Welfare Policies in Switzerland and Italy
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- ISBN 9783631836828
- Weight: 297g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jul 2021
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This book provides two main contributions to the existing literature on the history of welfare institutions and social rights in the 20th century. First, it is, to the best of our knowledge, the first research to analyze the cross-country comparison of welfare policies between the two countries from a historical prospective. The comparison is particularly interesting as we focus on two nations with very different institutional settings. On one side Switzerland, a federal state. On the other Italy, a centralized state until only very recently. The second important contribution of this book is the specific set of policies analyzed: policies aimed at protecting motherhood, childhood and women workers’ rights during the 20th century, a period in which European society changed drastically.
Michela Minesso, PhD in European History, is Full Professor of History of Political Institutions at the University of Milan. She was Fulbright visiting professor at the Northwestern University of Chicago. Her main research interests include history of European institutions, gender and welfare history.
