Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services: Local Area Planning in the Lombardy Region

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: The Structuration of the Italian Welfare System: From Fragmentation to Innovation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Evolution of the Italian System of Social Assistance -- 2.3 Law No. 328/2000. An Incomplete Innovation in Social Assistance -- 2.4 The Path Towards Law No. 3/2008: The Organisation of the Lombardy Region's Welfare Model -- 2.5 The Structure of the RL's Local Welfare. Ideational Bases, Tasks and Instruments of the Law No. 3/2008 -- 2.6 Territorialisation. Conceptualising the Governance of Local Welfare -- 2.7 The Impact of the Regional Law No. 23/2015 on the RL's Welfare: Ideational and Organisational Changes -- 2.8 The New Organisational Model. Welfare Territorialisation and Regional Decrees for Social Planning -- References -- Chapter 3: A (Possible) Answer to Fragmentation in Social Assistance Policy. The Local Area Plan -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Local Area Plan as a New Organisational Instrument -- 3.3 Different Approaches to the Study of Local Area Plan. A Proposal for a Theoretical Framework -- 3.4 Which Framework for the Analysis? -- 3.4.1 Structure -- 3.4.2 Process -- 3.4.3 Actors -- 3.4.4 Barriers to Local Governance Change -- References -- Chapter 4: Redesigning Territorialisation to Improve Planning and Management Capabilities in Social Policy. Change or Business as Usual? -- 4.1 The Guidelines for Change -- 4.2 The Process of Change -- 4.3 From Where We Were Taking Off -- 4.4 Regional Decree No. 7631/2017: A Change of Pace for Zonal Planning -- 4.4.1 First Step: Reach the Optimal Size for the New District Area -- 4.4.2 Second Step: Strategic Goals and Social Planning. A Matter of Compliance or a Boost for Innovation? A Quantitative Point of View -- 4.4.3 A Qualitative Point of View and Conclusions -- References.