Contemporary Italian Sociology: A Reader

EAN: 9780521281911
Published: 01/10/1981
Language: English

First published in 1981, this book contains a series of sociological essays translated from Italian into English. It shows how Italian sociology offers a highly original blend of economic and sociological analyses in addressing Italy's main social problems and how its themes and methods could profitably be integrated into other sociological traditions. The anthology uses Italy as an illustration in examining social and sociological themes of crucial concern to the international social scientific community. In a substantial introduction Diana Pinto argues that Italy can be seen as a 'metaphor' for wider international debates about development and modernisation.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Biographical notes on the authors
Introduction Diana Pinto
Part I. The Labour Market
1. Internal migrations and the capitalist labour market Massimo Paci
2. The Mansholt Plan and the mezzogiorno Enrico Pugliese
3. From capital to periphery Franco Ferrarotti
4. Some hypotheses on education in Italy Marzio Barbagli
5. Education and internal migrations Marzio Barbagli
Part II. Social Classes
6. Middle strata in the mechanisms of consensus Alessandro Pizzorno
7. Uneven development and social disaggregation
notes for an analysis of classes in the south Carlo Donolo
Part III. Social Actors and Politics
8. The trade union movement, social and economic crisis and historical compromise Emilio Reyneri
9. Ten hypotheses for the analysis of new movements Alberto Melucci
Part IV. Dualism, the Welfare State and Market Economy
10. A case of welfare capitalism
Italian society Laura Balbo
11. Class structure in Italian society Massimo Paci
Part V. Appendix
12. From sociological research to the enquiry Vittorio Capecchi
Index.