About the Journal

The Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche – RIPP, also known as the Italian Journal of Public Policy, aims to establish a forum for studying the dynamics through which contemporary political systems and societies attempt to tackle and solve problems of collective relevance. While paradigms and concepts developed by political scientists in the Policy Sciences (e.g., rational policy analysis, interpretative approaches, comparative public policy, etc.) are likely to play an important role in defining the journal’s focus, its approach is inherently multidisciplinary. This multidisciplinary approach will help build conditions where social scientists dealing with policy analysis from a variety of perspectives can converse with practitioners (professionals, politicians, and administrators), exchanging experiences and comparing approaches and methods.

 

Aims and scope

RIPP aims to publish articles written in Italian or English of a theoretical nature as well as contributions based on empirical research dealing with:

• The constitutive elements of public policies (actors, institutions, ideas, networks, etc.);
• Policy processes and the interaction between the political system and society;
• Comparative analyses and case studies of specific policies;
• The relationship between the organizational properties of politico-administrative structures and public policies;
• The study of European policies and their interactions with national contexts;
• The impact of party competition and political institutions on policy programs;
• Theoretical and operational problems of policy change;
• Policy design, implementation, and evaluation;
• Policy instruments and strategies of regulation;
• Strategic management of public policy;
• Methods of public policy research.