Article published in ‘La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali’, n. 2 April-June 2004
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The dynamics on localisation developing in Italian social policies raise various interrogatives, both in terms of the establishment of a homogeneous framework of social rights, as well as in forms of government’s processes that tend to be fragmentary. The article faces these questions by comparing three regional models of governance: Campania, Lombardia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
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The municipalities are facing cuts in social expenditures, the Regions those in health; the tax pressure increases and the gap between rich and poor areas of the country deepens. This is, in very short terms, the unambiguous result emerging from the Fifth Report of Spi Cgil Local Welfare National Watch.
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Published in ‘Legittimare l’Europa’, edited by L. Barca and M. Franzini, Il Mulino, 2005
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Published in ‘Rapporto sulla Finanza Pubblica 2005’ – edited by M.C. Guerra and A. Zanardi, Il Mulino, 2005
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Through the deinstitutionalisation of mental hospitals and the invention of new institutions completely substituting them, the contradiction of madness has been put in the public sphere, made socially visible and bearable, thus spreading its potential for democracy. This historical legacy of the Italian psychiatry is brought into focus in order to explore whether and how it is still working today in the mental health field and in its integration in the present welfare and health policies. By analysing three cases in which this legacy is invested in building systems of opportunity for people’s wellbeing and agency at the local level, this article highlights conditions and ways how mental health practices are able to transform differences in a factor of development of the democratic life -2005 about to be published.
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Employment, Productivity and Poverty Reduction - International Labour Office - Geneva
1 - preface
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2 - overview
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3 - chapter 1
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4 - Chapter 2
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5 - chapter 3
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6 - chapter 4
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7 - chapter 5
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Il Rapporto di monitoraggio mira a fornire un contributo conoscitivo in tema di politiche sociali basato su un approccio quantitativo e comprensivo dell’intero spettro di interventi costitutivi le politiche molto spesso settoriali -Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali - Direzione generale per la gestione del Fondo Nazionale per le Politiche Sociali e monitoraggio della spesa sociale - Settembre 2005
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Obiettivo di questo lavoro è quello di accompagnare il Piano di azione nazionale nella lotta alla povertà e all’esclusione sociale presentando una descrizione della situazione sociale italiana mediante l’uso di indicatori definiti tanto in sede comunitaria quanto in sede nazionale.- allegato al NAP 2003 (Piano di Azione Nazionale d’Azione per l’Occupazione).
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The study explores the conceptual background, outcomes and know-how about the development of more equitable, more efficient and more effective health systems in Europe. The volume focuses on key issues for health policy-making in Europe and is intended to provide cross-national health policy analysis. Published in the European Observatory series – 2004
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Detailed and up-to-date introduction to Slovenia, including an extended overview of the country, starting from its history and geography to its current state, government, socio-economic and cultural organisation. By the Public Relations and Media Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia – June 2005
1 - Facts about Slovenia
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2 - other languages
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‘Implementing the Social Inclusion Strategy with Report on the Realisation of the Programme of the Fight Against Poverty and Social Exclusion’. Promoted by The Ministry of Labour, the Family and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia – March 2002
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The Strategy includes priority goals: economic development and employment increase; social and human development; cross-generational and sustainable development; development in the international environment. The Strategy does not focus solely on economic issues but also involves social, environmental, political, legal and cultural issues. The social development objective is to improve the quality of living and the welfare of all individuals, measured by the indicators of human development, social risks and social cohesion - 23 June 2005
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Being a member state of the EU, Slovenia is building its national vision and basic strategic objectives on the Lisbon development strategy targets: higher competitiveness, employment growth, and balanced social and environmental development – October 2004
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The Development Report’s primary purpose is to monitor implementation of the Strategy for the Economic Development of Slovenia (SEDS) adopted in July 2001. The report assesses the extent to which the country’s development is following the goal of a sustainable improvement in the welfare of Slovenians and analyses the degree to which the development factors and mechanisms set out in the SEDS have been further carried out – 2004
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The Memorandum outlines the principal challenges in relation to tackling poverty and social exclusion, presents the major policy measures taken by Slovenia in the light of the agreement to start translating the EU’s common objectives into national policies and identifies the key policy issues for future monitoring and policy review – December 2003
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The Slovenian National Human Development Report, prepared by the Slovenian Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (UMAD), focuses on general human development trends in 2002-2003, with special attention paid to health and the health care system. The Report identifies trade-offs between social solidarity and individual responsibility in the health care system, emphasizing social solidarity as the key organizing principle for the health care system – May 2003
  (english) part 1 'human development'  (english) part 2 'human development and health'  (english) human development indicators - statistical appendix

