This article discusses some meanings associated with the concept of solidarity. The themes of social support and social justice are particularly focused, as the intellectuals of the same current of thought turned against social exclusion and towards democracy and social solidarity. It is proposed that the absence of social solidarity is linked to the decline of public support and social assistance systems and institutions in modern Western societies. From the conjunction of ideas of solidarity in time and space, the possibility of strong solidarity ties in social life can be developed.
Social solidarity; public policy; social work