
13 February 2017
Does the welfare state play a role in urban unrest?
One of the main causes of social unrest is to be found in the retrenchment of the welfare state.
«emigration policies face a delicate trade-off: on the one hand, they must respect individual autonomy and freedom as well as reap the rewards of mobility. On the other hand, they cannot ignore the negative externalities, especially since these tend to concentrate in specific social or geographic locations»