The Health Care Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide an analytical description of each health care system and of reform initiatives in progress or under development - by the European Observatory on Health Care Systems (EOHCS) - 2002
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Agreement signed by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, employers’ organisations and trade unions as a commitment to direct all fields of activities towards sustainable development of the economy and social dimension, and to reinforce the social partners’ commitment - July 2004
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The strategic objective is to achieve balanced social-economic development accompanied by a rise of employment and the standard of living. Economic policy must therefore encourage cooperation and partnerships, as well as be connected to the employment policy, whose goal is the implementation of social partnership and the attainment of full employment. The plan is based on strategic objectives of the National Programme for Development of the Labour Market and Employment until the year 2006 and the European Strategy - September 2004
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The plan, adopted by the government, determines further strategy and concrete measures for implementing social inclusion policy, based especially on accelerating employment inclusion, improving accessibility of education, housing and social services as well as providing assistance to the most vulnerable groups, etc - 2004
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This essay deals with the issue of welfare reform analysing the crisis of the “Fordist welfare state” and its three main social institutions: the nucleus family, the big industry and the “insurance welfare state”. It also acknowledges labour and social policies recently adopted by some European countries, allowing to outline a new welfare state, able to conjugate the need for social protection and personal fulfilment – Lecture Manlio Doria Association
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Basic document for a debate aimed at defining in a precise and clear way possible regional objectives and strategies concerning the health and social area in the framework of the general revisiting of Welfare (and Wellbeing) policies in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region. The document is made up of 8 basic pages and 1 document for in-depth analysis on the issue of care budget and voucher.
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The work provides an historical overview of the stages of the enlargement. It illustrates conditions and perspectives and explores the issue of compatibility and harmonisation of welfare policies and social rights of European workers. In the field of welfare policies, this reform, activated by the Lisbon Strategy, is aimed at revising the pension system and at modernising social protection systems.
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Interview with the American philosopher, Teresa Funiciello, published in the Italian daily newspaper ‘Il Manifesto’ – 13 September 2005
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In the framework of the Regional Observatory on Social Policies in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Italy) and Slovenia (OR-WIN) (INTERREG III A – ITALY SLOVENIA 2000-2006), first seminar organised by the A.S.S. n. 1 Triestina and Nuovi Diritti Association, on the issue of  ‘Basic Income’ aimed at collecting information on proposals or actions implemented by various Italian regions and at reflecting more generally on the subject.
1 - programma e presentazione
  (italian) programma  (italian) franco rotelli - presentazione
2 - considerazioni teoriche
  (italian) corrado del bo' - 'motivazioni etico-filosofiche'  (italian) andrea fumagalli - 'motivazioni socio-economiche'  (italian) alberto mazzoni - 'alcuni dati sulla situazione socio-economica del friuli-venezia giulia'
3 - esperienze legislative, pratiche e proposte di legge di alcune regioni
  (italian) rossella tarantino: lucidi di presentazione della l.r. n.3 del 19/01/05 della regione basilicata  (italian) marina rinaldi: lucidi di presentazione della l.r. n. 2 del 19/02/04 della regione campania  (italian) cristina tajani - 'la proposta di legge di iniziativa popolare sul reddito della regione lombardia'
4 - tavola rotonda e conclusioni
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International cooperation at a crossroads: aid, trade and security in an unequal world Annual UNDP Report on Human Development in the world – September 2005
1 - overview
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2 - Inequality and Human Development
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3 - International trade
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4 - Violent conflict
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5 - notes
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6 - technical notes
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7 - human development indicators
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8 - Foreword
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9 - The state of Human Development
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10 - Aid for the 21st century
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11 - summaries - 1
