Presentation given at the 2nd meeting of the Advisory workgroup on "Quality job creation through network support" of the Council of Europe, Social Cohesion Development and Research Division, Strasbourg, 4-5 October 2010
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Integrating the socially responsible economy into mainstream policy: an adaptive approach
1. Integrating the socially responsible economy into
mainstream policy: an adaptive approach
Alberto Cottica - September 2010
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2. Public authorities don’t get the socially responsible
economy. They need to learn about it.
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3. How do public authorities learn?
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4. The learning authority in theory
• a new issue gains importance in the eye of the public opinion.
• politicians include it in electoral platforms.
• elected representatives embed it into law.
• new law is enacted as policy by the executive branch.
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5. And this assumes...
• alternative courses of actions can be identified, discussed and selected
already in the democratic debate phase.
fal se!
• the electorate has effective means to enforce their pact with its
representatives.
fal se!
• Law enactment is “linear”.
fal se!
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6. The learning authority in practice
• inertia
• windows of opportunity
• technocracy
• “short circuit” feedback loops
• information asymmetries and risks of regulatory capture
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7. Effects of policy are unpredictable even in principle
agents + networks + evolution
= emergence
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9. Adaptive policy
• cautious • contextual
• macroscopic • reversible
• incremental • accountable
• experimental • sustainable
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10. A research proposal
• build a model
• plug in data
• check for attrition points
• superimpose model and data
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11. A life cycle of environmental policy in Italy
• DISCONFORT (1970s -1980s): as the environment is pushed onto the political
agenda, existing institutions are recruited to deal with it
• CONCENTRATION (1980s-1990s): ad hoc laws and organizations are created.
High visibility of the issue.
• DILUTION (2000s): ad hoc organizations decline, environmental concerns
integrated into mainstream policies (sometimes only as lip service).
general ized?!?
Can this be del of
result : a mo
Ex pected rities
public autho
learni ng for
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12. Plug in data
• Look for similarities between the socially responsible economy story and the
the stories from which our model is derived
• Emphasize qualitative and historical evidence
nders tanding
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13. Social innovators: a possible point of attrition
• recent (4-5 years)
• far from the low-cost social care picture
• advanced technology and coordination skills: competitive
• global scaffolding structures
ers t hink
• attention from EU policy makers
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ot fi t w econ omy!
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14. Finally: superimpose data and model
• what has worked elsewhere and might work here?
• what has worked elsewhere but is unlikely to work here?
• manage metaphors, avoid toxic ones
: an array of
ected result
Exp hacks
daptive policy
a
and b enefits
asizing costs
emph
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16. Three levels of policy
hardest
• Constitutional architecture (Common
Law vs. civil codes) Be aware
of this
• Policy style (competitive vs.
monopolistic in the provision of
public goods)
• “Policy hacks” (local changes in
policy)
easiest act here
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17. Why public authorities don’t get the socially
responsible economy
• EMERGENT: no one in charge, no clear political representation
• OUTSIDE THE PREVAILING ECONOMIC PARADIGM: moving outside the
framework of textbook economics politically risky
• FRAMED AS A LOW-COST REMEDY TO MOUNTING HEALTH CARE AND
WELFARE COSTS: but its protagonists don’t always see themselves that way
• SEEN AS THREATENING: open source software competes successfully with
business on previously very profitable markets (Linux, Apache, MySQL,
PHP...). Open hardware is in its way. What’s next?
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