TY  - JOUR
A1  - Efthymiou, Dimitrios
T1  - EU migration, out-of-work benefits and reciprocity: are member states justified in restricting access to welfare rights?
T2  - European journal of political theory
N2  - This article examines whether restrictions on access to welfare rights for EU immigrants are justifiable on grounds of reciprocity. Recently political theorists have supported some robust restrictions on the basis of fairness. They argue that if EU immigrants do not immediately contribute sufficiently to the provision of basic collective goods in the host state, restrictions on their access to the welfare state are justified. I argue that these accounts of the principle of reciprocity rely on an ambiguous conception of contribution that cannot deliver the restrictions it advocates. Several strategies open to those advocating reciprocity-based restrictions are considered and found wanting. This article defends that verdict from a number of objections.
KW  - Brexit
KW  - EU migration
KW  - European Union
KW  - migration
KW  - out-of-work benefits
KW  - reciprocity
KW  - social justice
KW  - social rights
KW  - welfare rights
KW  - welfare state
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62214
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-622148
SN  - 1741-2730
N1  - The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by a research fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Justitia Amplificata’ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
N1  - Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
SP  - 547
EP  - 567
PB  - Sage
CY  - London [u.a.]
ER  -