Quando generi e generazioni interrogano le politiche sociali, in risposta allo spopolamento in Sardegna

In response to depopulation of Sardinia: when genders and generations question social policies
In Italy, the changes in the status of women have not been accompanied by satisfactory policies with regard to work-life balance. A large body of theoretical and empirical research has documented these changes, as well as erosion of the social role of the family, while neither its process of adapting to new women's wants, nor its relevance for the organization of welfare policy have been adequately emphasized. Sardinia is a representative case study of how Italian society is trapped in a vicious circle and in non-productive interaction between procreative choices and welfare recalibrations. At on the one hand, the lack of services is linked to non-procreative choices. At on the other, the decrease of procreative choices depends on uncompleted work-life balance policies. An alternative approach it is possible, when public policies perceive the importance of protect family as a social group that needs help, mostly in supporting the changed status of the women into the family, and not more only as an institution that must help its community and members.