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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338039303321

Autore

Caterina Daniela

Titolo

Struggles for Hegemony in Italy’s Crisis Management : A Case Study on the 2012 Labour Market Reform / / by Daniela Caterina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-95615-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

Contributions to Political Science, , 2198-7289

Disciplina

331.120945

Soggetti

Political economy

Welfare state

Critical theory

Labor law

Discourse analysis

International Political Economy

Politics of the Welfare State

Critical Theory

Labour Law/Social Law

Discourse Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Between Semiosis and Materiality: Theoretical Cornerstones -- Investigating Hegemony Struggles: A Transdisciplinary Research Framework in Three Steps -- Between Continuity and Change in Italy’s Political Economy -- Shifting Patterns in Italy’s Function of Social Reproduction: From Welfare to Workfare -- Italy’s Political Economy Between Crisis and Crisis Management -- Italy’s Function of Social Reproduction in Times of Crisis -- Conflicting Political Projects in the Debate Over the 2012 Labour Market Reform -- From Political Projects to Hegemony Projects in the Crisis -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the struggles for hegemony, and a possible ‘crisis of crisis management’ at the core of Italy’s political economy. With a specific focus on the conflict over the 2012 labour market



reform, the book also explores the country’s trajectory in the area of economic and social reproduction. It presents a framework for critical policy analysis that draws on cultural political economy and explores its potential synergies with complementary approaches such as historical materialist policy analysis and critical discourse analysis. Readers will gain an understanding of crisis dynamics in the aftermath of 2008, and insights into related political reactions. The book will also help them develop the analytical tools needed to make sense of these puzzling phenomena. .