This volume summarizes the key elements and main features of a subsidiarity-informed model of governance and outlines an analytical framework which can be applied to other subsidiarity-informed models of governance worldwide.

ALESSANDRO COLOMBO Director of the Strategic Unit Governance and Institutions at the Lombardy Regional Institute for Research, Statistics, and Training, Italy.

PART I: THE MODEL OF GOVERNANCE Principle of Subsidiarity and Lombardy. Theoretical Background and Empirical Implementation; A.Colombo  The Lombard Model of Governance: Preliminary Observations; L.M.Salamon   A Hornet's Nest or the Climax of the Change of Regime? The Dilemmas of Creating Regions in Eastern and Central Europe; G.Horváth  An Unfinished Journey - Lombardy On The Road To Decentralisation; B.Lóránd   A View from the Antipodes: Comparing the Lombard and New Zealand Ways of Governance; P.McDermott  PART II: POLICY SECTORS Subsidiarity and Education in Lombardy: Limits and Possibilities; C.L.Glenn  Regional Governance of Health Services in Lombardy; H.Haugh   Subsidiarity, Proximity and Innovation; M.Kitson   Social Housing and Subsidiarity in the Lombardy Model of Governance; G.Bortel