Italy Report 1997
The 1997 Italy Report, now in its eighth edition, has been constructed around six dichotomies, illustrated by six essays accompanied by sixty phenomenological files. Through “the dialectic of opposites”, the volume analyses the evolution and changes in society and highlights the most representative themes of current events.
With its 1,000 pages, the Report is a useful tool for understanding a changing Italy.
The dichotomies identified and contained in the Report are:
FREEDOM/NECESSITY • CITIZENSHIP/SOVEREIGNTY • SOLIDARITY/EGOISM • DEFENCE/DISARMAMENT • CONSUMPTION/SAVING • MYTH/REALITY
Index
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Italy on hold
by Gian Maria Fara, President of Eurispes
CHAPTER I – FREEDOM/NECESSITY
Table 1. Childhood betrayed: the new slaves
Table 2. Prostitution: the demand beyond the risk
Table 3. Behind bars: minors facing justice between deviance and recovery
Table 4. Sexual violence: Article 609-bis, the limits of compromise
Table 5. At the centre of violence
Table 6. Drugs: the silent death
Table 7. The devil’s money: usury, usurers and the usurped
Table 8. The other half of heaven: the social affirmation of women
Table 9. Family, the last shelter
Table 10. A closer look: Italians and crime
CHAPTER II – CITIZENSHIP/SUBJECTION
Table 11. For a handful of votes… The Centre-Right slides to the majority
Table 12. Italians abroad: citizenship and the right to vote
Table 13. Italians abroad: family and work
Table 14. Camorra: from the Country to the network
Table 15. Becoming citizens: instructions for use
Table 16. Citizens behind bars
Table 17. Italians and institutions
Table 18. The job that doesn’t exist
Table 19. The pendulum of politics: Italians and reforms
Table 20. Grey eminences: the ruling class as seen by citizens
CHAPTER III – SOLIDARITY/EGOISM
Table 21. Non-profit and employment, how I create work for you
Table 22. Non-profit, all the numbers of the Third Sector
Table 23. Money? No, thanks! The use of EU funds in Italy
Table 24. North-South: the figures of the gap
Table 25. Transplants: the culture of giving
Table 26. The hearts and blood of Italians: blood donation
Table 27. Tax income for charity: financing by faith
Table 28. Adoption, a home for every child
Table 29. Without a family: voluntary work and assistance for the elderly
Table 30. United colours of Italy: immigration and integration
CHAPTER IV – DEFENCE/DISARMAMENT
Table 31. Defence: and give us a model!
Table 32. Military expenditure in Italy
Table 33. Cadets of Italy
Table 34. Under the stars: enlistments and careers. Volunteers and non-commissioned officers
Table 35. The Armed Forces abroad: Italians, good people
Table 36. Public order operations of the Armed Forces
Table 37. The image of the Armed Forces: between emergency and everyday life
Table 38. Women and the Armed Forces
Table 39. Unarmed youth: conscientious objection
Table 40. A world of warmongers
CHAPTER V – CONSUMPTION/SAVING
Table 41. Italians and consumption (I)
Table 42. Italians and consumption(II)
Table 43. Playing, playing: Italians between games and lotteries
Table 44. Not only luck. The profile of the lotto player
Table 45. How I consume your savings
Table 46. Electricity, water, gas, motorways: the expensive cost of living
Table 47. After the hangover: Italians between consumption and saving
Table 48. Banks: how the counter is growing
Table 49. Doing business: the new challenges
Table 50. Taxation: Italians in search of evasion
CHAPTER VI – MYTH/REALITY
Table 51. The journalist: a difficult job
Table 52. Add a place at the table: television in the family
Table 53. Parents and children in front of the television: all together with a passion?
Table 54. Persuaders, persuaders and advertising
Table 55. The brand of falsehood
Table 56. Living in Italy, why not…
Table 57. On the hunt for readers. The diffusion of the press in Italy
Table 58. Interactive television
Table 59. Paradise can wait. Italians and euthanasia
Table 60. Italians are tarot reading the 2000’s