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Public Governance of Welfare Services in Italy

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Manufacturing Civil Society

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The ability to respond to the needs of the population is increasingly becoming a fundamental element in the quality of economic development and the welfare growth of local, national and international territories.

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  1. Simona Franzoni
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Taco Brandsen (Professor of Comparative Public Administration) (Professor of Comparative Public Administration)

  2. Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Willem Trommel (Professor of Public Policy and Governance) (Professor of Public Policy and Governance)

  3. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Ghent, Belgium

    Bram Verschuere (Assistant Professor of Public Management) (Assistant Professor of Public Management)

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Franzoni, S. (2014). Public Governance of Welfare Services in Italy. In: Brandsen, T., Trommel, W., Verschuere, B. (eds) Manufacturing Civil Society. IIAS Series: Governance and Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137351630_8

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