Vita e Pensiero

Il contributo presenta i principali risultati di un’indagine secondaria, realizzata negli anni 2007-2008 presso il Centro di Documentazione sui Servizi alla Persona «Giovanni Maria Cornaggia Medici», che si è focalizzata sui giovani, le giovani coppie e le politiche di conciliazione famiglia-lavoro. Si evidenziano, attraverso la presentazione analitica di dati, sia gli aspetti di complessità e di difficoltà nell’impresa della conciliazione, sia i possibili esiti positivi, quali una maggiore soddisfazione delle donne che lavorano e una maggiore disponibilità econonomica.

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This paper deals with the concept of social partnership from a sociological point of view, paying a particular attention on its possible applications in different social contexts. The author gives some definitions of social partnership, which is a polysemous and ambiguous term, closely linked to its birthplace and its context of application. After this brief introduction, the focus is put on the function of third sector, with its flexibility and closeness to the community needs. Third sector organisations have an important role in the creation of partnerships, they work with public and private actors in order to realize shared, multi-dimensional, well-organized and holistic projects. These interventions are addressed to specific social contexts and environments. Social partnerships need to develop a relational culture based on sharing, trust and reciprocity; they permit to realize something unique that a single actor could never reach alone. The author shows some experiences of partnership carried out in european and international realities. The necessity of cooperation crossing the borders becomes stronger and stronger. As a result, the level of social capital raises and several examples of good practises emerge; the aim is the production of experiences marked by originality, innovation and creativity.

This paper shows the constitution of the Integrated Family Policies Plan (Pi.Pol.Fam) introduced in the municipality of Castelnuovo del Garda. It points out the demographic and urban changes related with the need to maintain (or re-create) social cohesion and democratic participation. In this attempt, family plays a principal role as a target of policies and as social actor in the building of practices, activities and policies. The focus of our analysis is the term of ‘integrated’ that leads at the concept of subsidiarity. Analyzing it we note a double meanings: the first one refers to the organization within the municipal administration. The second one refers to the civil society involvement in the plan. Two axes take root in a ideological and political orientation (latency) that characterize the biography of many council members. They, in fact, worked on a project (called Progetto Genitori) whose aim was to connect school and family; teachers and parents. In this project we can recognize the basic features of the Integrated Family Policies Plan.