Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crises

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.

• Table of contentsList of Tables and FiguresNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Mediterranean area: a total social contextThierry BlössPart 1: Mediterranean disparities and convergences: the demographic order in question Introduction: Population ageing: convergences and uncertainties in the MediterraneanIsabelle Blöss-Widmer, Elena Ambrosetti, Sébastien OliveauChapter 1: An overview of demographic ageing in Italy: past, present and expected evolution Giorgia Capacci and Francesca RinesiChapter 2: Demographic transitions, ageing and the ‘great recession’ in Spain Francisco Zamora López, Noelia Camara, Laura Barrios, Alain Parant, Margarita DelgadoChapter 3: From multifaceted transition to rapid ageing: Morocco at the dawn of a new eraMuriel SajouxChapter 4: Half a century of ageing in France: dynamics and specificities of the mediterranean coastlineYoann Doignon, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Sébastien OliveauPart II: Contours of familial solidarities and change in multigenerational societies in the MediterraneanIntroduction: 'The problem' of family solidarities in mediterranean societiesThierry Blöss and Michèle PagèsChapter 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 StrangioChapter 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 AmarChapter 8: Family mutual support in multigenerational France. Social classes, generations and gender: memberships in questionThierry Blöss, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Michèle PagèsPart 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 societiesThierry Blöss and Elena AmbrosettiChapter 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 SebastianiChapter 10: Gender inequalities, paid work and family formation in Spain Marta Domínguez Folgueras, María José González, Irene LapuertaChapter 11: Morocco between women’s emancipation and reproduction of gender inequalities Mohammed Amar and Ilham DkhissiChapter 12: Work-life balance through the lens of the dynamics of individualisation in France Valeria InsarautoIndex

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