Purpose: Decentralization is a widespread and international phenomenon in public administration. Despite the interest of public management scholars, an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between two of its forms − deconcentration and devolution – and their impact on policy and...

History of management and stratigraphy of organizing / Luca Zan -- From manufacturing to industry: the turn in the late 19th century / Pasquale Ventrice -- The recovery of the Arsenal: the process from 1980 until today / Claudio Menichelli -- The role of the Agenzia del Demanio (State Property...