Poverty in Italy

Features and Drivers in a European Perspective
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5221-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saraceno, Chiara

Benassi, David

Morlicchio, Enrica

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Saraceno, Chiara
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.

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

Benassi, David
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.

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.