Contemporary Italian Sociology

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.