Italy in a European Context: Research in Business, Economics, and the Environment

Strangio and Sancetta bring contributors together in this edited collection to investigate the role of Italy in pursuing the EU five targets by 2020: R&D/innovation expenditures; the energetic measures for climate change; migration; the counter actions against poverty and social exclusion. This ambitious book uses a multidisciplinary approach and original field studies to tackle this important topic. This work supports diffusion of a European culture and attempts to overcome the skepticism toward political institutions following the economic crisis. It analyzes the impact of EU actions to exit from the negative cycle and proposes how a sense of citizenship can be created.