Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995: Alberto Martinelli, Antonio M. Chiesi, and Sonia Stefanizzi: Volume 7 - Rilegato

Martinelli, Alberto; Chiesi, Antonio M.; Stefanizzi, Sonia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0773518428 ISBN 13: 9780773518421

Casa editrice: Carleton Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Italy remains an enigma for many observers. Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995, the sixth volume from the international Comparative Charting of Social Change program, provides a new and convincing schema for its comprehension. It shows that three essential institutions have structured and unified Italian society: the family, the church, and political parties. While the state remains a weak institution, it is important as a regulator of the economy and of society through the welfare state. The book, which contains a long introduction by Alberto Martinelli on the uneven modernization of Italy, shows the usefulness of analysing social change through study of a series of macro-social trends. These trends range from life-style structures to fertility, leisure, consumption, inequality, religion, and family, among others. This sixth national profile provides more arguements in favour of a hypothesis of diversification, rather than convergence, of modern societies. As Henri Mendras writes in the preface of the book, "The more we change, the more we remain ourselves: that is the conclusion of our comparative research, and the Italian study provides further ample proof of it."

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Book by Martinelli Alberto Chiesi Antonio M Stefanizzi Son

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• Editore: Carleton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0773518428
• ISBN 13: 9780773518421
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 489