Social cohesion and economic development in Industrial Districts
September 2006 – july 2008 Working group: Stefania Cerea, Roberta Cucca, Marina Rago For a long time, the industrial districts have been able to combine satisfactory levels of economic development and social integration. Since the eighties this ability has been put under pressure by a series of transformations that have affected so much the world economy, as […]
PRIN – The policy of social investment in six italian cities
2011 – 2013 Working group: Giuliana Costa, Costanzo Ranci Funding: MIUR – PRIN Partners: Politecnico di Milano www.polimi.it (capofila del progetto) Università Politecnica delle Marche www.univpm.it Università degli Studi di Bari www.uniba.it Università La Sapienza di Roma www.uniroma1.it Università degli Studi di Napoli www.unina.it Università di Urbino www.uniurb.it
Social sustainability
Starting from the Nineties, the sustainability paradigm has been conceived as the achievement of a balance among the ecologic, economic and social dimensions of the development, through a process of equal redistribution of resources in an intra-and post-generational perspective. However, in recent times, the paradigm of the “green economy” seems to have gradually “colonized” the […]
Social sustainability
Starting from the Nineties, the sustainability paradigm has been conceived as the achievement of a balance among the ecologic, economic and social dimensions of the development, through a process of equal redistribution of resources in an intra-and post-generational perspective. However, in recent times, the paradigm of the “green economy” seems to have gradually “colonized” the […]
Welfare locale
L’attenzione nei confronti dei sistemi locali di welfare è dovuta a diversi fattori. Alle tradizioni analitiche proprie dei contesti, come l’Italia, caratterizzati da spiccate differenziazioni territoriali, e da specificità locali in ambito storico, politico-istituzionale, socio-economico. Ai complessi processi di riconfigurazione scalare delle responsabilità e competenze relative alle politiche sociali, soprattutto a partire dagli anni 1990. […]
Local welfare
The effort to strengthen social cohesion and lower social inequalities is among the main policy challenges of Europe. These great challenges become visible and tangible at the urban level, which makes cities a microcosm of society. It means that local welfare systems are at the forefront of the struggle to address this challenge – and […]
Local Welfare
Local welfare systems have come to the fore of welfare studies in recent years for a variety of reasons. To start with, countries like Italy have always featured significant geographical differentiation and local historical, social, economic, political and institutional peculiarities. On the other hand, complex rescaling of social policies has taken place since the 1990s. […]
Social vulnerability
The current economic and social processes are rapidly transforming the social question. In crisis are the main pillars around which the so-called “European model” is built: a strong employment stability, generosity of welfare programs, the persistence of strong family ties. These changes determine the spread of a wide social vulnerability that affects the middle class, which is threatened less by a reduction in living standards than by a persistent phase of social and economic instability.As the literature on ‘new social […]
Milano Sociale
Since two decades profound chances occur in the metropolitan area of Milan. The city is living significant contrasts: a competitive cluster in the global network, as well as a place where living is more and more difficult. Transformations are so relevant that they are disorienting citizens, politicians and experts. In the past, the city has shown a great […]
Competitiveness and social cohesion in the European Cities
In recent decades many European urban areas are characterized by conflicting trends. Faced with new challenges posed by globalization and economic restructuring, some cities have experimented major difficulties in maintaining their competitiveness, while others have gained new positions by taking advantage of some specific aspects of their social and economic environment. Looking at these facts […]