Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Interpreting the Transformation of Gender Inequalities in Southern Europe; Women's Flexible Work and Family Responsibilities in Greece; Development and Equality Between Women and Men in the Portuguese Labour Market; The Family Paradigm in the Italian Welfare State (1947-1996); Social Rights of Women with Children: Lone Mothers and Poverty in Italy, Germany and Great Britain; Gender in the Reform of the Italian Welfare State
To What Extent does it Pay to be Better Educated? Education and the Work Market for Women in ItalyIs the Male Provider Model Still in Place? Partnership Formation in Contemporary Spain; Separation and Divorce in Spain; Political Participation: Exploring the Gender Gap in Spain; Abstracts to Articles; Biographical Notes; Index
Summary
Presenting studies of the situation on gender inequalities and associated pattern of work and welfare in all southern European countries, this work focuses on the interaction of the three major societal institutions - the State, the family and the labour market
