The Welfare State and the fragility of the social rights in times of economic crisis

  • Luis E. Delgado del Rincón Universidad de Burgos
Keywords: Social rights, economic crisis, irreversibility of social rights, immigration

Abstract

In this paper the author discusses how the present socio-economic context and the economic crisis in which we find ourselves is exacerbating the crisis of the welfare state. It makes a brief diagnosis of the crisis of the model of state and their impact on its structural elements, social rights. The author also deals with the examination of the clause called «possible reserves», as a limit to the effectiveness of social rights, and its connection with another problem, reversibility or otherwise of social rights laws. The welfare cuts are affecting some groups especially vulnerableas irregular foreigners. This article also analyzes the restriction on the right to health care for this group was carried out by Real Decreto-ley16/2012, of April 20, and the different implementing it have been some Comunidades Autónomas.

Published online: 25 November 2014

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Author Biography

Luis E. Delgado del Rincón, Universidad de Burgos
Profesor Titular de Derecho Constitucional
Published
2014-11-25
How to Cite
Delgado del Rincón, Luis E. 2014. “The Welfare State and the Fragility of the Social Rights in Times of Economic Crisis”. Estudios De Deusto 61 (2), 43-68. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-61(2)-2013pp43-68.
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