Ricerc@Sapienza

Il saggio analizza la nuova misura di contrasto alla povertà introdotta con il d.l. n. 4 del 2019 (il Reddito di cittadinanza), contestualizzandola nel panorama normativo nazionale ed europeo. L'A. si sofferma, poi, sui tratti caratterizzanti il nuovo strumento, evidenziando come - accanto alla finalità di sostenere i nuclei familiari in condizioni di bisogno - il Reddito di cittadinanza sia volto a favorire il reinserimento sociale e, in ultima istanza, lavorativo dei beneficiari.

The present study, based on data concerning 2328 immigrant children attending a representative sample of 561 schools, investigates the impact of various group, family and individual characteristics as well as proficiency in the national language on acceptance and friendship among classmates, while controlling for measurement errors by means of a structural equation modelling approach. As regards group characteristics, the results indicate that only immigrant density in the classroom has a positive impact on social inclusion, which seems to be limited to peer acceptance.

In recent decades, social movements have expanded their range of action, adopting a more global perspective. Although many studies have been made of varied national and transnational movements, it still remains a little-studied field that involves the participation of immigrants, especially women, in social movements in Italy. These movements involve various problem areas. The thematic focus of our research is the housing, at the national level, and our chosen case study regards the situation as it presents itself in Rome.

This editorial project aims to explore now-consolidated areas of multidisciplinary research like migration, the meeting of diverse cultures and religions and that of the networks of communities and associations, and to analyze them from a perspective of gender. It was chosen with the hope of adding new evidence to the extensive literature already in existence in regard to each of these issues, and proposes to integrate them through an analysis of those points of intersection whose protagonists are women.

The theoretical reflection on development policies, at national and international level, has focused attention on the need to identify new strategies for social inclusion able to promote local development by putting in the center the quality of life and the rights of citizenship.