The potential of part-time work Part time work has been widely analysed in recent years, above all in its relation with European Employment Strategy and with the goals of employment growth as defined in Lisbon. Part time work is considered an important device in order to increase participation and employment of all marginal workers:women, young and elderly people. Part-time work rises an interest also in its relation with social organization and compatibility between work and everyday life. On the basis of a European comparison the essay tries to explain the socalled Italian anomaly.

Renata Semenza, Manuela Samek Loovici, in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 97/2005, pp. , DOI: