In Italy, public policies have difficult processing, and even more difficult implementation. It is normal for a number of unexpected side effects to occur as a result of a public policy. Likewise, it is normal that a public policy determines an impact which is appreciated ex post, but cannot be identified with the original, designed one. So much so that many policies resemble a bet, rather than a project. In other words, they are always exposed to a universe of factors and circumstances which may destroy or change their theoretical assumptions, independently from any effective and measurable government capacity. This is the sign of a democratic regime’s structural fragility and of the government capacity expressed by it: its difficulty in feeding its policies with sufficient legitimizing doses and tools in order for the policies to achieve the desired effectiveness. It is a classic theme for political science; in this volume, it is revisited in the light of the different types of empirically conceivable legitimization and of the contemporary state’s ability to produce social regulation.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9258-8160
Book Title
Tra regole ed eccezioni
Book Subtitle
La messa in opera delle politiche pubbliche in Italia
Authors
Massimo Morisi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
88
Publication Year
2016
Copyright Information
© 2016 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-996-2
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-995-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-996-2
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-997-9
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-962-0
Series Title
Lectio Magistralis
Series ISSN
2612-7725
Series E-ISSN
2704-5935