Full Description
There is a need to understand the Italian welfare state, but as yet it has received little academic research attention. The Italian Welfare State in a European Perspective is the first book to explore the evolution of Italy's welfare state in the decades since the 'Trente Glorieuses' (1945-75).
It offers a rare overview and analysis of the Italian situation based on an in-depth study of the main social policy fields (including education, higher education and taxation policies), a detailed analysis of the connection between policies and their outputs/outcomes and a comparative perspective framing the Italian case within the European context.
This is the first English-language book to take a comparative look at the Italian welfare state as a whole since the 2008 economic crisis, It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers, as well as students.
Contents
Part 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.
