A number of authors have described how marital and reproductive behaviour in the Western
World has changed over the last 30 years (see chapter 1 of Rosina in this book). By way of …

Over the course of the 20th century, the rapid transformation of Italy from an impoverished,
predominantly agricultural nation to one of the strongest economies in the world forged a …

New perspectives in interpreting contemporary family and reproductive-haviour of
Mediterranean Europe 1. THE NEW GEOGRAPHY OF FERTILITY AND THE FAMILY IN …

This book aims to understand the European political debate about contentious issues,
framed in terms of religious values by religious and/or secular actors in 21st century. It …

The debate over religious change in Italy is far from having reached unanimous conclusions:
some scholars point to an unbroken trend toward a decrease of religiosity, while others …

Church attendance is usually measured in surveys by asking a direct question about
frequency of churchgoing over a preset period of time, which is typically a year. Different …

Nelle terre un tempo bianche le camicie verdi hanno impugnato il crocefisso. In quello che
fu il regno della Dc sembra vincere un cristianesimo senza Cristo agitato da un partito che …

This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key
mediators of political information that can potentially drive citizens' electoral choices. The …

The influence of religion on an individual's life-course in general–and on sexual behaviour
in particular–has long been recognised by social scientists, although few studies have …

In recent decades, scholars have been increasingly interested in analysing immigrants'
religiosity in Europe. In this article, we provide evidence about how the patterns of religious …