided in terms of additional revenues, and by examining the characteristics of the different cost structures and the related methods of managing them. Read More
The social cooperative is a passionate enterprise, a business with soul, but above all a form of organization that has stood the test of time and accumulated useful knowledge and experience to face even the uncertain future of our country and its welfare. This book discusses social cooperatives, 20 years after the founding law No. 381/91. Read More
Since 2010, Euricse has engaged in a research and local action process centered on social housing. Over time the range of activities has widened, testifying to the importance of this issue in Trento and its province. Read More
In this paper recent approaches to the role of social protection systems within economic development policies are discussed. Important experiences are considered, in particular those implemented in medium and low income countries, where new tools for increasing the effectiveness of social and development policies have been tried and tested. Read More