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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825168903321

Autore

Naldini Manuela

Titolo

The family in the Mediterranean welfare state / / Manuela Nandini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Ore., : Frank Cass, 2003

ISBN

1-135-77568-0

1-135-77569-9

1-280-09995-X

0-203-00946-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

306.85/0945

Soggetti

Families - Italy

Families - Spain

Welfare state - Italy

Welfare state - Spain

Family policy - Italy

Family policy - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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