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Nothing on the move or just going private? Understanding the freeze on child- and eldercare policies and the development of care markets in Italy
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Individualisation without personalisation? The paradoxical logic of the quasi-market based employment services in the Lombardy Region
No full textIn the framework of a steady continuity in the political orientation, the Lombardy Region has developed a specific quasi-market oriented approach to welfare policies. This approach, initially promoted within health services, has progressively been extended to training and, more recently, labour policies, the latter accompanied by an increasing rhetoric about activation. The Dote system (literally: dowry or endowment) is the latest instrument identified both to deliver various services to the beneficiaries and to finance public and private bodies, accredited to provide them.
Based on recent research results, the paper aims at disentangling the underlying logic of the Dote mechanism, as well at highlighting the implications for the territorial system of service provision, with particular regard to governance processes, roles of actors and activation approaches.
In the Dote system, the persons who fulfil given requirements “choose” among the accredited bodies the one they will submit the application with. The application must be submitted directly to the Region within strictly defined time spells. If the procedure is successful, applicants are entitled to individual monetary contributions to finance the services that the chosen body will provide them.
In the last years the Dote has become the almost only way to get public resources to deliver training, orientation and employment services. This means that local authorities and accredited bodies are almost excluded from the planning processes, and cannot project really different, integrated and tailor-made interventions. Above all, the capability to embed the activation logic within the complex interplay of the individual trajectory and the socio-economic context has become rather trifling. In this sense, individualization does not identify a qualified approach anymore, insofar it does not concern specific contents and methods of the individual paths, but a mere level of administrative, financial and relational regulation.
As the paper discusses, the Dote system settles down a paradoxical combination of individualization without personalization, implying a loss of quality, appropriateness and continuity of services, an increase of financial and organizational stress of bodies, and a strengthening of the centralized and authoritarian power of the regional government
Il modello di welfare mediterraneo tra famiglia e mercato. Come cambia la cura di anziani e bambini in Italia
No full textChanges in the vertical division of labour and the rescaling of authority on social services within the state. Better tailored services or de-responsibilisation?
No full textProgettare il cambiamento del welfare locale. Il Progetto WeMi a Milano
No full textLa sperimentazione di nuove forme e luoghi di accesso al welfare è un terreno poco esplorato di ricerca e di pratiche all’incrocio tra progetto delle politiche e organizzazione dei servizi sociali, progetto urbano e regolazione urbanistica, progetto architettonico, progetto e design della comunicazione. Il servizio rende conto dell’attività di consulenza scientifica e di ricerca condotta nell’ambito del progetto Welfare di tutti che costituisce un caposaldo nella riforma del sistema di welfare della città di Milano.
Presupposti, temi e questioni centrali, metodo ed esiti di una prima fase del progetto sono qui restituiti in forma di riflessione e mettendo in evidenza il contributo del Politecnico di Milano con riferimento a diversi apporti disciplinariThe experimentation of new forms and places of access to welfare defines an interesting research and practice field
at the edge of policies and organization of social services, urban planning, architectural design, communication
project and design. In the following articles we reflect on the scientific consulting and research activities carried
out within the project Welfare di tutti, which represents a cornerstone in the reform of the local welfare system
of the city of Milan. Premises, themes and issues, methods and outcomes of a first phase of the project
are summarized here, highlighting the contribution of the Politecnico di Milano with reference to different
disciplinary approache
How Generous Social Assistance Schemes are. A Comparative Analysis of Benefit Levels in Europe
No full textCittà, welfare e servizi: temi e questioni per il progetto urbanistico e le politiche sociali
Full text linkPolitiche per progetti e una prospettiva di governance hanno aperto a forme interessanti di
innovazione delle politiche di welfare. D’altra parte, numerosi sono le ambiguità e i rischi sottesi
in questa evoluzione sul piano della platea dei destinatari e dell’efficacia dei processi di inclusione
sociale. Il saggio discute elementi di interesse e questioni che emergono nel progetto Welfare di
Tutti a Milano mettendo in evidenza: a) potenzialità e prospettive per una riflessione che leghi
progetto urbanistico e disegno delle politiche di welfare e organizzazione dei servizi, b) rischi e
criticità di una declinazione territoriale del welfare locale in termini di aumento delle
diseguaglianze e condizioni per l’inclusività del welfare.A project-led orientation in the design of public policies and
an increasing orientation towards an extended governance
of welfare has led to interesting innovations. Yet, many
ambiguities and risks arise from this evolution in terms of the
range of recipients and of the effectiveness of social inclusion
measures. The article discusses questions and issues that
emerge from the Welfare di Tutti project in Milan, with a
focus on: a) potentials and perspectives for the integration
of urban policies with the design and organization of social
policies and services, b) risks and criticalities that emerge from
the territorialisation of local welfare in terms of increasing
inequalities and social inclusiveness of local welfare systems
Keywords: social services; urban policies; local welfar
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