The Italian Welfare State in a European Perspective : : A Comparative Analysis /

The Italian Welfare State in a European Perspective : : A Comparative Analysis / / ed. by Ugo Ascoli, Emmanuele Pavolini.

There is a need to understand the Italian welfare state, but as yet it has received little academic research attention. The Italian Welfare State in a European Perspective is the first book to explore the evolution of Italy's welfare state in the decades since the ‘Trente Glorieuses’ (1945–75)....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
MitwirkendeR:
Agostini, Chiara,
Albertini, Marco,
Ascoli, Ugo,
Baldini, Massimo,
Ballarino, Gabriele,
Guerra, Maria Cecilia,
Kazepov, Yuri,
Migliavacca, Mauro,
Natali, David,
Pavolini, Emmanuele,
Ranci, Costanzo,
Sacchi, Stefano,
Vesan, Patrik,
Vicarelli, Giovanna,
HerausgeberIn:
Ascoli, Ugo,
Pavolini, Emmanuele,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (388 p.) :; 30 Black and White
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • Main policy changes in the Italian welfare state over the past two decades
  • ‘Everything needs to change, so everything can stay the same’: the Italian welfare state facing new social risks
  • Two decades of pension reforms in Italy: shedding light on a series of mirror-images
  • Employment policy: segmentation, deregulation and reforms in the Italian labour market
  • Italian social assistance in the European context: residual innovation and uncertain futures
  • Care policies in Italy between a national frozen landscape and local dynamism
  • Healthcare: difficult paths of reform
  • School in contemporary Italy: structural features and current policies
  • Higher education, between conservatism and permanent reform
  • The tax system and welfare for families
  • Europe, austerity and inequalities in the Italian welfare state
  • The Europeanisation of the Italian welfare state: channels of influence and trends
  • How many Italian welfare states are there?
  • Fiscal austerity and income distribution in Italy
  • Conclusions
  • Index

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