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100 1 _aMELE, Valentina
_97031
245 1 0 _aInnovation policy in Italy (1993-2002) :
_bunderstanding the invention and persistence of a public management reform
260 _aMalden :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_cApril 2010
520 3 _aThe literature on the politics of public management reform in Italy broadly contends that the country's legalistic administrative tradition suppresses reform. This article questions and qualifies this line of argument on the basis of a newly reported case of public management reform that endured for more than 10 years. The study tracks and explains the emergence of the policy issue of “government innovation” and its persistence on the specialized policy agenda of the Ministry for Public Administration. The initial emergence of the government innovation policy in Italy and its directional stability is explained by applying event-centric approaches to historical analysis, together with the institutional concept of policy subsystems. The article shows the need for modifying central arguments—both substantive and theoretical—about the politics of public management reform in Italy
650 4 _911957
_a Reforma Administrativa
650 4 _927651
_aModernização Administrativa
651 4 _aItália
_913276
773 0 8 _tGovernance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions
_g23, 2, p. 251-276
_dMalden : Wiley-Blackwell, April 2010
_xISSN 09521895
_w
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_cJaqueline
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_cKeicielle
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
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