The Party Politics of Decentralization
ISBN:
978-3-03-009341-9
Auflage:
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
26.12.2018
Reihe:
Comparative Territorial Politics
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
259
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This book addresses the process of decentralization in Italy, examined from the perspective of political parties. In particular, it assesses whether and to what extent the dynamics of party competition are likely to shape policy agenda and affect policy change. The author starts by providing a thorough account of the process and history of Italian decentralization and the policy outcomes achieved over time, before discussing how party attention to an issue triggers related policy changes (manipulation of salience). Next, the focus shifts to the concrete positions adopted by parties on decentralization to assess whether the pattern of party competition has been consensual or adversarial, and how this pattern influenced the process of reform (manipulation of position). Finally, the author examines the role of frames in party competition. This volume offers essential research that will prove useful to a variety of audiences, ranging from scholars of territorial and Italian politics to those interested in agenda-setting, policy change, and party politics.
Schlagwörter
Italian territories
decentralist reform
Italian party agendas
Italian policy-making
Italian public policy
Italian party politics
local politics in Italy
Italian party competition
decentralization in Italy
government power in Italy
territorial power in Italy
territorial politics in Italy
party politics of decentralization
Biografische Anmerkung
Linda Basile is Research Fellow at the Department of Social, Political, and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Siena, Italy. Her work has been published in Party Politics and Regional & Federal Studies.
