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Making democracy work / Robert D. Putnam

No review available on this record. Title : Making democracy work : civic traditions in modern Italy Material Type: printed text Authors: Robert D. Putnam, Author ; Robert Leonardi, Author ; Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Author Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 1993 Pagination: 258 p. Layout: ill. Size: 21 cm ISBN (or other code): 978-0-691-03738-7 General note: Includes bibliographical references and index Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Descriptors: Decentralization in government--Italy Democracy--Italy Regionalism--Italy Class number: 306.2 Abstract: "Making democracy work"- why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policy makers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of “civic community” in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associoationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity. Contents note: Studying institutional performance: a voyage of inquiry; Charting the voyage; Methods of inquiry; Overview of the book; Changing the Rules: Two decades of institutional development: creating regional government; The regional political elite:” a way of doing politics”; The deepening of regional autonomy; Putting down roots: the region and its constituents conclusions; Measuring institutional performance: twelve indicators of institutional performance; Coherence and reliability of the index of institutional performance; Institutional performance and constituency evaluations conclusions; Explaining institutional performance: socioeconomic modernity; The civic community: some theoretical speculations; The civic community: testing the theory social and political life in the civic community; Other explanations for institutional success?; Tracing the roots of the civic community: the civic legacies of medieval Itlay; Civic traditions after unification; Measuring the durability of civic traditions; Social capital and institutional success: dilemmas of collective action; Social capital, trust, and rotating credit associations; Norms of reciprocity and networks of civic engagement; History and institutional performance: two social equilibria; Lessons from the Italian regional experiment; Research methods; Statistical evidence on attitude change among regional councilors; Institutional performance(1978-1985); Regional abbreviations used in scattergrams; Local government performance(1982-1986) and regional government performance(1978-1985); Traditions of civic involvement(1860-1920) Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16571

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1702-001440	306.2 Put-Mak 1993	General Collection	SEEU Library Skopje	English	Available