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12 - summaries - 2
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Research on the historical roots of welfare and on the elements, which enabled the consolidation of the welfare state in four European countries: Great Britain, France, German Federal Republic and Italy. Review by Francesco Silvestri published in the magazine ‘Storia e futuro’ n. 4, April 2004
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These studies will be important to all those involved in formulating or evaluating national health care policies and, in particular, will be of use to health policy-makers and advisers, who are under increasing pressure to rationalize the structure and funding of their health systems. Edited by European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series – WHO – 2004
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This article is based on the results of research project entitled Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Southern Europe – Dilemmas of Organisation and Implementation (Fiposc) coordinated by the Poleis Centre for Study and Research in Compared Policy of the Bocconi University and financed by the European Commission (DG Research). Published in the magazine “Prospettive sociali” – December 2002
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The conditions of people working with this kind of contracts jeopardize the organizational models of the Welfare State, the functioning and organization of the credit system, the policies for housing and family support. The crisis of the ‘fordist system’, the transformation of social and economic conditions of developed countries, the crisis in competitiveness in Italy are among the sources of the proliferation of new kinds of contracts and jobs, which radically destructured the job market and influenced the welfare state. This resulted in new forms of social exclusion, denial of rights and of social protection. By NIdiL Cgil - Spi Cgil - Associazione Nuovo Welfare, Nuove Identità di Lavoro-Cgil, 2004
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The article deals with various forms of poverty, which share a particular mode of dissociation from the social bond, called disaffiliation. This is a different condition of misery from that of poverty in the strict sense. The latter can be read as a state, whose forms can be listed in terms of lack (lack of earnings, of housing, of medical care, of education, lack of power or of respect). By contrast, situations of destitution constitute an effect at the place where two vectors meet: one, the axis of integration/non-integration through work; the other, an axis of integration/non-integration into a social and family network. A model of four ‘zones’ of social life – integration, vulnerability, assistance and disaffiliation – constructed from pre-industrial societies, may serve as a reference grid against which we can interpret contemporary social circumstances and the rise of social vulnerability. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24 (3), 2000, p. 519-535.
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Series of articles on the issue published on the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica – 2005
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WHO Archive on Health for All Strategy; text published in PUNTO OMEGA I quarterly review – New Series, number 2-3, August 2000
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On the need to identify actions and reactions to draft strategies in the fight against poverty. The article analyses costs connected to targeting actions and administration and political problems due to such actions. It also examines the need to consider the concerned subjects as active subjects of the programmes. Article published in Assistenza Sociale n. 1-2 January-June 2003
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Public welfare as a catalyser for a qualitatively new development and as an occasion of civil development. The new job forms can be associated with new training policies and professional update. The aim is a safety net and welfare protection created to support the forms of flexible work, which are necessary for the economic system. Article published in Assistenza Sociale n. 1-2 January-June 2003
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Welfare systems in Western societies are traditionally linked to “ford-tayloristic” productive models. Ongoing transformations of the job market/organization jeopardise the existing social protection systems. It is therefore necessary to provide new possibilities for the main actors of the new job market to have access to social citizenship. Article published in Assistenza Sociale n. 1-2 January-June 2003
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Interview by Tarcisio Tarquini published on www.rassegna.it , on-line review of work, politics and social economy – April 2005
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Article published in Sociologia Urbana e Rurale, 2003. vol. XXV, 72: 95-108
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Main ministerial initiatives concerning social policies carried out in 2004 and measures for 2005.
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How do people in Italy live? Index of Regional Development Quality (QUARS) 2005. Social quality, human rights, environment and public policies region by region.
  (italian) rapporto quars 2005

