Table of Contents

Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Mediterranean area: a total social context

Thierry Blöss

Part 1: Mediterranean disparities and convergences: the demographic order in question

Introduction: Population ageing: convergences and uncertainties in the Mediterranean

Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Elena Ambrosetti, Sébastien Oliveau

Chapter 1: An overview of demographic ageing in Italy: past, present and expected evolution

Giorgia Capacci and Francesca Rinesi

Chapter 2: Demographic transitions, ageing and the ‘great recession’ in Spain

Francisco Zamora López, Noelia Camara, Laura Barrios, Alain Parant, Margarita Delgado

Chapter 3: From multifaceted transition to rapid ageing: Morocco at the dawn of a new era

Muriel Sajoux

Chapter 4: Half a century of ageing in France: dynamics and specificities of the mediterranean coastline

Yoann Doignon, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Sébastien Oliveau

Part II: Contours of familial solidarities and change in multigenerational societies in the Mediterranean

Introduction: 'The problem' of family solidarities in mediterranean societies

Thierry Blöss and Michèle Pagès

Chapter 5: Public policies towards the family in Italy: an analysis of the evolution of the italian welfare state and its impact on gender and generations

Elena Ambrosetti and Donatella Strangio

Chapter 6: Households of the elderly in Spain: between solitude and family solidarities

Francisco Zamora López, Laura Barrios, Irene Lebrusan, Alain Parant, Margarita Delgado

Chapter 7: Family solidarities and old age in Morocco: new realities, new challenges

Muriel Sajoux and Mohammed Amar

Chapter 8: Family mutual support in multigenerational France. Social classes, generations and gender: memberships in question

Thierry Blöss, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Michèle Pagès

Part III: Uncertainties in gender relations in the Mediterranean: social trajectories and modes of political regulation

Introduction: Age, gender and social trajectories: the uneven emancipation of women in mediterranean societies

Thierry Blöss and Elena Ambrosetti

Chapter 9: The gender gap at home and in the labour market: the case of Italy

Serena Arima, Pietro Demurtas, Alessandra De Rose, Maria Herica La Valle, Adele Menniti, Maria Rita Sebastiani

Chapter 10: Gender inequalities, paid work and family formation in Spain

Marta Domínguez Folgueras, María José González, Irene Lapuerta

Chapter 11: Morocco between women’s emancipation and reproduction of gender inequalities

Mohammed Amar and Ilham Dkhissi

Chapter 12: Work-life balance through the lens of the dynamics of individualisation in France

Valeria Insarauto

Index

About the Author

Thierry Blöss is a Full Professor at Aix Marseille University and researcher at the Institute of Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology (CNRS). He is also the academic leader of the international programme ANR SODEMOMED, from which this book stems.