Public Administration in Italy in Political and Historical Context

This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy. This first volume examines the broad societal, institutional and political context of public administration in the country. It provides an overview of the trajectory of administrative reforms since the establishment of Italy as a unitary state in 1861 to the present, and analyses key components of the functioning of the administrative system, including strategic planning, financial management, expenditure management, spending reviews, transparency and performance management. It also considers trajectories of reform of public services in key policy sectors, such as healthcare, social care, and higher education. Chapters are written by some of the leading experts of public administration in Italy, including economists, historians, lawyers, political scientists and public management scholars, some of whom have also served in positions of direct administrative responsibility in the Italian public sector. The book will appeal to students and scholars of public administration, public management and public governance, as well as practitioners with an interest in Italy.

Examines the broad societal, institutional and political contexts of public adinistration in Italy Provides a detailed picture of how the Italian administrative system has developed from 1861 to the present Includes contributions from leading experts in public management, political science, law, history, and economics

Autorentext

Edoardo Ongaro is Professor of Public Management at The Open University, UK.

Carla Barbati was Professor of Administrative Law at IULM, and Councillor of State of Italy.

Fabrizio Di Mascio is Professor of Political Science at the University of Turin, Italy.

Francesco Longo is Associate Professor of Public and Health Care Management at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, and Senior Professor at the SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy.

Alessandro Natalini is Professor of Political Science at LUMSA, Italy.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: The Craft of the Italian State: Public Administration features and trajectories in Italy in its Political and Historical Context.- Section 1: Public Administration in its societal, institutional and political context.- Chapter 2: The Italian political parties system (outline of features and changes over time 'via' multiple crises: from mass parties to leaderistic parties: implications for the elaboration of PA reform policy proposals.- Chapter 3: Populism in Italy and its implications for PA (non-)reforms and the politics-administration dynamics.- Chapter 4: The third sector in Italy and its role in public services: contracting out, co-production; co-creation and subsidiarity.- Section 2: Key features of public management and administration and the administrative reform trajectory of Italy (1861 to present).- Chapter 5: The administrative reform trajectory in Italy: pre-unitarian and 1861 1993.- Chapter 6: The administrative reform trajectory in Italy: 1993- 2020.- Chapter 7: Strategic Planning in central and local governments in Italy.- Chapter 8: Controlling Public Expenditure.- Chapter 9: Budgeting and accounting and their reform in Italy.- Chapter 10: Performance management, accountability and transparency in Italy.- Section 3: Trajectories of reforms in key public services.- Chapter 11: The Italian Healthcare system reform trajectory.- Chapter 12: Social care system.- Chapter 13: The Italian educational system.