ABSTRACT
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 family policy as labour policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part |40 pages
Analysing Families and the Welfare State
chapter |27 pages
Welfare State and Family Models
chapter |11 pages
State Policies Towards the Family
part |47 pages
Origins of State Policies Towards the Family in the Authoritarian Period
part |120 pages
The Democratic Period