Italy: after the storm

Bobbio, Luigi

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“…Municipalities regained fiscal capability and increased autonomy, while the direct election of mayors fostered the emergence of a new local political class. A fragmented local government landscape and regional and national laws impelled new or renewed forms of intermunicipal association (Bobbio, 2005).…”

Section: Institutional Contexts In Portugal and Italymentioning

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Europeanisation of territorial policies in Portugal and Italy: a cross-national comparison

Oliveira¹,

Breda-Vázquez²

2012

Policy &Amp; Politics

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Over the last few decades, the European Union (EU) played a central role in diffusing specific ‘models’ of territorial policy across member states. This Europeanisation process did not produce homogeneous results, however, since comparable EU-funded territorial policy instruments generated dissimilar outcomes in different contexts. This article aims to compare the implementation of Territorial Employment Pacts, a Community Initiative the main features of which were a territorial-focused strategy, local-level involvement and a creative approach to governance, in the cases of Portugal and Italy. The objective is to learn more about the key factors for institutional change in the Europeanisation of territorial policies.

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Section: Institutional Contexts In Portugal and Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

Europeanisation of territorial policies in Portugal and Italy: a cross-national comparison

Oliveira¹,

Breda-Vázquez²

2012

Policy &Amp; Politics

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“…Although Italian municipal governments may count on a lower share of revenue and expenditure than those of Northern European countries, by the end of the decade their financial and fiscal autonomy has increased (Bobbio 2005 2013). The sustained decentralization process has also led to a significant expansion of their policy-making functions, especially in social services, education, housing, infrastructures, public transport, environmental protection and economic development (Vandelli 2004;.…”

Section: The Italian Fobs (Fondazioni DI Origine Bancaria)mentioning

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Philanthropic Foundations and Local Policy Making in the Austerity Era: Does Urban Governance Matter?

Ravazzi¹

2016

LEX

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Over the last decades, European cities have been facing serious constraints. In particular, decreasing transfers from central governments, the introduction of domestic 'Stability pacts' and the economic crisis have significantly challenged the capacity of local governments to address societal issues. Within this context, local governments have tried to find new ways by establishing collaborations with a wide range of private actors, including nonprofit organizations and the civil society as a whole. Among these private actors, big philanthropic organizations are gaining prominence, acting as public policy supporters and policy makers. In particular, those philanthropic organizations, which focus the operating activity on single communities, are emerging as potential key actors in local governance, thanks to their capacity to concentrate resourses and efforts in specific and limited territories. For this new emerging role, a recent debate on their impact on local policy making has raised in the last years. This paper aims at presenting the findings of a comparative analysis on the impact that some of the world's biggest philanthropic organizations have produced in two Italian urban contexts. In particular, the comparative analysis of these two cases had the aim of testing a major thesis: the impact of philanthropic foundations on local policy making varies in relation to the consolidated mode of governance within which they operate.

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“…In spite of the different ideological orientations, all the Acts and the Decrees issued from the 1990s onwards can be summarised in a single idea of devolution of power through decentralisation to empower the Local Authorities. Therefore, even if a coherent and unitary project has not been furnished, it is possible to trace an a posteriori policy design, such as a theory of change (Weiss, 1998), that points out a new model of decentralisation grounded on multilevel governance and vertical subsidiarity (Dente, 1997;Bobbio, 2005).…”

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Evaluating the ‘Quasi Federalist’ Programme of Decentralisation in Italy since the 1990s: A Side-effect Approach

Lippi

2011

Local Government Studies

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This article concerns institutional policy in Italy since the 1990s, when Parliament and Central Government enacted a long-term programme of decentralisation, here labelled 'quasi federalist'. The programme envisaged major changes to the intergovernmental setting, and it has pursued three main general goals: increasing performance, promoting effectiveness and improving democratic accountability. In the almost 20 years since its introduction, the programme has induced a radical change in multi-level governance and vertical subsidiarity through a wide range of laws. This article aims at evaluating the effects of this 'quasi federalist' setting in Italy, assuming a 'side-effect' approach to depict the wide range of observed outcomes. The evaluation strategy collects evidence through a secondary analysis using different sources. The ex-post evaluation looks over a well articulated range of indicators concerning many kinds of expected changes: legal aspects, financial performance, institutional arrangements, organisational innovation, etc. Two different main effects are examined: institutional effects and performance effects. At the same time, side effects and unanticipated consequences are also considered. The final assessment points out that the main effects have been only partially achieved, while relevant side effects can be observed. For this reason, the programme remains a 'work in progress' toward federalism, while some strategic problems still have to be solved before any further conscious programme can be developed in this direction, whether it relates to the procedural or to the performance aspect. The ambiguity of the former arrangement seems to have been partially solved, but it will be a hard task to improve democratic accountability.

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Italy: after the storm

Cited by 51 publications

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Europeanisation of territorial policies in Portugal and Italy: a cross-national comparison

Europeanisation of territorial policies in Portugal and Italy: a cross-national comparison

Philanthropic Foundations and Local Policy Making in the Austerity Era: Does Urban Governance Matter?

Evaluating the ‘Quasi Federalist’ Programme of Decentralisation in Italy since the 1990s: A Side-effect Approach

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