The Democratization of Welfare Between Rhetoric and Reality
Local Planning, Participation, and Third Sector in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12890867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luca Fazzi (0000-0003-0735-5886, University of Trento, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-203 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Civil Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-8689 • E-ISSN: 1744-8697 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17448680903154931 |
| OpenAlex | W2030713315 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
The third sector, traditionally considered in the Italian welfare state as a residual actor of social policies, has increasingly engaged itself in various types of partnerships and collaborative planning processes with the local authority in recent years. In the rhetoric of welfare reform, third sector organizations play an important role, for they contribute to regenerating local democracy, stimulating communities, and fighting social exclusion. The article examines 12 local area plans, which have been realized in eight regions of Italy since 2000, by relying on empirical data and interviews. The article concludes that the so-called co-governance of local welfare can produce very different levels of democratization and improvement of social programs. In some areas, it may be that valorizing the third sector can effectively renew social policies, while in others the exact reverse may happen. The article offers an analysis of the main factors that influenced this result
Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social exclusion · Social policy · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Sensemaking in organizations
The third way
The Question of Participation
Democracy and Association
Co-production, the third sector and the delivery of public services
Co-governance within networks and the non-profit – for-profit divide
Socializing the Welfare State
The Emergence of Social Enterprise
Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix
Rhetorics of Welfare
Governing as Governance
Political Participation and Democracy in Britain
Introduction
Communities in Partnership
The 'Southern Model' of Welfare in Social Europe
The third sector in welfare policies in Italy
Rhetorics of Welfare
The Question of Participation
Public Meetings and the Democratic Process
Introduction
Third sector participation in the policy process
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics
Secondary Associations and Democratic Governance
Contracting for Welfare Services in Italy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |