I «cinque giganti» e la genesi del welfare state in Europa tra le due guerre

Abstract

The essay reconstructs the genesis of the welfare state during the early forties of the twentieth century. The welfare state is situated inside the European crisis caused by the Wall Street crash of 1929, by the fascisms and by the second world war. The essay focuses on the social policies of Fascism and Nazism, underlining their genetic connection with the war. The democracies decide to oppose the welfare state to warfare state of the fascisms to win not only the war, but, especially, to win the peace.

Keywords

• Warfare State
• Fascisms
• History of Welfare State
• William Beveridge