| Description |
1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and maps -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. A regime approach -- 2. Poverty regimes and the Great Recession -- 3. The historical roots of the Italian poverty regime -- 4. Long-term trends since the early 1990s -- 5. Working-poor, children and migrants: Italy's 'new poor' -- 6. Urban poverty in Italy -- 7. A late and uncertain comer in developing anti-poverty policies -- 8. Continuities and changes in the Italian poverty regime -- Afterword: The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic -- Notes -- References |
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Index -- Back cover |
| Summary |
Three leading sociologists examine Italy's regime of poverty and the frequently misunderstood context of familialism in this in-depth study. With analysis of poverty's roots and development and modern trends including the migrant 'new poor', it adds European perspectives for a better understanding of a persistent crisis |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Italy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
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Economic history
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Poverty
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| SUBJECT |
Italy -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068917
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| Subject |
Italy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Benassi, David
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| ISBN |
9781447352228 |
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144735222X |
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9781447352235 |
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1447352238 |
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9781447352259 |
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1447352254 |
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