Welfare State in Portugal delegated powers or disclaims responsibility?

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Cristiana Dias de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Albuquerque, Cristina Maria Pinto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/98864
• topic: Welfare State; Social Policies; Network Governance; Social Innovation; Social Impact Assessment; Estado Social; Políticas Sociais; Governança de Redes; Inovação Social; Avaliação de Impacto

The Social Local Intervention Network (RLIS) came to light in Portugal in 2013, as a policy to reduce poverty and social exclusion. In this context, it has been possible to observe a transfer of responsibilities within the scope of the social action of the State for Social Economy Or‐ ganizations under the pretext of "social responsibility of the different social agents" (network governance logic) and the guarantee of "new and better responses of proximity to citizens" . In this article, we intend to critically discuss the assumptions of the new logic of public policy network governance, exemplified here by RLIS, and discuss the respective impacts, namely in terms of effectiveness and innovation in local development.