The return of the “minimal State”? The transformation of employment in the italian public administration
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Paola De Vivo, Antonio Russo
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/172
Language Italian Pages 24 P. 26-49 File size 603 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2025-172002
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The article analyzes the transformations in Italian public administration over the past decade, highlighting contrasts with other EU countries. It constructs an analytical framework addressing the interplay between forces driving bureaucratic growth and containment mechanisms. Key findings underline a significant decline in public employment, uneven generational turnover raising educational standards, and the feminization of the workforce, albeit with persistent occupational segregation. Italy has nearly one million fewer public sector employees than the EU average, with public expenditure falling short by over €200 million lower and real wages down by 8.9% since 2013. This downsizing undermines critical sectors like healthcare and education, exacerbating a citizenship crisis and disproportionately impacting middle-income workers reliant on welfare state services.
Keywords: Public administration; Citizenship divide; Middle class.
Paola De Vivo, Antonio Russo, Il ritorno dello “Stato minimo”? La trasformazione dell’occupazione nella pubblica amministrazione italiana in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 172/2025, pp 26-49, DOI: 10.3280/SL2025-172002