Lecture presented on the occasion of the meeting ‘The Programmes of Community Activities and Area Plans. A process to be shared’ organised by the Regional Ministry of Health and Social Protection and by the Regional Health Agency of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region – Udine, 15 March 2005
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Report held on the occasion of the presentation meeting of the “Si.lavoro” Project – Measure B1, financed by the European Social Fund through the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region. The project is aimed at supporting interventions for social inclusion and job integration of disadvantaged people in the job market – Trieste, 3rd March 2005
  (italian)  ascolta l'intervento (dal sito di Si.Lavoro - IAL)

By Nicola Acocella, Giuseppe Ciccarone, Maurizio Franzini, Luciano Marcello Milone, Felice Roberto Pizzuti and Mario Tiberi. 'Only through well-balanced institutions and economic processes governed by rules able to combine effectiveness and equality, it will be possible to prevent the gap between economic growth and civil progress to grow deeper and deeper' – April 2004
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Collection of essays where contributors debate the definition of social capital—-broadly understood as the effect social networks and shared attitudes can have on economic performance—and ask how the concept can be applied to development policy and analysis - Washington DC, World Bank, September 1999
1 - Introduction and preface
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2 - Analytical foundations
  (english) james coleman 'social capital in the creation of human capital'  (english) ismail serageldin, christiaan grootaert 'defining social capital: an integrating view'  (english) joseph stiglitz 'formal and informal institutions'
3 - Institutional Analysis
  (english) anirudh krishna 'creating and harnessing social capital'  (english) jonathan turner 'the formation of social capital'  (english) richard rose 'getting things done in an antimodern society'  (english) elinor ostrom 'social capital: a fad or a fundamental concept?'  (english) norman uphoff 'understanding social capital: learning from the analysis and experience of participation'
4 - Statistical Analysis
  (english) john helliwell, robert putnam 'economic growth and social capital in italy'  (english) deepa narayan, lant pritchett 'social capital: evidence and implication'  (english) ajay chhibber 'social capital, the state and development outcomes'  (english) la porta, lopez-de-silanes, shleifer, vishny 'trust in large organizations'
5 - Overview
  (english) partha dasgupta 'economic progress and the idea of social capital'

A basic income (or demogrant) is an income paid by a political community to all its members on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. This article surveys the various forms the basic income proposal has taken; synthesizes the central case for basic income, as a strategy against both poverty and unemployment; examines its affordability and the most promising steps towards it in developing and developed countries - POLITICS & SOCIETY, Vol. 32 No. 1, March 2004, pages 7-39
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Di Vittorio Foundation – Rome, May 2003
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Results of the survey carried out by the Italian National Childhood and Adolescence Documentation and Analysis Centre – Journal n. 33, December 2004
  (italian) premessa  (italian) la ricerca  (italian) le politiche regionali  (italian) le associazioni e la deistituzionalizzazione  (italian) documenti

Chapter 2 taken from the book ‘Il distretto sostenibile: governare i beni comuni per lo sviluppo’, Franco Angeli, Milan 2003
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Article published in ‘L’assistenza sociale’ n. 3-4 July-December 2003
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Recent developments of a tool to Fight Poverty and Inequality - BIEN
  (english) from a minimum income to a basic income in brazil  (spanish) de la renta mínima a la renta básica en brasil

