Table of Contents
Introduction: interpreting the transformation of gender inequalities in Southern Europe / Marâia Josâe Gonzâalez, Teresa Jurado and Manuela Naldini -- Women's flexible work and family responsibilities in Greece / Nota Kyriazis -- Development and equality between women and men in the Portuguese labour market / Isabel Margarida Andrâe and Paulo Areosa Feio -- The family paradigm in the Italian welfare state (1947-1996) / Franca Bimbi -- Social rights of women with children: lone mothers and poverty in Italy, Germany, and Great Britain / Elisabetta Ruspini -- Gender in the reform of the Italian welfare state / Elisabetta Addis -- To what extent does it pay to be better educated? education and the work market for women in Italy / Francesca Bettio and Paola Villa -- Is the male provider model still in place? partnership formation in contemporary Spain / Marta Luxâan, Pau Miret and Rocâio Treviäno -- Separation and divorce in Spain / Montserrat Solsona, Renâe Houle and Carles Simâo -- Political participation: exploring the gender gap in Spain / Laura Morales.