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I sindacati sono oggi nel pieno di una profonda crisi di legittimit© , che rischia di cancellare anche i loro meriti storici. L'autore sostiene che lo strapotere e l'invadenza delle tre grandi centrali confederali, e le sempre pi©£ scoperte ambizioni politiche dei loro leader, hanno prodotto nel paese un senso di rigetto. Lo documentano i pi©£ recenti sondaggi d'opinione: solo un italiano su venti si sente pienamente rappresentato dalle sigle sindacali e meno di uno su dieci dichiara di averne fiducia. L'immagine del sindacato come di un soggetto responsabile, capace di interpretare gli interessi generali, si ©· dunque dissolta. E ha lasciato il posto a quella di una casta iperburocratizzata e autoreferenziale che ha perso via via il contatto con il paese reale, quello delle buste paga sempre pi©£ leggere e delle fabbriche dove si muore troppo spesso. Un apparato che, in nome di una concertazione degenerata in diritto di veto, pretende di avere l'ultima parola sempre e su ogni cosa. Che si presenta come il legittimo rappresentante di tutti i lavoratori. Ma bada in realt© solo agli interessi dei suoi iscritti, che valgono ormai meno di un quarto dell'intero sistema produttivo nazionale. E perci©ø si mette puntualmente di traverso a qualunque riforma in grado di mettere in discussione uno status quo fatto di privilegi. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)331.880945Social sciences Economics Labor economics Labour Unions, labour-management bargaining and disputes Labor unions and other organizations History, geographic treatment, biography Europe Italic PeninsulaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Interesting and well documented book: six years later, it is still relevant- albeit, of course, specifics might have changed.
Probably due to the pervasiveness of (current and past) Trades Unions representatives, the book has to actually review issues such as the Italian pension system, State bureaucracy, the continuous generation of new watchdogs (interesting the concept that each peasant in Italy is matched by one employee in State and local authorities supposedly focused on agriculture), etc.
The most interesting part is probably the last one, as the author reviews how are managed companies that are currently (2014) scheduled for partial privatization between 2014 and 2015 (e.g. Alitalia, Poste, Trenitalia), as well as few organizations that are being refocused or restructured (e.g. Bank of Italy and INPS).
Sometimes the comments are entertaining yet a little bit draconian and biased, but anyway the book is a page turner.
The assertions that I disagree with are generally those that apply basic algebra ignoring that the number of employees is not necessarily linked to patronage and corruption, but also to the complexity of processes, rules, and regulations that have to be applied e.g. both in Lombardy (a Northern region whose per capita income is above average) and Molise (a poorer Southern small region).
The overbloated bureaucracy is both due to self-referential rules (in Italy, we keep adding watchdogs overseeing or replacing and expanding on existing watchdogs) and sympathetic support from Members of the Italian Parliament that magically convert each initiative to streamline bureaucratic overload into further opportunities to... expand bureaucracy.
Related books worth reading along with this one (beside Rizzo's book):
Lopez "La casta dei giornali" https://www.librarything.com/work/11646310/book/114248471
Veltri "I soldi dei partiti" https://www.librarything.com/work/13562740/book/103478808
If you are interested, these here are the links to reports updating some of the information that the author uses:
2013 - Rapporto gli italiani e lo stato - Demos & Pi http://www.demos.it/rapporto.php
OECD 2013 Government at a glance http://www.oecd.org/gov/government-at-a-glance-information-by-country.htm ( )