Families without births: conservative familism, demographic anxiety and persistent low fertility in Italy within the SDT landscape
Salcedo Alvarez, Diana Laura (A.A. 2024/2025) Families without births: conservative familism, demographic anxiety and persistent low fertility in Italy within the SDT landscape. Tesi di Laurea in Demography, society and policy in Europe, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Maria Rita Testa, pp. 90. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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Abstract/Index
The Italian paradox. Aim, contribution and scope. Methodological overview and data transparency. Dissertation structure. The second demographic transition and European low fertility. SDT as an interpretative framework. European fertility decline. SDT, low fertility and separation of ideals, intentions and realized births. Italy as a case study within the SDT landscape. Conservatism. Multiple trajectories within the second demographic transition. Conservative orientations and fertility ideals and intentions. From ideals and intentions to births. Demographic anxiety and pronatalist discourse. Methodology and data sources. Key concepts. EU low fertility trends. Operationalizing “conservative orientations” in comparative survey. Italian focus.
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Bibliografia: pp. 84-89.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
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| Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
| Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Corso di Laurea magistrale in Policies and Governance in Europe, lingua inglese (LM-62) |
| Chair: | Demography, society and policy in Europe |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Testa, Maria Rita |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Pippidi, Tatiana-Alina |
| Academic Year: | 2024/2025 |
| Session: | Extraordinary |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2026 09:08 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2026 09:08 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46303 |
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