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Neoliberalism, Welfare crisis and Social Work in Italy: the analysis of the M’Imprendo Project

Neoliberalismo, crise do Welfare e Serviço Social na Itália: uma análise do Projeto M’Imprendo

Abstract:

This article, the result of a Postdoctoral research, sought to understand the interconnections between Welfare and Italian Social Service and analyze the impacts of its crisis and the advance of neoliberalism in social policies, based on the study of the M’Imprendo Project. He identified that there is a culture of rights and citizenship in Italy, heritage of Welfare, and that such impacts threaten the training/practice of the social worker who has an influence of Sociology and Social Sciences in the academic sphere.

Keywords:
Welfare; Neoliberalism; Italian Social Work; M’Imprendo

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