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Family Life and Individual Welfare in Post-war Europe

Britain and Italy Compared

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Stefania Bernini

    1. European University Institute, Italy

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 1-10

  3. Family, State and Democratic Development in Britain and Italy

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 11-22

  4. The Family in the Political Debate

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 23-47

  5. Moral and Scientific Discussions

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 48-75

  6. The Edges of the Family: State, Citizens and the ‘Children deprived of a normal home life’

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 76-107

  7. Recreating the Family: Single Mothers, Maladjusted Children and the Search for a New Home

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 108-130

  8. Conclusions

    • Stefania Bernini
    Pages 131-138

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 139-199
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Taking Britain and Italy as comparative cases, the author explores the extent to which dominant notions of family life differed in postwar Britain and Italy and the implications this had on the development of family policy in these two countries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Italy

    Stefania Bernini

About the author

STEFANIA BERNINI has held post-doctoral positions at the Open University and St Antony's College, Oxford, UK. She is currently a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a Visiting Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Florence, Italy.

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