Elisabetta Ruspini
Biographic Data
| ID | 222750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisabetta Ruspini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisabetta |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruspini |
| SIGNATURE | RUSPINI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1251-751X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards an inclusive (post)globalization? Women as agents of change
The paper delves into the complexities of globalization by considering the voices and agency of women. Globalization is rooted in local contexts, and women's unpaid and paid work plays a crucial role in producing the resources needed for global economic activities. Analyzing the impact of globalization on women and girls, along with their activism and resistance, can provide important insights for policy and institutional reforms aimed at mitigat…
Medical uncertainty and reproduction of the “normal”
In this work, we draw upon in-depth interview and focus group data from a three-year international study of 70 trans people (residing across Australia, Canada, the European Union, United Kingdom, and the United States) about their intentions and experiences around pregnancy, as well as 22 health care providers (practicing across Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) with self-identified experience worki…
I am a different father’. An intergenerational analysis of the social transformation of fatherhood in the Islamic Republic of Iran
This paper was inspired by Michael Rush’s works on the social construction of fatherhood in non-European contexts. It aims to fill a knowledge gap in gender, family and Iranian studies by exploring both the changing role of fathers and men’s involvement in family life and care in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Adopting an intergenerational approach and a mixed methods design, the paper considers how fatherhood practices and discourses have changed…
Millennials, Generation Z and the Future of Tourism
This book examines the lifestyles, expectations and plans of Millennials and Generation Z and how they are redefining tourism. It explores the present and future challenges faced by the tourism industry as a result of the generational turnover and the role a generational perspective can play in helping the industry recover from the COVID-19 crisis
Gendered Institutions/Organizations
Gender has been defined as a complex multidimensional, multilevel, and dynamic structure of social relations that establish a specific gender order in a given society. Gender inequality involves gender norms and values which give rise to differences in the distribution of (material and nonmaterial) resources between women and men at both the micro‐level action (everyday life) and macro‐level institutions and practices. Institutions and organizati…
The Robot and Us
From the Effects of Globalization on Women to Women’s Agency in Globalization
The article reviews current literature about the effects and challenges of globalization on the lives of women worldwide. While, on the one hand, globalization has increased opportunities for women, on the other hand its capacity to significantly reduce gender inequalities remains unmet. Moreover, globalization affects women differently in different parts of the world and some women (poor/marginalized women in affluent nations; women of the Globa…
Transnormativity in the psy disciplines
The psy disciplines (i.e., psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy) have played a significant role in shaping understandings of transgender people's lives in ways that are transnormative (i.e., by emphasizing one particular account of what it means to be transgender). This article documents (a) how the rise of the psy disciplines created opportunities for transgender people to access treatment (but that such access often require…
Women and Religion
This book provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women's changes to religion in different parts of the wo…
Women and Religion
A New Youth
A New Youth? provides a cross-cultural perspective on the challenges and problems posed by young people's transition to adulthood. The authors address questions such as: What are the experiences of being young in different European countries? What can we learn about the differences of being young in non-European countries? Are young people developing new attitudes towards society? What are the risks associated with the transition of youth to adul…
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society
This book intends to explore, with an international perspective, the changing roles of men and fathers in a global context and how contemporary fathers deal with the work-life balance. It also intends to discuss the social issues (but also tensions) associated with changing male and father identities and with the existing social and policy agendas. Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers’ lives. …
Gender-sensitive data
Gender statistics play a crucial role in social research and in the creation of gender sensitive policies. Gender statistics document the situation of women and men around the world, making it easier to raise awareness about inequalities between them, to monitor gender equality and promote actionable change. There is thus a need to encourage awareness about gender statistics and their usefulness in gender mainstreaming. The paper has different ai…
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society
Transition to fatherhood
The proposed thematic session aims to highlight the main challenges that the cultural and structural changes within the families and in gender relations and the changing social expectations about men's involvement in the care of children and about fatherhood pose to men's and fathers’ identity. Fathering in contemporary society requires men to be simultaneously provider, guide, household help and nurturer. The difficulties of these roles, and the…
Cultural Sociology of Divorce
Social Stigma
Men as Initiators of Divorce
Men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations
The focus of this International Review of Sociology (IRS) special issue is to observe and discuss how masculinity is performed by men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations. By discussing how male workers manage to reconcile the feminine nature of their work with the hegemonic gender regime, this collection of essays focuses on key issues in promoting gender equality and in understanding gender change. The special issue has two further aims. T…
Girls, boys, money. Economic socialisation, gender, and generations in Italy
The aim of this article is to discuss the issue of economic socialisation in Italy from a gender perspective. What do boys and girls know about money and economy? How do they acquire this knowledge? What roles do the family, school, and the media play? The empirical material making up the base of our observations is composed of in-depth interviews with a group of Milanese families on the questions of economic socialisation and practices of money …
