Le nascite e la politica nell'Italia del Novecento

Name: Le nascite e la politica nell'Italia del Novecento
Brand: LED Edizioni Universitarie
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By Anna Treves

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«Italians, produce more children!» sounds like a Fascist slogan, but it is now back in vogue. Is the past repeating itself or is it something entirely different? Through geography and the history of population, politics and demographic thought, this book traces the rise, fall and re-emergence in Italy, for almost a whole century, of the idea that reproduction should be promoted by the state. Around the fine thread of interpreted demographic facts and political choices is woven a multiplicity of themes. The dynamics of demography and birthrate policies are compared in fascist Italy and the rest of Europe (Was Italy an exception or like the other states?). The process that induced the Fascists to make raising the birthrate an absolute priority is analysed, as is the shaping of demography as an independent science under the auspices of the regime. The country is mapped out to show the particular, variegated geography of births at the time (more children in the cities than in the country?), while the relationship between regime and demography is highlighted to reveal how demographic policy and racial policy eventually merged into one. What is striking in the apparent discontinuity of the subject is its underlying continuity. It emerges quite clearly how, in spite of taboos and attempts at removal, the haunting memory of the highly Fascist nature of political demography has dominated the Italian attitude towards births since the Second World War, implicit in church doctrine, the Soviet model and neo-malthusian campaigns. But above all, nofollowing developments up to the present day, it is noticeable how, without an overview of the complete story, it is difficult to grasp the meaning of the renewed interest in the birthrate, on both sides of the political spectrum, in birth-starved, immigration Italy.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 530
Release Date:: 2001-01-01
Publication Date:: 2001-01-01
Publisher:: LED Edizioni Universitarie
Languages:: Published: Italian, Original: Italian
ISBN10:: 8879161628

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