Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)

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Autor(a) principal: Gentile, Alessandro
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/Urbe/article/view/5395
Resumo: Within the framework of rescaling nation-State and improving new modes of governance, activation policieshave to be interpreted as qualified initiatives for economic growth and social integration at a subnationallevel and, specifically, in regional and urban contexts. Barcelona Activa is the local agency of theBarcelona City Council (Spain) designed for business improvement and employment quality through horizontalsubsidiary and public-private partnerships. This agency acts as a pivotal body of the municipaladministration in order to implement a variety of programs aimed at labour and professional empowerment,small and medium-sized companies creation and urban marketing. The paper focuses on BarcelonaActiva’s strategies, outcomes and criticisms in the current financial crisis, approaching its institutional rolefor the development of Barcelona as one of the main southern gateways to Europe.
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title Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
spellingShingle Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
Gentile, Alessandro
Activation policy
Economic development
Subsidiarity
Social integration
Territorial marketing
title_short Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
title_full Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
title_fullStr Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
title_sort Urban governance of employment activation: the case of Barcelona Activa (Spain)
author Gentile, Alessandro
author_facet Gentile, Alessandro
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gentile, Alessandro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Activation policy
Economic development
Subsidiarity
Social integration
Territorial marketing
topic Activation policy
Economic development
Subsidiarity
Social integration
Territorial marketing
description Within the framework of rescaling nation-State and improving new modes of governance, activation policieshave to be interpreted as qualified initiatives for economic growth and social integration at a subnationallevel and, specifically, in regional and urban contexts. Barcelona Activa is the local agency of theBarcelona City Council (Spain) designed for business improvement and employment quality through horizontalsubsidiary and public-private partnerships. This agency acts as a pivotal body of the municipaladministration in order to implement a variety of programs aimed at labour and professional empowerment,small and medium-sized companies creation and urban marketing. The paper focuses on BarcelonaActiva’s strategies, outcomes and criticisms in the current financial crisis, approaching its institutional rolefor the development of Barcelona as one of the main southern gateways to Europe.
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