Document presented at the X BIEN Congress « Basic Income European Network» - Barcelona 19-20 September 2004
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Article published in the magazine ‘ANIMAZIONE SOCIALE’ n. 12/2002
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Research published in the ‘Working Papers’ Series of the Department for Social and Political Studies, n. 8/2004
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Reflections on the role of Europe in the Social Field. European Seminars, 3. Giovanni Agnelli Foundation – Torino, 15 May 2002
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This paper summarises relevant features of each system and describes the main expenditure programmes. The analysis focuses on main social policy reforms carried out in Europe in order to cope with major demographic and economic changes of the recent years. Published in LLEE Working Document n. 1 – January 2004
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Overview of the differences in welfare models, their effectiveness and effects in terms of social expenses in the different European countries. University of Parma, Department of Economics – September 2001
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Report presented at the XV Conference of the Italian Society of Public Economy ‘Rights, Rules and Market. Public Economy and Economic Analysis of Rights’ - Pavia, University, 3-4 October 2003
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The paper examines the issue of unemployment through analysis of different welfare models, employment policies and labour markets in Europe and the United States. Article published in the magazine ‘Assistenza sociale’ n. 3-4 December 2003
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Identification of new wellbeing indicators. From the analysis of the dimensions of social quality, human development, urban eco-system and public expense to the creation of the QUARS index. Article from ‘La finanziaria per noi. Come usare i soldi pubblici per diritti, pace e ambiente’, Berti/altrEconomia Publisher 2002
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Report presented on the occasion of the International Conference ‘Economy, Society and Justice. Free Market: Means or End?’ – University of Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana-USI), 5-6 February 2004
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Speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research and Demos – Beveridge Hall, University of London – 11th October 2004
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Article published in the magazine ‘Assistenza Sociale’ n. 3-4 July-December 2003
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Political guidelines laid down by the European Council (Employment and Social Policy) to the Members of the European Council with the appropriate objectives in the fight against social exclusion and the eradication of poverty – Brussels, 30th November 2000
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Report presented on the occasion of the XIV conference ‘Il futuro dei sistemi di Welfare nazionali tra integrazione europea e decentramento regionale’ University of Pavia – 4-5 October 2002
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Dissemination of results concerning the activities carried out by “Social Quality” Association on the issue of Welfare systems innovation and mainly on quality of social services and practices. Research published in ‘I quaderni di qualità sociale’ – 2001
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The plan describes the main trends and challenges to tackle poverty and social exclusion; the results attained through 2001-2003 plan; the strategic approach; priorities and aims; political measures; institutional agreements and good practice – Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
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The Report provides a prospective overview of the social dimension in the European Union as a background to social policy development and contributes to the monitoring of developments in the social field across Member States. This year the report seeks to portray the social dimension of the enlarged Union, looking at both developing social trends and emerging policy challenges. Publication by the European Commission - ‘Panorama 2004’.
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This brochure provides an insight into what the European Union is doing to help promote employment, prosperity and social justice for all its citizens. Leaflet by the European Commission –Directorate General for Education and Culture. Publication of the series: Europe on the move – 2000
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Overview on Welfare systems in Italy with reference to the process of renovation stated by law 328/2000. The research highlights the complexity of such transformation due to the great differences among the regions – by Cristiano Caltabiano
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The work attempts to clarify the place of social capital among the social determinants of health, by analysing the origins of this concept and its use in the health field, by defining four approaches in the area of social determinants of health (community health, social capital, socio-economic inequality and social cohesion) and reviewing the various methods and indicators used to measure social capital. This report is a summary of social capital research commissioned by the Policy Research Division, Strategic Policy Directorate, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada - March 2003
1 - How Is It Defined? / Comment le définir?
  (english) how is it defined?  (french) comment le définir?
2 - How Is It Measured? / Comment le mesurer ?
  (english) how is it measured?  (french) comment le mesurer ?

Italians’ values, dynamics and needs in a difficult year. The survey carried out out by SWG for ANCI records the opinions and values of Italians in order to analyse and interpret the surrounding society.
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Article published in ‘Dis/uguaglianze - Quarterly for analysis of development and underdevelopment processes’, vol. 3 January 2004. It analyses the definition of social capital referring to Putnam’s approaches, neoclassical economics, sociology, rational choice and new economic sociology.
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An attempt for an accounting approach and “functional” classification of literature. Contribution for the reconstruction of the system of interrelations existing between Economics and Society through an analysis of mechanisms allowing a mutual influence between social interactions and production processes. PHD working paper in Political Economics – October 2004
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Text intended as part of discussions underway in Italy on income distribution and in particular on basic citizen’s income. The text examines some objections against the idea of basic citizen’s income: monetisation of social services to the detriment of welfare, and disincentive to work, production and availability of goods with consequent impoverishment of the society – April 1998 The text is accompanied by a bibliography on the subject
  (italian) 'sul reddito di cittadinanza'

The text treats the subject of basic citizen’s income through the formulation of ten theses, aimed at clarifying and highlighting the partial character of the intervention, which represents an important pillar in this phase, able, together with others, to support a more solidarity and less unfair system of alternative economic politics. The ten theses proposed can be read individually. They contain internal references for further specific in-depth analysis – September 1998
  (italian) '10 tesi sul reddito di cittadinanza'

Considerations on the theme of working hours and basic citizen’s income or social income. In Derive & Approdi, n. 9/10, page 31-34
  (italian) 'reddito di cittadinanza e riduzione dell'orario di lavoro'

