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CATEGORIES:Wolfson College Talks &amp\; Events
SUMMARY:The Fascist Welfare State: Cleavages\, Rupture\, a
 nd Mediation -  Ilaria Pavan (Associate Professor 
 of Modern History\, Scuola Normale Superiore)
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/155365
DESCRIPTION:In the huge literature on the Fascist regime\, the
  Fascist welfare state has not received enough att
 ention. The few existing studies\, while valuable\
 , only examine individual welfare institutions (th
 e National Fascist Institute for Social Insurances
 \, the National Agency of Maternity and Childhood)
 . A global overview\, attempting a reconstruction 
 of the coordinates of the Fascist welfare state\, 
 of its characteristics\, and above all its concret
 e results\, as a whole\, is still missing. Yet\, t
 he topic is crucial in the endless debate on the t
 otalitarian character of Fascism – in particular\,
  its analysis is essential for understanding the n
 ature of the ambiguous relationship between the Na
 tional Fascist Party and state institutions\, and 
 the conflicting boundaries of their respective are
 as of influence. Moreover\, the study Fascist welf
 are policies can be a key tool for tackling the co
 mplex topic of consensus. If the depiction of the 
 Fascist regime as the main actor which built and s
 haped the ‘modern’(post-1945) Italian welfare stat
 e is still prevalent – even at the level of the cu
 rrent public debate –\, to a closer and more preci
 se investigation the novelties introduced by the r
 egime are many fewer than one might think: the asp
 ect of continuity with the liberal past is prevale
 nt. In the field of social policy the regime acted
  in an unsystematic way\, often with ‘surgical’ ra
 ther than structural interventions. Far from havin
 g a specific and clear approach\, its actions perp
 etuate the solutions and institutions forged in th
 e Liberal era – as it happened for example in the 
 field of social insurance policies\, marked by an 
 almost total immobility between 1922 and 1939. Con
 sidering\, for the first time\, social insurances\
 , social assistance and health sectors as a whole\
 , this talk aims at reconstructing the different l
 ayers on which the ‘Fascist social model’ was buil
 t. What\, and how many\, were the factual innovati
 ons introduced? What was their effectiveness? What
  was the role -– especially in the fields of socia
 l assistance and health – still played by Catholic
  institutions?\n\nRegister "here":https://wolfson-
 cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/6616099379293/W
 N_AR3fINL_RjKjMHKrHWZIaw
LOCATION:Wolfson College Zoom webinar
CONTACT:Julian Siebert
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