Il ruolo della cooperazione sociale e il welfare locale

The current and social crisis imposes a reflection on the implementation of a new welfare model in order to replace the current structure. This model is not based on public functions only. It needs to take into consideration the family’s value, the profit and non-profit business and, more in general, all the stakeholders. Therefore, a system-based input is required for managing, more efficiently, the ascending demand of new needs. On the other hand, it is crucial to evaluate what would be the cooperation’s role within a context whereby the birth rate, migrating flows and new life expectations will be defining new economic and social balances. It, infact, may represent the key to a renovated and ideal welfare model. Through the comparison of the relationship between cooperation-economic crisis and welfare state model-local welfare policies, this thesis shows up interesting results. Indeed, the cooperative company’s resilience during a high recession period licenses small entrepreneurs to act upon the social and welfare sectors. The cooperatives resilience may be identified with the governance model, that is balancing market logics and social policies.