politiche

Politiche is the Italian plural noun and adjective form of politica used to refer to policy measures and political strategies. As a noun, le politiche denotes policies or policy measures adopted by a government, company, or organization, such as politiche pubbliche (public policies) or politiche ambientali (environmental policies). As an adjective, politiche agrees with feminine plural nouns to mean “political” or “policy-related,” as in idee politiche or riforme politiche, and in phrases like politiche sociali or politiche economiche.

Context and usage: In public administration and political science, the term appears in discussions of policy design, implementation, and evaluation. It also occurs in corporate governance as politiche aziendali to refer to internal policies. Note that politica, in its singular form, can mean either politics as a field or policy in certain contexts, whereas politiche specifically refers to multiple policies or policy lines.

Origin and scope: Politiche derives from politica, which traces back to Latin politica and Greek politikḗ, related to the idea of governance and the polis, or city-state. In contemporary Italian, politiche is widely used across sectors to describe strategic choices, regulatory frameworks, and administrative agendas at local, national, and international levels. See also politica, politica estera (foreign policy), politiche economiche (economic policies), and politiche sociali (social policies).