The Youth Guarantee in Italy and the New Policy Design Approach: Expectations, Hopes and Delusions

The article presents an empirical analysis of the Italian Youth Guarantee (YG) based on the approach of the new policy design. After having reviewed the most recent literature concerning this analytical approach, it examines the rationales, actors, aims, and contextual factors, as well as the politi...

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Published inWorld political science Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 247 - 271
Main Authors Vesan, Patrik, Lizzi, Renata
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 20.12.2017
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Delusions
Design
Employment agencies
Governance
implementation
Innovations
Italy
Labor market
labour market policy
National plans
policy design
Public policy
Reorganization
Youth
Youth employment
Youth Guarantee
youth unemployment
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Summary:The article presents an empirical analysis of the Italian Youth Guarantee (YG) based on the approach of the new policy design. After having reviewed the most recent literature concerning this analytical approach, it examines the rationales, actors, aims, and contextual factors, as well as the political dynamics, that characterised the design of the YG national plan and its first implementation at the local level. The article argues that the Youth Guarantee offered the opportunity to think about the reorganisation of responsibilities and operational governance mechanisms in the domain of active labour market policy. Although some innovations and discontinuities are evident, the path of reform is still largely incomplete.
ISSN:2363-4774
2363-4782
DOI:10.1515/wps-2017-0005