Diversity and Inclusion in Italy : Societal and Organizational Perspectives

1. Introduction -- Part I: The history of D&I in Italy -- 2. The history of diversity in Italy from 1861 to 1945: An analysis of society, workplaces, and Businesses -- 3. The history of diversity in Italy from 1945 to 1995: An Analysis of society, workplaces, and businesses -- 4. The history of diversity in Italy from 1995 to 2024: The rise of diversity management in the age of flexibility and precarity -- Part II: Framing the Italian Context -- 5. Gender domains. Female employment and its deterrents in the Mediterranean multiverse -- 6. Religious diversity in Italy -- 7. Matters of ‘gender-inclusive language’ in Italy. Controversies, guidelines and creative practices -- 8. Social Inclusion in the Contemporary Italian Online Public Discourse -- 9. Inclusion for whom? A focus on precarious workers -- 10. Diversity in the making: Insights from the family-business research -- 11. Pathways to Diversity Management in Italian Public Administration: The INPS Case Study -- 12. Trade unions and equality, diversity, and inclusion in Italy: Bread and butter, bread and roses, or just breadcrumbs? -- Part III: Stereotypes and identities -- 13. The legitimation of LGBT+ diversity in the Italian workspace: the role of Social Movement Organizations, Trade Unions, and Firms -- 14. Trans chronicles in the Italian workplace. 15. Generational Challenges in the Italian Workplace: Myth or Reality? -- 16. The Three-Dimensional Gender and Fatherhood: a Profile of Italian men -- Part IV: Occupations, careers and processes of inclusion and exclusion -- 17. Gender and discrimination in the Italian Academy -- 18. The Advance of Women in Highly-Skilled Professions and Science in Italy: A Gender Paradox? -- 19. Careers in Italy in rocket times: does gender matter? -- 20. Class Lines at Work: The Silent Barrier HR and Diversity Managers Can No Longer Ignore -- 21. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practices and Immigrant Human Resources in the Italian Workplace: Pursuing Organizational and Societal Value -- 22. Unmaking marginality. Future directions in achieving Roma socioeconomic inclusion -- 23. How organisations include people with disability in the Italian context: an exploratory study -- Part V: Tools and policies for inclusion -- 24. Organizational approaches and communication practices to support DEI in the Italian workplace -- 25. The adoption of gender quotas in Italian companies -- 26. Intercultural Mediators in the Italian Legal System -- 27. Lights and Shadows in the Italian Gender Mainstreaming -- 28. Key players in gender-responsive budgeting: An empirical analysis in Italian universities -- 29. Young people NEET in Italy: Exploring the phenomenon and evolving policies -- Part VI: Technology and art as form of oppression or emancipation -- 30. Inclusive technologies, exclusive practices: on the fluidity of technology in diversity management processes -- 31. Hybrid Ways of Working in The Digital Era in Italy: Key Questions for Moving Forward -- 32. From the invisible oppression to the visible liberation: Intersectionality and Intrasectionality as tools to address Epistemic Injustice in education -- 33. Dance-led learning and inclusion: arts-based methods and the emergence of new categories about diversity.