WORKING GROUP 1 (WG1): FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WELFARE

The long history of welfare has seen constant negotiation among families, states and welfare associations as they have struggled to define and redefine what the family is and identify the different kinds of support they need. WG1 investigates the ways in which the social welfare demands of families have shaped both voluntary action and state provision from mid-19th to early 21st century Europe. It investigates the dynamic collaborative links established among families, states and associations, but also the tensions that shape these relationships, such as the recurring pressure from states on families to carry more responsibility for the welfare of their family members. WG1 examines families in the context of a broad range of political regimes, including fascist, soviet and authoritarian dictatorships in order to reflect more deeply on the civic capacity of families to shape welfare. It pays close attention to what constitutes a “family” at a given place and time, as very often existing families do not fit easily into those normative frames that too often assume a family that consists of two generations and two genders (a mother, a father, two or more children).

WORKING GROUP 1 LEADER
WORKING GROUP 1 co-LEADER

MEMBERS

United Kingdom

Eszter Bartha

Hungary

Noemia Bessa Vilela

Slovenia

Karolina Bolesta

Poland

Elisa Chulia

Spain

Mikko Kemppainen

Finland

Patricia Kennedy

IRELAND

Sagit Lev

Israel

Maria Papathanasiou

Greece
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Bojana Radovanovic

SERBIA

Sigurveig H. Sigurðardóttir

ICELAND
United Kingdom

Hedva VINARSKI PERETZ

Israel

Lubica Volanska

Slovakia

Joanna Wawrzyniak

POLAND

FORMER MEMBERS

Urška Bratož

SLOVENIA

Karin Carlsson

SWEDEN

Dragica Čeč

SLOVENIA

Jennifer Crane

United Kingdom

Paul Ginsborg

ITALY

TILEN GLAVINA

SLOVENIA
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

Barbara Klich-Kluczewska

POLAND

Alex Roșca

MOLDOVA
Czech Republic

Anna Wielicka-Regluska

Poland