Regional and Local Government in Italy: An Overview

Vesperini, Giulio

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“…This confirms the arguments of previous researchers who indicated that urban planners underestimate the key challenges and obstacles in transport planning process (Banister, 2005;Staley and Balaker, 2006;Wickham, 2006). The neglect of the effect of attitudes on strategies arises because municipalities mainly perform goals and strategies defined by a higher level of authority (regions) (Vesperini, 2009); for many years regions limited their involvement with local authorities (municipalities) to just asking their opinions, but in recent years it was recommended that they act as coordinators for the various levels of government without prevailing over sub-regional bodies (Marchetti, 2010).…”

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Local government's contribution to low carbon mobility transitions

Vagnoni

Moradi

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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An important area of urban sustainability planning refers to the reduction of environmental impacts. Transport sector is one of the main contributors of these impacts due to its role in air pollution, greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions. Effective actions are needed to limit the environmental impacts of transport activities. Transition studies focus on these types of actions and plans. The role of local authorities as the closest level of government to the citizens in managing transition process is highlighted because they can better understand, inform, and guide local inhabitants, businesses and industries for achieving sustainability targets.\ud \ud The paper aims at assessing the efforts of local public authorities in transition toward low carbon mobility in Italy. To achieve this aim a mixed method analysis was applied. First, the analysis of qualitative data obtained from interviews with urban mobility stakeholders; used to design a framework for evaluating the role of local government in transition process. Then a quantitative analysis conducted on the data gathered through a questionnaire distributed to a sample of mobility managers (or transport responsible) in municipalities. The analyses provided a final framework showing how municipalities influence low carbon mobility transition process in Italy. In conclusion, municipalities’ strategies and plans have a direct effect on the final goals. These strategies are influenced by financial support and cooperative activities, while the level of cooperation is dependent on the attitudes of deciding authorities. The paper also discusses the need to identify challenges and impediments for sustainable urban mobility transitions which was highlighted by stakeholders but less valued by local authorities

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Local government's contribution to low carbon mobility transitions

Vagnoni

Moradi

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Analysis of the usage of varied direct democratic instruments by PRR government actors and their surrounding discourse provides insight into their different conceptions of the linkage between citizens and local government within these confines. Italian local governments have been authorised to hold consultative referendums as a means of popular participation since a 1990 reform, along with other forms of public consultation (Council of Europe, 1993;Vesperini, 2009). 11 In Padua, the PRR-led executive proposed just one referendum: to approve an administrate reform for the merger of nearby Ponte San Nicolò with its own municipality.…”

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Towards a Populist Local Democracy? The Consequences of Populist Radical Right Local Government Leadership in Western Europe

Paxton

2019

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A crisis of representation has precipitated a surge in support for populist radical right (PRR) parties that challenge the existing model of representative democracy. Simultaneously, institutional reforms across Western Europe have sought to improve the input legitimacy of local democracy with a proliferation of direct and participatory democratic methods. This paper investigates the extent to which PRR parties advance a populist democratic agenda when in leadership of the executive at the local level of government. Previous work on the subject of PRR parties in power has neglected the sub-national perspective, despite the increasing congruence between populist demands for a more direct linkage of politics to the people and this institutional environment. An exploration of three cases of PRR party-led local government in Italy, Austria and Switzerland enables a comparison of their governing behaviour, its ideological content and democratic consequences, through qualitative content analysis of referendums, policies and council resolutions. This paper finds they do little to promote popular sovereignty through participatory forms of governance at the expense of representative democracy in local government. However, when in local government environments with higher executive autonomy, PRR parties emphasise a more direct (plebiscitarian) linkage between the executive and the 'people', who are increasingly represented in nativist terms.

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“…For the protection of coastal environment the central government and the regions share competences, while the responsibility for the protection and observation of coastal areas, falls on the regional and local authorities (provinces and municipalities). The increasing number of overlapping responsibilities between the different levels of administration, has led to a great number of conflicts before the Constitutional Court [28]. This tension between central and regional government, often results in weak policy performance.…”

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Comparison Analysis of Coastal Adaptation Policies against Climate Change Effects at a National Level, for 4 Mediterranean Countries: France, Greece, Italy and Spain

Kokkinos¹,

Prinos²

2019

JESE-A

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The last few years, a proliferation of research efforts, regarding coastal adaptation to CC (Climate Change), has been noted, emphasizing that this policy field is of raising importance in the European continent. Acknowledging the above and, in parallel, a deficit in academic literature of comparison efforts at a national level to date, this paper examined and compared the NAP (National Adaptation Policy) of four MSs (Member States), located in the Mediterranean basin (namely France, Greece, Italy and Spain). The method used, was comparison analysis, which is a valuable tool for a better conceptualization and policy development. The analysis focused on two main comparison dimensions. The first one referred to the process of the creation and evolution of the NAPs, while the second one was associated with their content. The comparison highlighted the incentives and the importance of different stressors that have affected the development of the coastal adaptation policy in each country (administrative structure, role of research community and stakeholder's involvement). Simultaneously, a different perspective of each NAP was revealed, regarding the inclusion of possible coastal threats, as well as the categorization of possible adaptation measures. Finally, a database of research projects was developed, with participants from these four countries, focusing on coastal protection at national and international scale. The results showed a huge gap in results dissemination, a limited private participation and difficulties in determining the financial resources allocated to research initiatives for the protection of coastal areas, at each country.

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Regional and Local Government in Italy: An Overview

Cited by 4 publications

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Local government's contribution to low carbon mobility transitions

Local government's contribution to low carbon mobility transitions

Towards a Populist Local Democracy? The Consequences of Populist Radical Right Local Government Leadership in Western Europe

Comparison Analysis of Coastal Adaptation Policies against Climate Change Effects at a National Level, for 4 Mediterranean Countries: France, Greece, Italy and Spain

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