The wave of demonstrations and diverse anti-neoliberal expressions that have shaken the planet in the last two decades have challenged us with regard to the way we conceive social policies and its articulation with politics. What does living together mean today in a context where capitalism and contemporary democracies are being reconfigured? How do we understand poverty? What are the factors that we must rethink in order to visualise the social state of the 21st century?

These are some of the questions which, together with fundamental issues such as inequality, work, migratory phenomena, the recognition of minorities, an ageing population, among others, are examined by the representatives of three currents of thought on the current Social State, from the perspective of the common good and social justice.