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Principle of Subsidiarity and Lombardy: Theoretical Background and Empirical Implementation

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This introductory chapter frames the main themes of the book’s individual contributions, by providing the reader with the historical and analytical fundamentals of a key philosophical principle, that of subsidiarity, and with the stylized facts of governance in the Lombard region in northern Italy.

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Colombo, A. (2012). Principle of Subsidiarity and Lombardy: Theoretical Background and Empirical Implementation. In: Colombo, A. (eds) Subsidiarity Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012104_1

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