The family in the Mediterranean welfare state / / Manuela Nandini

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825168903321
• Autore: Naldini Manuela
• 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