The Social Consequences of the Crisis
A factor to be taken into consideration in evaluating the social consequences of the financial crisis and subsequent recession is the long-period trend to be seen towards increasing social inequality. In the case of Italy the data reveal symptoms of the social gap appearing even before the recent crisis, but growing inequality is by no means limited to Italy. Indeed, the trends towards inequality have led sociologists to abandon the image of confluence at the centre, putting in its place that of the social gap. The crisis of deregulation brings back to the fore the possibility of considering organic measures to relaunch the economy, and new agreements to promote social cohesion.
The social Bases of Regulation
Deep changes occured in the social stratification of developed societies during the recent years of neo-liberal capitalism. The search of new institutional forms of social and economic regulation requires a prior understanding of some fundamental features of social change. Beginning by reconstructing the social bases of the old post-war social compromises, both in Europe and United States, the article investigates the stratification effects in processes such as "Flexible specialization", "New economy", "Globalisation", "Financiarization". A social polarization trend follows the earlier social inclusion one in the yars of organized capitalism. Finally three «scenes» of social change are suggested, where we investigate new social bases for regulation: the finance-production reckoning, the regional reorganization of economy and society, the state-market new balancing.
Severe Burns of the Hand: A Practical Guide to Their Management
Abstract Those who work regularly in burns units will be familiar with most of the contents of this paper, but it may be helpful for surgeons who treat hand burns less frequently outside this environment. Several reviews have appeared in recent years and this practical guide is intended to complement these (Salisbury, 1979; Leung and Chow, 1982; Madden and Enna, 1983; Groenevelt and Kreis, 1985; Levine and Buchanan, 1986; Silver, 1987; Grossman, 1990).