LA PANDEMIA, DAL “RITORNO DELLO STATO” ALL’EMERGENZA DEL PUBBLICO / THE PANDEMIC, FROM THE "RETURN OF THE STATE" TO THE EMERGENCY OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Abstract

The COVID-19 emergency seems to have brought the role of welfare institutions and public spending back to the center of attention. According to many commentators, behind this change there would be the sign of a “return of the state” at the center of political and economic dynamics. The essay will try to critically discuss these positions by show in how the experience of the lockdown and the forms of mobilization that occurred during the health emergency have rather led to a radical re-signification of the notion of “public” beyond the dualism between the state and the market.

Keywords:
Welfare, Public, Social Reproduction, Neoliberalism, State Theory