Work, social citizenship and biographical risk in peripheral regions

Abstract

The objective of this article is to introduce the territorial dimension in the analysis of social policy. A process of diferenciacion of the European space is verified, in which a group of peripheral regions experiences a process of extension of vulnerable social categories that weaken social citizenship. The social logic of these regions has been characterized as «vulnerable regions». It legitimates the territorial perspective as we propose. Our starting point is a theoretical framework that considers the effects of current work restructuring regarding the rights of social citizenship. At the same it verifies the lines of incorporation of the political thing to the productive sphere.