Government, Governance and Welfare Reform: Structural Changes and Subsidiarity in Italy and Britain - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184844477X ISBN 13: 9781848444775

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

This unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades. The book illustrates that although it was a widely held belief in both countries that the arena of social and economic governance would shift to the national level, to the surprise of many, a different trend has emerged. In otherwise very different national experiences, both Britain and Italy have seen the sub-national level of governance become crucial in redefining public services, and in designing, delivering, and monitoring key services. The expert contributors use a distinctive and original principle - subsidiarity - as a lens through which to examine and assess these governance regimes, their philosophies, and their organizational choices. Academics, researchers and students of social policy, public policy, public administration and regional studies will find this book to be a highly fascinating read. It will also provide a wealth of information for policymakers and think tanks.

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Review

'Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo have put together an important collection of essays on government and governance in Italy and Britain. This richly documented comparative study proposes to answer two key questions: how does the change from government to governance emerge, and what enables this transformation to survive and even to displace State-centric solutions to public policy issues? The book will be a milestone in highlighting the distinctive and original role of the principle of subsidiarity, in examining and assessing governance regimes, their philosophy and their organizational choices and in linking subsidiarity with the prospects of freedom, responsibility and self-governing societies in the modern world. I know of no other book that brings the principle of subsidiarity to the frontier of the most current research in social science.' - --- Filippo Sabetti, McGill University, Canada

From the Author

Edited by Alberto Brugnoli Professor of Applied Economics, Università degli Studi di Bergamo and Director General, Éupolis Lombardia – Institute for Research, Statistics and Training, Lombardy, Italy and Alessandro Colombo, Director, ‘Governance and Institutions’ Strategic Unit, Éupolis Lombardia – Institute for Research, Statistics and Training, Lombardy, Italy

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184844477X
• ISBN 13: 9781848444775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Brugnoli Alberto, Colombo Alessandro