Public Administration in Italy

The Science and the Profession

Edoardo Ongaro, Carla Barbati, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Francesco Longo, Alessandro Natalini

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9783031948770
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031948787
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy. This second volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to introduce readers to the ways in which public administration in Italy has been studied by various disciplines since the conception of the modern Italian state more than 150 years ago, including administrative law, management, economics, psychology, political science and public policy. The book also assesses key traits regarding the training, recruitment and regulation of public employment in Italy, as well as the role of oversight and judiciary bodies in the practice of public servants’ work. Contributors comprise some of the leading historians, political scientists, lawyers, social scientists and public management scholars from Italy, some of whom have also held key posts in the Italian public sector. It will appeal to students and scholars of public administration, public management and public governance, as well as practitioners with an interest in Italy.

Table of contents

• Governance and Public Management
• Public Administration in Italy
• Preface for Volume 2: Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Contributors
• Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession
• The Interdisciplinary Study of Public Administration in Italy
• Public Administration as Profession in Italy: Perspectives
• Postface