Lucia Boccacin is a Full Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at the Dept. of Sociology, in the Faculty of Education, Catholic University of Milan/Italy. Her investigations focus on three topics: (1) Third sector - us
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Lucia Boccacin is a Full Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at the Dept. of Sociology, in the Faculty of Education, Catholic University of Milan/Italy. Her investigations focus on three topics: (1) Third sector - using quantitative and qualitative methods she examines the role and characteristics of the third sector in Italy and its internal differentiation, especially with reference to volunteering organisations, pro-social associations, social co-operatives, pro-social foundations. (2) Social Policy and social services for the family - analysing best practices of service networking models and types of social partnership models among the different social macro-players (3) Types of social capital – focusing on functions and dimensions concerning primary and secondary social capital within family relations and within social relations, in particular associative relations in the third sector.
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