| Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995: Volume 7 Contributor(s): Martinelli, Alberto (Author), Chiesi, Antonio (Author), Stefanizzi, Sonia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773518428 ISBN-13: 9780773518421 Publisher: Carleton University Press OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 306.094 |
| LCCN: 00690885 |
| Series: McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute Studies in the History of Me |
| Physical Information: 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |