Gender Inequalities in Southern Europe

This work focuses on the interaction of the three major societal institutions - the State, the family and the labour market - with regard to gender inequalities and the associated pattern of work and welfare in all southern European countries.

Informationen zum Autor Gonzalez, Maria Jose; Jurado, Teresa; Naldini, Manuela Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This work focuses on the interaction of the three major societal institutions - the State, the family and the labour market - with regard to gender inequalities and the associated pattern of work and welfare in all southern European countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - interpreting the transformation of gender inequalities in southern Europe, Maria Jose Gonzalez et al; women's flexible work and family responsibilities in Greece, Nota Kyriazis; development and equality between women and men in the Portuguese labour market, Isabel Margarida Andre, Paulo Areosa Feio; the family paradigm in the Italian welfare state, 1947-1996, Franca Bimbi; social rights of women with children - lone mothers and poverty in Italy, Germany and Great Britain, Elisabeth Rasping; gender in the reform of the Italian welfare state, Elisabeth Addis; to what extend does it pay to be better educated? education and the work market for women in Italy, Francesca Battio, Paola Vila; is the male provider model still in place? partnership formation in contemporary Spain, Marta Luxan et al; separation and divorce in Spain, Montserrat Solsona et al; political participation - exploring the gender gap in Spain, Laura Morales.

Autorentext
Gonzalez, Maria Jose; Jurado, Teresa; Naldini, Manuela

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt
Introduction - interpreting the transformation of gender inequalities in southern Europe, Maria Jose Gonzalez et al; women's flexible work and family responsibilities in Greece, Nota Kyriazis; development and equality between women and men in the Portuguese labour market, Isabel Margarida Andre, Paulo Areosa Feio; the family paradigm in the Italian welfare state, 1947-1996, Franca Bimbi; social rights of women with children - lone mothers and poverty in Italy, Germany and Great Britain, Elisabeth Rasping; gender in the reform of the Italian welfare state, Elisabeth Addis; to what extend does it pay to be better educated? education and the work market for women in Italy, Francesca Battio, Paola Vila; is the male provider model still in place? partnership formation in contemporary Spain, Marta Luxan et al; separation and divorce in Spain, Montserrat Solsona et al; political participation - exploring the gender gap in Spain, Laura Morales.