We are delighted to announce that the special issue Ethnic and Social Minorities in European Welfare /Minorités ethniques et sociales dans le système de protection sociale européen edited by Hanna Lindberg, Karolina Lendák-Kabók and John Paul Newman has been been published in the European Review of History: Revue européenne d’histoire. As the editors affirm

In this special issue the dual character of welfare – that is, the aim of alleviating distress and creating social cohesion while creating divisions when determining who is deserving of what – is studied through the lens of ethnic and social minorities. Minorities, grouped together through joint experiences, heritage and/or social classifications, have been subjected to both inclusionary and exclusionary welfare policies. Thus, welfare in the form of social services, social security, education and health care is a key component in addressing, maintaining and creating majority-minority divisions. […] we argue for a need to study the implications of welfare for minorities case by case, while at the same time outlining principal ways that minorities and welfare have been interlinked.

This special issue includes contributions by Hanna Lindberg, John Paul Newman & Karolina Lendák-Kabók, Ida Al Fakir, Oksana Vynnyk, Giacomo Canepa, Hanna Lindberg & Mats Wickström, Maria Adamopoulou.