With a completely innovative and integrated approach, the plan addresses together the big problems, which jeopardise the country’s cohesion (persistent long-term unemployment, youth unemployment, increase in the number of socially-excluded people, housing crisis, criminalisation of disadvantaged areas, discrimination, crisis in the education system, etc). The aim of this plan is to act simultaneously on three fundamental pillars: employment and activity, access to housing and equality of chances. A ‘programming law’ will support the plan and a bill has already been presented to the Cabinet on September 15th 2004.
1 - Plan national de cohésion sociale
  (french) plan de cohésion sociale  (french) projet de loi de cohesion sociale, présentée le 15 séptembre 2004
2 - Synthèse du plan
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Ricerche e materiali sullo stato di recepimento e attuazione della legge quadro 328/2000 di riforma dei servizi sociali.
1 - Associazione Nuovo Welfare/Social Monitor: 'Il lungo cammino della riforma' - luglio 2003
  (italian) monitoraggio sull’applicazione della normativa sociale in italia. l’applicazione della legge 328\00  (italian) sintesi
2 - Formez: 'L'attuazione della riforma del welfare locale' - agosto 2003
  (italian) rapporto di ricerca  (italian) monografia: abruzzo, basilicata, calabria, campania, emilia-romagna  (italian) monografia: friuli-venezia giulia, lazio, liguria, lombardia, marche, molise  (italian) monografia: piemonte, puglia, sardegna, sicilia, toscana  (italian) monografia: umbria, valle d'aosta, veneto, provincia autonoma di bolzano, provincia autonoma di trento

Presentation, analysis and discussion on welfare related to: people’s rights of citizenship in a globalised world; charitable federalism and frame laws; governance; Integrated Local Development and Participated Planning; public organisation models; work of Community health workers – April 2004
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Statistics in brief - …For the first time Istat presents information on poverty and social exclusion in the Italian Regions. The need to provide territorially disaggregated data spreads from the remark that properly planned strategies to tackle poverty and social exclusion imply a correct knowledge of phenomena on the territory…
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1. The Economic Situation in 2003; 2. Italy in the Enlarged European Union; 3. Competitiveness in the Productive System and Behaviours of the Enterprises; 4. Dynamics of Employment, Quality of Work and Individual Behaviours; 5. Transformations of Welfare
  (italian) copertina, indice, glossario  (italian) cap. 5 'trasformazioni degli assetti del welfare'  (italian) tavole statistiche  sito web ISTAT - full report

Gianvittorio Lazzarini (edited by) ‘The Closed Family in Hidden Welfare. Silence is the care workers’ invisibility. Hurt parenthood in the families of disabled people’. Study on the figure of care workers or rather of family carers for care of elderly and disabled people, commissioned by the Observatory on Social Policies of the Province of Cremona (Italy).
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Article published on the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera – 12th part of the inquiry entitled ‘Deep Italy’ carried out by Corriere in 2003. “…How did Italy change and how is it changing? We often hear about the “decline of the Country” but it concerns mainly the system of enterprises and their loss of competitiveness. But what are the deep phenomena which are changing the social stratification, how is the society reacting and re-adapting itself?…”
  (italian)  archivio corriere della sera: puntate precedenti

Plan for health, social and training action, for job integration, reception, culture, equal opportunities of adult and minor detainees in prison or entrusted to the Social Services of the Ministry of Justice in the area of the City and Province of Rome – March 2004
  (italian) indice  Piano per il Carcere - testo integrale

Report drafted by the Research Commission on Social Exclusion chaired by Chiara Saraceno for the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. The report is divided in two extensive chapters: I- An evaluation of public policies on poverty and social exclusion in Italy and II- Poverty in Italy in 2000: features, statistical data and dimension of the issue
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An expert analysis of the influence of health systems in the daily lives of people worldwide
1 - press release
  (english) press release  (french) communiqué de presse
2 - World Health Report 2000
  full text

Article published in the monthly journal 'Prospect', based on a study by the 'Social Market Foundation - SMF' in collaboration with the Health and Social Centre of the London School of Economics, Great Britain, April, 2002
  (english)

The Report of WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health describes a strategy for achieving better health, economic development and reduction in poverty by expanding investments in the health of people living in conditions of poverty - December 2002
  (english) introduction  (english) full report  Macroeconomics and Health