WP 32 | 12 From mutual aid societies to mutual aid. Responses to the welfare crisis
Publication date:
18 March 2012
Research areas:
Economic theory
Publication categories:
Working papers
Tags:
mutuals,
welfare
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.
