This article investigates the public debate on local minimum wages policies in Italy. We consider two different time-periods: the first refers to the period when workers fought for the abolition of a wage scheme that differentiated wages across Italian provinces (the so-called «gabbie salariali», in 1968-69), while the second includes the period of public debate on local minimum wages when the issue came again into the public agenda (from the 90s onwards). The main goal of a textual analysis of newspapers is to show: i) the frames used by relevant public actors; ii) the coalitions of actors among competing frames. Finally, the article discuss the relation between the frames used by actors and the intractable character inherent to the policy investigated.
Il dibattito pubblico su una politica controversa: i salari differenziati su base territoriale in Italia
Poy, Samuele
2015-01-01
Abstract
This article investigates the public debate on local minimum wages policies in Italy. We consider two different time-periods: the first refers to the period when workers fought for the abolition of a wage scheme that differentiated wages across Italian provinces (the so-called «gabbie salariali», in 1968-69), while the second includes the period of public debate on local minimum wages when the issue came again into the public agenda (from the 90s onwards). The main goal of a textual analysis of newspapers is to show: i) the frames used by relevant public actors; ii) the coalitions of actors among competing frames. Finally, the article discuss the relation between the frames used by actors and the intractable character inherent to the policy investigated.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.