The Italian welfare state is based partly upon the corporatist-conservative model[1] (as described by Gøsta Esping-Andersen, one of the world's foremost sociologists working on the analysis of welfare states) and partly upon the universal welfare model.
- ^ "IL WELFARE STATE IN EUROPA: BREVI NOTE SU ORIGINE, MODELLI E TIPOLOGIE" (in Italian). pp. 8–9. Retrieved 16 December 2023.