Part I. General considerations
Part II. Italian society in 2011
The remnants of the Italian model
(Multiple identities and interests: Italians' renewed sense of seriousness; The erosion of the development model founded on the family; International reputation better than Italian self-esteem; The return of rationality over emotion)
The causes of economic stagnation
(The deficiency of the ruling classes; Productivity's downward trajectory; An off-target training system; Signs of a deterioration in services)
Re-energizing the potential for growth
(Putting household wealth to good use; Harnessing exports to kick-start industrial recovery; Widening Italy's geoeconomic influence; The excellence of the local economy: food and the good life; Capitalizing on the contribution of immigrants; New forms of relationships)
Part III. Areas of social policy
Educational processes
(Less leaving, broader territorial differentiation, more discouragement; The structural weakness of the career path process; What are the prospects for adult education?; Italian universities: little known facts and figures; The pros and cons of mobility)
Employment, professions and representation
(Uncertainties surrounding employment in the future; The two tracks of replacement in manual labor; Young people at the center of the crisis; The opposite cycle of off-the-book employment; The lack of mobility has to do with culture, not rules and regulations; Working hours and atmosphere in times of crisis)
The welfare system
(Healthcare and the risk of purely financial sustainability; Health, gender matters; Municipalities on the verge of social default; The needs of migrants and the innovation of the welfare system; From exclusion to disenchantment: the disinvestment of young people; Why supplementary pension schemes do not get off the ground)
Territory and networks
(The enduring crisis of the home construction business; From rhetoric to facts: transforming Italian cities; The crisis of public spaces exacerbates the malaise of urban dwellers; The importance of public meeting places; Delays, scant public funds and local conflicts penalize Italy's infrastructures; The inefficiency of urban mobility: a lethal disease or an opportunity for bold action?; Cycling expands as the demand for urban mobility grows)
Economy and development
(The Italian economy: teetering on the edge between creation and destruction of wealth; Business networks: a new, open, multi-function model; New momentum for Italy's industrial clusters; The sea: a source of wealth for the Italian economy; Italian households' savings: a vanishing act)
Parte IV. Means and procedures
Communications and media
("D-I-Y" programming in the era of media personalization; The Internet against the marginalization of information ; Politics, the star of TV programming; The delays in the digital revolution)
Public administration
(E-government is back; Reducing businesses' administrative burden; The general crisis national Parliaments; Participative democracy - the antidote to the 'NIMBY' syndrome)
Security and citizenry
(Crime beyond emotionality; The many forms of daily violence; How counterfeiting has evolved and is being combated; Economic and social mobility prospects for immigrants; Italy as seen through the eyes of the new Italians)
Appendix
Looking Through figures
(Foreword; Tables)
Background
(Societal self-awareness: from great goals to the emergence of spontaneous processes (1967-1971); From the "submerged" to the "emerged" economy (1972-1977); The pride of stability (1978-1981); Difficult relations between society and institutions (1982-1983); Consolidation and the need for maturity (1984-1987); Beyond proliferation (1988-1992); From revolutionary euphoria to an endless, wearisome transition (1993-1998); Something is moving in the enduring static nature of Italy's atomized society (1999-2002); From the search for new exit routes to the prospect of a neo-bourgeois recovery (2003-2006); The "mush" society. Italy on its way to its second metamorphosis (2007-2008))
Censis: an observer on the watch
(What is Censis?).

Serie: Varie

Subjects: Politics, Italian Society - Economic Sociology, Sociology of Work and Organizations

Level: Scholarly Research