Ageing in Southern Europe. Emerging Perspectives and Challenges for Sociology

Francesco Marcaletti; Tatiana Iñiguez-Berrozpe; Emma Garavaglia

doi:10.22325/fes/res.2020.08

Autores/as

Francesco Marcaletti Universidad de Zaragoza http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3273-5311
Tatiana Iñiguez-Berrozpe Universidad de Zaragoza http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4530-9645
Emma Garavaglia Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2020.08

Palabras clave:

sur de Europa, teoría sociológica, envejecimiento activo, educación de adultos, trabajadores mayores

Resumen

El proceso de transición hacia una población que envejece ha ocurrido de manera más tardía, pero de forma más intensa, en el sur de Europa que en otras regiones. En consecuencia, estos países se han visto obligados a adaptarse política, social y económicamente a este importante desafío. Los sociólogos juegan un papel importante en la identificación y comprensión de las tendencias y problemas sociales, así como en la contribución al diseño de políticas públicas en toda Europa. Sin embargo, la investigación ha tendido a explorar los problemas del envejecimiento de la población en el norte de Europa, a pesar de los notables cambios demográficos y las especificidades contextuales del sur de Europa. En respuesta, este estudio tiene un doble objetivo: primero, recoger las contribuciones teóricas y metodológicas de los autores del sur de Europa, o que se han centrado en esta región, y segundo, explorar la originalidad de los estudios que pertenecen a las tradiciones sociológicas del sur de Europa. Para sistematizar el estudio, se utiliza el paradigma teórico de la clasificación de Marshall de las teorías de las ciencias sociales en el campo del envejecimiento.

Biografía del autor/a

Francesco Marcaletti , Universidad de Zaragoza

Francesco Marcaletti has been lecturer and researcher at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy), Karshoschschule International University (Germany), Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, and actually he is holding a position as lecturer and researcher in the area of Sociology at the Universidad de Zaragoza (Faculty of Social and Work Sciences; Research Group on Risk Society, founded by Aragón Government). Member of the editorial board of the journal Studi di Sociologia, his main area of investigation is Economic Sociology.

Tatiana Iñiguez-Berrozpe , Universidad de Zaragoza

Tatiana Iñiguez-Berrozpe is lecturer and researcher in the area of Sociology at the Universidad de Zaragoza since 2011 (Faculty of Education; Group of Research on Society of Risk, founded by Aragón Government). She is also Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Sociology of Education (RISE). Her main area of research is Sociology of Education (Adult Education, Lifelong Learning and preventive socialization through education) in which she has published serval papers in indexed journals.

Emma Garavaglia , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Emma Garavaglia is researcher in the area of Sociology at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy). Previously, she was postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of Bicocca University in Milan (Italy). She holds a Ph.D in Organisational and Managerial Studies and her main area of investigation is Sociology of Work and Organisational Sociology.

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