Spiegare le variazioni della politica sociale e penale con il principio di less eligibility

• Bonnet, F. ^[1]
  1. [1] Université Grenoble Alpes-Sciences Po Grenoble, CNRS, Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences socials, France
• Localización: Sociologia del lavoro, ISSN 0392-5048, N. 163, 2022, págs. 7-25
• Idioma: italiano
• DOI: 10.3280/SL2022-163001
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  • How the principle of "less eligibility" to explain the variations in social and penal policy
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  • italiano

    Il welfare (politica sociale) e la punizione (politica penale) variano notevolmente nel tempo e nello spazio, con la politica sociale più o meno generosa e la punizione più o meno barbara. Cosa determina la generosità delle politiche sociali e l’umanità delle politiche penali? Il principio di less eligibility sostiene che in ogni società l’assistenza sarà resa meno attraente del lavoro a basso salario e la punizione renderà il crimine meno attraente dell’assistenza. Io sostengo che il principio di less eligibility determina il mix di assistenza e punizione che viene attuato per governare e gestire la povertà in una data società.

  • English

    Welfare (social policy) and punishment (penal policy) vary wildly across time and space, with social policy being more or less generous, and punishment more or less barbaric. What determines the generosity of social policies, and the humanity of penal policies? The principle of less eligibility holds that in every society, assistance will be made less attractive than lower wage work, and punishment will make crime less attractive than assistance. I argue that the principle of less eligibility determines the mix of welfare and punishment which is implemented to govern and manage poverty in a given society.

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