"It is consequently highly recommended reading for all scholars concerned with how economic and social mechanisms contribute to poverty formation in Italy and elsewhere." Journal of Social Policy

Three experienced Italian sociologists explore the structural and cultural dimensions of poverty in their country. Comparing Italy’s regime with other European countries, they consider the interplay of conditions in the labour market, the family and welfare arrangements as causes of poverty. This in-depth analysis explores how forced familialism, unbalanced gender arrangements, territorial cleavages and sluggish growth have rendered Italy vulnerable to financial crisis. As old risks of poverty have worsened, new risks have emerged and children, the working poor and migrants have become the ‘new poor’. Combining theoretical and empirical tools, this is a topical fresh take on the understanding of poverty in Italy that is even more crucial considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Three leading sociologists examine Italy's regime of poverty and the frequently misunderstood context of familialism in this in-depth study. With analysis of poverty's roots and development and modern trends including the migrant 'new poor', it adds European perspectives for a better understanding of a persistent crisis.
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A Regime Approach Poverty Regimes and the Great Recession The Historical Roots of the Italian Poverty Regime Long-term Trends Since the Early 1990s Working Poor, Children and Migrants: Italy’s ‘New Poor’ Urban Poverty in Italy A Late- and Uncertain Comer in Developing Anti-poverty Policies Continuities and Changes in the Italian Poverty Regime
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"It is consequently highly recommended reading for all scholars concerned with how economic and social mechanisms contribute to poverty formation in Italy and elsewhere." Journal of Social Policy
The book provides an innovative framework for examining in depth the structural and the cultural dimension of poverty in Italy and their historical roots in a comparative European perspective.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781447352211
Publisert
2020-09-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Biographical note

Chiara Saraceno, former Professor at the University of Turin and at the Institute for Social Research in Berlin, is presently Honorary Fellow at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin.

David Benassi is Associate Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca and Director of the Planning and Management of Social Policies and Services masters programme.

Enrica Morlicchio is Full Professor of Economic Sociology at the Federico II University of Naples. She is editor of the Journal Sociologia del Lavoro.