La "nuova" governance delle politiche locali del lavoro

This article focuses on the recent debate on new forms of governance from the perspective of local development, with a specific attention to industrial relations and employment policies. The experiences of three countries are considered and compared in order to shed light on similarities and differences. The aim is to identify the presence of common elements that better explain the transformation pattern of local development governance in the Europe. The arguments develop around four main key aspects that characterize this transformation: the decentralization and territorialisation of employment policies; the increasing use of participatory mechanism in the decision making and policy implementation processes; the increasing relevance of policy coordination; the diffusion of monitoring practices and incentive mechanism related to good practices. A case study based on a field research realized in a previous research is also included in order to check whether and how these elements works a ‘micro’ level. The case study refers to employment policy and industrial relations in the industrial district of Prato, which recently had to face important challenges of local development.

Luigi Burroni, Davide Calenda, La "nuova" governance delle politiche locali del lavoro in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 109/2008, pp 101-116, DOI: