Social Investment or back to Familialism? The impact of the economic crisis on family policies in Southern Europe

Family policies have traditionally been weak in Southern Europe. In the last two decades, however, and following a 'catching up' course, Spain has created new family programmes and expanded existing ones. Meanwhile, the picture for Italy during the years preceding the crisis is more of a &...

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Autores: León, Margarita|||0000-0001-9457-5822, Pavolini, Emmanuele
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:264809
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/264809
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/13608746.2014.948603
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family policies
Elderly care
Childcare
Italy
Spain
Economic crisis
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Sumario:Family policies have traditionally been weak in Southern Europe. In the last two decades, however, and following a 'catching up' course, Spain has created new family programmes and expanded existing ones. Meanwhile, the picture for Italy during the years preceding the crisis is more of a 'frozen landscape'. However, the diverging paths of the two countries in terms of policy reform in the years preceding the crisis do not place them in substantially different positions. The economic crisis and the austerity measures that followed have aggravated the weaknesses of family and care policies in both countries.