Poverty in Italy : Features and Drivers in a European Perspective / Chiara Saraceno, David Benassi, Enrica Morlicchio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saraceno, Chiara, author.

Benassi, David, author.

Morlicchio, Enrica, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Italy.

Poverty.

Italy--Economic conditions.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of figures, tables and maps

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. A regime approach

2. Poverty regimes and the Great Recession

3. The historical roots of the Italian poverty regime

4. Long-term trends since the early 1990s

5. Working-poor, children and migrants: Italy's 'new poor'

6. Urban poverty in Italy

7. A late and uncertain comer in developing anti-poverty policies

8. Continuities and changes in the Italian poverty regime

Afterword: The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic

Notes

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447352235

1447352238

9781447352259

1447352254

9781447352228

144735222X

OCLC:

1193126087