ISBN:
0203009460
,
9780203009468
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (248 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Print version Family in the Mediterranean welfare states
DDC:
306.850945
Keywords:
Families Italy
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Families Spain
;
Welfare state Italy
;
Welfare state Spain
;
Family policy Italy
;
Family policy Spain
;
Italy
;
Spain
;
Families
;
Families
;
Welfare state
;
Welfare state
;
Family policy
;
Family policy
;
Welfare state
;
Family policy
;
Family policy
;
Welfare state
;
Families
;
Families
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Alternative Family
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Reference
;
Families
;
Family policy
;
Welfare state
;
Italy
;
Spain
;
Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
5. The Political and Legal Context6. Family Changes and Family Solidarity; 7. Social Policy and Social Services for the Family; 8. The Cost of Children in Policy-making Processes; Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index
Abstract:
Cover; The Family in The mediterranean welfare States; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations & Acronyms; Introduction; Part One: Analysing Families Andthe Welfare State; 1. Welfare State and Family Models; 2. State Policies Towards the Family; Part Two: origins of State Policiestowards the Family in The authoritarian Period; Introduction: Definingfascist-era Family Models; 3. The Italian Case; 4. The Spanish Case; Part Three: The Democratic Period:a Family/kinship Solidarity model; Introduction: Theweakening of the Malebreadwinner
Abstract:
This work analyses in a historical and comparative perspective the relationship between the family and the welfare state in two Mediterranean countries: Italy and Spain. Two aims form the focus of the book. Firstly, to open the black box of the family in welfare state analysis, introducing a focus on inter-generational and kin relations. Secondly, to explain why the southern welfare states have offered very low support to families with children by taking into account several factors: the legacy of fascism, the role of the Church, and the specific role played by leftist parties in defining fami
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index. - Print version record
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