Racism in and for the Welfare State

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1 Racism in and for the Welfare State
	A Structural, Structured, Structuring Phenomenon
	The Long Thread of Welfare Racism
	And Its Deep Roots
	Racism Is Inequality: The Living Legacy and the Social Role of Racism
	Welfare Racism, a Side of the Institutional Racism in the Context of the Global Racial System
	“Welfare Thieves” (and Actual Thieves): Racialised Welfare Discourse Between Mystification and Differential Exploitation of Workers
	Tightening Migration Policies, Welfare Racism, Exacerbating Racial Inequalities
	The Corrosion of Social Citizenship, and the Need of a Class Anti-Racism
	The Volume
	Notes
	References
2 The Welfare State Struggling with Capitalist Hybris
	Introduction
	It’s Impossible to Reproduce the Labour Force as a Pure Commodity
	Capital Can’t Enable by Itself the Intergenerational Reproduction of the Labour Force
	Welfare State as Solution of the Previous Issues
	The Neoliberal Dismantlement of the Welfare State in Favour of the Market and Its Limits
	The Self-Referencing Individuality as an Ally of Neoliberalism
	Notes
	References
3 Welfare State and the Hunt for “Social Benefit Cheaters and Profiteers” Migrants: The Case of Belgium
	Introduction
	Labour Migration and the Welfare State Settling
	Enforcement of Equal Treatment for Migrants in Social Protection
	Migrants: A Threat to the Social Protection System?
	Political Rhetoric on Migrants’ Abusers: Fear and Mystification
	Restrictions and Repeated Infringements of Migrants’ Rights
	Notes
	References
4 The Swedish Racial Welfare Regime in Transition
	Introduction: The Welfare State As a Projection Arena
	Welfare in Racial, Gendered Capitalism: A Theoretical and Conceptual Reflection
	The Swedish Racial (and Gendered) Welfare Regime
	Swedish Welfare’s Racial Configuration
	Competing Projects of Racial (and Gendered) Welfare Capitalism
		Looking Back to the Romantic Image of What Was Once the Welfare State
		The Neoliberal Attack on the Welfare State
		The Neo-Racist (Neoliberal) Welfare Project Defending White Peoples’ Home
	Towards A Fourth Swedish Welfare Regime? Mobilisation, Resistance, and Social Justice.
	Notes
	References
5 The Public Charge: The Capitalist Politics of Labor, Migration, and Austerity in the United States
	American Exceptionalism: Capitalism, State Formation, and Labor Control
	The Class Politics of the Poorhouse
	Extension of the Able-Bodied Worker into Immigration Policy
	Expanding the Public-Charge Framework
	Re-Emergence of the Public Charge in the Era of Neoliberalism
		The Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act
	State Policy Encourages Far-Right Mobilization Against Immigrants
	Trump and the New Public Charge
	References
6 Whose Welfare State? A Racialised Logic to [Un]Protect Immigration and Asylum in Spain
	Introduction
	Welfare and Migration in the Global North
	Racialised Welfare, Citizenship and Migration in Spain
	Welfare for Whom? [Un]Protection of Asylum Seekers in Spain
		Abandonment at Reception
		A Patchwork Welfare System: Legitimising Racialised Inequality
	Cast from the System by a Racialised Logic
	Notes
	References
7 The 23 Million Romanians, Igor, and the Others: Welfare State, Migration, and Racism in Hungary
	Introduction
	Twenty-Three Million Romanians and Igor: The Case of Minority-Hungarians
	Welfare, the Work-Based State, and Exclusion of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
8 Continuities and Transformations of Racism in German Welfare Capitalism
	Racism and National Welfare Capitalism
	The Long-Standing Lie About “the Non-Immigrant Country Germany”
	The Beginning of the Debate About Refugee Migration
	The Continuation of Contradictions: New Manifestations of Racism…
	… and a New Focus on Utility
	Transnationalisation of German Welfare Capitalism
	German Welfare Capitalism from Below
	Conclusion
	References
9 In a Country Boasting a Welfare State,  Do Black Lives Matter Less?
	Introduction
	Labour Shortages
	Problematising Migration
	Promoting Deregulation and Disadvantage
	The Penalties of Systemic Racism
	Conclusion
	References
10 Welfare State as a Political Weapon: Institutional Racism Against Arabs, Asylum Seekers and the Minorities in Israel
	Origins and Evolution of the Israeli Welfare System
		The Political Use of the Welfare System
	A Closer Look at the Welfare Policies
		The Child Allowances Schemes
		The Education System
		Unequal Distribution Among Ethnic Groups
	Reduced Access to Welfare Services for Asylum Seekers
		The Deposit Law
		Health and Welfare
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
11 The System of Racial Discrimination in the Italian Welfare State
	Roots and Features of Racial Inequality
		Equal, or Maybe Not: The Early Signs of Welfare Racism
	The Rise of Welfare Racism Between Casualization and Criminalisation of Immigrants
		Forms and Mechanisms of Welfare Discrimination
		A Flood of Discriminations
	War on Migrants and Persistency of Welfare Racism
		New Benefits, Same Discrimination
		“Like Worms in Ham”
		My House, My Rules
		School Bell Does not Toll
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
12 Anti-Immigrant Racism Within the Brazilian Welfare State and the Expulsion of Cuban Doctors
	Introduction
	Attacks on the Brazilian Welfare State and its Culture of Medicine
	The “Slaves In White Coats” and the “Shame of National Health”: The Spread of Racism Against Cuban Doctors
	Expulsion of Cuban Doctors, “Clandestinization” and Job Insecurity
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
13 Japanese Welfare State and Racism: Is the Myth of Social Homogeneity Overshadowing Discrimination Patterns on Migrants?
	Introduction
	Formation and Transformation of the Japanese Welfare State
		A Theoretical Underpinning
	“Welfair” State
		Racism in the Light of Cultural Dichotomies
		Examples of Discrimination in the Japanese Welfare State: Ōita’s Case
		The Japanese Welfare Law: A Loophole in the System
	New Problems, Old Patterns. COVID-19 and the Rise of “Emergency Racism”
		Hate Speech in the Name of Welfare State
	Conclusion
	Appendix
	Notes
	References
Index