This report examines the role of the Third Sector in health and social welfare services in Italy: a snapshot of the sector in terms of quantity and comparison between the different regions of Italy and other European states, with reference to spending and the supply of services, broadening the field to health, care, and social protection. Read More
This paper offers a conceptual reflection on how the production of complex health-related services, such as the prevention aspects of psychiatric illness, can be governed for the benefit of users and society at large. Read More
This paper aims to investigate one of the first, if not the first, social enterprises in Europe, the Italian social cooperative. It begins with an analysis of the economic and social context of the 1970s that gave rise to this form of cooperative. This is followed by a statistical analysis, starting with the first survey conducted to monitor the phenomenon and concluding with the most recent statistical data. Read More