Toward a New Conditionality of Welfare? Reconsidering Solidarity in the Danish Welfare State

Abstract

The traditional inclusive welfare regime in Denmark has over the last decade undergone important, and often unnoticed, changes. In the new millennium, welfare services have, in general, become more conditional and distinctions between various layers of need have been introduced. The inclusiveness of welfare state services has also been questioned with regard to the Europe of free movements, where the same rights apply indiscriminately to all EU citizens moving to and residing in Denmark. In this chapter, we analyze engagement in solidarity actions in support of marginalized groups within the Danish population.