Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first English-language book to take a comparative look at the Italian welfare state as a whole since the 2008 economic crisis and will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers as well as students.
Trade Review"This volume is a comprehensive, innovative and recommended read for all scholars interested in understanding the backgrounds of the Italian welfare state and its specificity in an international perspective." Social Policy & Administration
“A thorough analysis of the trajectory of the Italian welfare state and its comparative situation, and a salient contribution to the current debate on the future prospects of social protection within the whole EU and the Eurozone.” Ana Guillén, University of Oviedo, Spain
“Written by the best Italian scholars in the field, this outstanding and analytically rigorous book examines the multi-level dynamics of change in Italy's welfare state during the last decades.” Caroline de la Porte, Roskilde University, Denmark
Table of ContentsPart 1: Pension policy in Italy; Employment policy change in Italy; Social assistance in Italy in a comparative perspective; Social care in Italy in a comparative perspective; Health care policy change in Italy; School policies; Higher education policies; Taxation policies and the welfare state; Part 2: Social inequalities between “new” and “old” social risks and missing policy responses; Italy: A two welfare regimes welfare state?; The economic crisis, the austerity plans and the welfare state: what has been the impact on social inequalities?; Conclusions.