Men and Masculinities Around the World
This collection, with contributions on seventeen countries from social scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, analyzes the characteristics and potential of diverse educational
Unico, indimenticabile, da sogno. Il viaggio di nozze tra mito ed esigenze di mercato
In questo saggio, utilizzando la tecnica dell'analisi documentaria applicata a cataloghi di viaggio riservati a sposi e spose, cercheremo di capire come vengono tematizzate e proposte le mete turistiche abbinate ai viaggi di nozze. Sono diverse le domande alle quali vorremmo rispondere: come sono presentate queste mete? Quale linguaggio viene utilizzato e quali immagini accompagnano i testi? Quale modello di coppia costituisce il target di riferi…
Men and masculinities around the world
Changing Femininities, Changing Masculinities Social Change, Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations
The aim of this special issue of Sociological Research Online launches is to explore, both theoretically and substantively, the issues that surround notions of social change, gender identities and sexual orientations. The social issues associated with changing gender identities and the shift between “old” and “new” models of femininity and masculinity challenges the two-gender system. Homosexuality, bisexuality and trans-sexuality show how greatl…
The gender dimension of social change
Transnormativity in the psy disciplines
The psy disciplines (i.e., psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy) have played a significant role in shaping understandings of transgender people's lives in ways that are transnormative (i.e., by emphasizing one particular account of what it means to be transgender). This article documents (a) how the rise of the psy disciplines created opportunities for transgender people to access treatment (but that such access often require…
Transition to fatherhood
The proposed thematic session aims to highlight the main challenges that the cultural and structural changes within the families and in gender relations and the changing social expectations about men's involvement in the care of children and about fatherhood pose to men's and fathers’ identity. Fathering in contemporary society requires men to be simultaneously provider, guide, household help and nurturer. The difficulties of these roles, and the…
The study of women's deprivation
The aim of this article is to discuss some of the central conceptual and methodological issues which must be tackled if we wish to investigate poverty in a gender-sensitive way. The relationship between women and poverty is complex and therefore very difficult to reveal. The disproportionate vulnerability of women arises from the interaction of economic disadvantages in the labour market, in domestic circumstances and in welfare systems
Social Rights of Women with Children
The aim of this article is to focus on the circumstances that may explain lone mother's poverty in Italy. In order to appreciate its peculiarities, the study of the Italian case will be developed comparatively, by taking into account two other European examples, Germany and Great Britain, which are both characterized by significant diversities in their resource-distribution systems (family, labour market, and welfare). The data used to analyse lo…
Women and Poverty Dynamics
Using household panel data, this article analy ses women's poverty in (West) Germany and Britain comparatively, dynamically and with a gender-friendly perspective. It explores pov erty dynamics, in terms of characteristics and duration of poverty spells; it underlines the in teraction between critical events and changes in resource distribution (family, labour market and welfare) in determining the gender charac teristics of poverty trajectories;…
From the Effects of Globalization on Women to Women’s Agency in Globalization
The article reviews current literature about the effects and challenges of globalization on the lives of women worldwide. While, on the one hand, globalization has increased opportunities for women, on the other hand its capacity to significantly reduce gender inequalities remains unmet. Moreover, globalization affects women differently in different parts of the world and some women (poor/marginalized women in affluent nations; women of the Globa…
Girls, boys, money. Economic socialisation, gender, and generations in Italy
The aim of this article is to discuss the issue of economic socialisation in Italy from a gender perspective. What do boys and girls know about money and economy? How do they acquire this knowledge? What roles do the family, school, and the media play? The empirical material making up the base of our observations is composed of in-depth interviews with a group of Milanese families on the questions of economic socialisation and practices of money …
Gendered Institutions/Organizations
Gender has been defined as a complex multidimensional, multilevel, and dynamic structure of social relations that establish a specific gender order in a given society. Gender inequality involves gender norms and values which give rise to differences in the distribution of (material and nonmaterial) resources between women and men at both the micro‐level action (everyday life) and macro‐level institutions and practices. Institutions and organizati…
Men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations
The focus of this International Review of Sociology (IRS) special issue is to observe and discuss how masculinity is performed by men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations. By discussing how male workers manage to reconcile the feminine nature of their work with the hegemonic gender regime, this collection of essays focuses on key issues in promoting gender equality and in understanding gender change. The special issue has two further aims. T…
Précarité des revenus, pauvreté des salaires
L'analyse des données fournies par la Banque d'Italie permet aux auteures de vérifier l'hypothèse que la pauvreté des femmes qui travaillent est souvent compensée, mais aussi dissimulée, au sein de la famille. De fait, les données portant sur les ressources individuelles montrent que les femmes qui travaillent ont plus souvent que les hommes des revenus du travail inférieurs au seuil de pauvreté, en particulier si elles sont des indépendantes. D'…
Women and Poverty Dynamics
Using household panel data, this article analy ses women's poverty in (West) Germany and Britain comparatively, dynamically and with a gender-friendly perspective. It explores pov erty dynamics, in terms of characteristics and duration of poverty spells; it underlines the in teraction between critical events and changes in resource distribution (family, labour market and welfare) in determining the gender charac teristics of poverty trajectories;…
Social Rights of Women with Children
