Il processo evolutivo delle attività manageriali nei gruppi parlamentari alla Camera dei Deputati

Abstract

This paper is aimed at contextualizing, from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view, the process of politics managerialization, drawing from the prevailing scientific literature in the field of New Public Management (NPM). For this purpose, the findings of a narrative literature review about the impacts of NPM on politics are discussed, in order to devise a theoretical framework to conceptualize the object of the research. In the light of this conceptual framework, an in-depth case study about the introduction of managerial approaches to the governance of some Parliamentary Groups in charge during the XVII legislature of the Italian Republic has been realized. The empirical findings of this paper pave the way to intriguing insights about the outcomes of the process of politics managerialization. At the same time, they provide some food for thought to discuss the limitations which hinder the full realization of politics managerialization. [edited by author]