The aim of this article is to focus on the circumstances that may explain lone mother's poverty in Italy. In order to appreciate its peculiarities, the study of the Italian case will be developed comparatively, by taking into account two other European examples, Germany and Great Britain, which are both characterized by significant diversities in their resource-distribution systems (family, labour market, and welfare). The data used to analyse lo…
Précarité des revenus, pauvreté des salaires
L'analyse des données fournies par la Banque d'Italie permet aux auteures de vérifier l'hypothèse que la pauvreté des femmes qui travaillent est souvent compensée, mais aussi dissimulée, au sein de la famille. De fait, les données portant sur les ressources individuelles montrent que les femmes qui travaillent ont plus souvent que les hommes des revenus du travail inférieurs au seuil de pauvreté, en particulier si elles sont des indépendantes. D'…
The study of women's deprivation
The aim of this article is to discuss some of the central conceptual and methodological issues which must be tackled if we wish to investigate poverty in a gender-sensitive way. The relationship between women and poverty is complex and therefore very difficult to reveal. The disproportionate vulnerability of women arises from the interaction of economic disadvantages in the labour market, in domestic circumstances and in welfare systems
The study of women's deprivation
The aim of this article is to discuss some of the central conceptual and methodological issues which must be tackled if we wish to investigate poverty in a gender-sensitive way. The relationship between women and poverty is complex and therefore very difficult to reveal. The disproportionate vulnerability of women arises from the interaction of economic disadvantages in the labour market, in domestic circumstances and in welfare systems. The meth…
The gender dimension of social change
The gender dimension of social change
The gender dimension of social change
Introduction to longitudinal research
Elisabetta Ruspini here provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the use of longitudinal research, and its bearing on the social sciences
Changing Femininities, Changing Masculinities Social Change, Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations
The aim of this special issue of Sociological Research Online launches is to explore, both theoretically and substantively, the issues that surround notions of social change, gender identities and sexual orientations. The social issues associated with changing gender identities and the shift between “old” and “new” models of femininity and masculinity challenges the two-gender system. Homosexuality, bisexuality and trans-sexuality show how greatl…
Men and Masculinities Around the World
This collection, with contributions on seventeen countries from social scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, analyzes the characteristics and potential of diverse educational
Unico, indimenticabile, da sogno. Il viaggio di nozze tra mito ed esigenze di mercato
In questo saggio, utilizzando la tecnica dell'analisi documentaria applicata a cataloghi di viaggio riservati a sposi e spose, cercheremo di capire come vengono tematizzate e proposte le mete turistiche abbinate ai viaggi di nozze. Sono diverse le domande alle quali vorremmo rispondere: come sono presentate queste mete? Quale linguaggio viene utilizzato e quali immagini accompagnano i testi? Quale modello di coppia costituisce il target di riferi…
Men and masculinities around the world
Girls, boys, money. Economic socialisation, gender, and generations in Italy
The aim of this article is to discuss the issue of economic socialisation in Italy from a gender perspective. What do boys and girls know about money and economy? How do they acquire this knowledge? What roles do the family, school, and the media play? The empirical material making up the base of our observations is composed of in-depth interviews with a group of Milanese families on the questions of economic socialisation and practices of money …
Cultural Sociology of Divorce
Social Stigma
Men as Initiators of Divorce
Men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations
The focus of this International Review of Sociology (IRS) special issue is to observe and discuss how masculinity is performed by men who work in ‘non-traditional’ occupations. By discussing how male workers manage to reconcile the feminine nature of their work with the hegemonic gender regime, this collection of essays focuses on key issues in promoting gender equality and in understanding gender change. The special issue has two further aims. T…
Transition to fatherhood
The proposed thematic session aims to highlight the main challenges that the cultural and structural changes within the families and in gender relations and the changing social expectations about men's involvement in the care of children and about fatherhood pose to men's and fathers’ identity. Fathering in contemporary society requires men to be simultaneously provider, guide, household help and nurturer. The difficulties of these roles, and the…
A New Youth
A New Youth? provides a cross-cultural perspective on the challenges and problems posed by young people's transition to adulthood. The authors address questions such as: What are the experiences of being young in different European countries? What can we learn about the differences of being young in non-European countries? Are young people developing new attitudes towards society? What are the risks associated with the transition of youth to adul…
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society
This book intends to explore, with an international perspective, the changing roles of men and fathers in a global context and how contemporary fathers deal with the work-life balance. It also intends to discuss the social issues (but also tensions) associated with changing male and father identities and with the existing social and policy agendas. Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers’ lives. …
Gender-sensitive data
Gender statistics play a crucial role in social research and in the creation of gender sensitive policies. Gender statistics document the situation of women and men around the world, making it easier to raise awareness about inequalities between them, to monitor gender equality and promote actionable change. There is thus a need to encourage awareness about gender statistics and their usefulness in gender mainstreaming. The paper has different ai…
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society
Women and Religion
This book provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women's changes to religion in different parts of the wo…
Women and Religion
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (15 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (8 works) · Social science (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Law (7 works)