Still Waiting for the Transformation

Fusaro, Carlo; Kreppel, Amie

doi:10.3167/ip.2014.290103

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“…The 2014 territorial reform is no exception. It was triggered by the global crisis, which hit Italy particularly hard and was hence introduced with a clear fiscal retrenchment and budget containment intention (Kickert et al , 2015; Randma-Liiv and Kickert, 2016; Di Mascio et al , 2013), also due to the political climate at that time (Di Virgilio and Radaelli, 2013; Fusaro and Kreppel, 2014). Consequently, all measures descended from this reform – including CJM – are embedded in this context and are neither isolated provisions addressed to local government nor comprised in a specifically conceived norm with a clear policy design behind (Bolgherini et al , 2016; Bolgherini, Lippi and Di Giulio, 2018).…”

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Municipal reaction to functional rescaling in Italy

Bolgherini

Casula

Marotta

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the municipal reaction to a recent rescaling policy in Italy that, since 2010, require to small municipalities to jointly manage their basic tasks (compulsory joint management – CJM) through intermunicipal forms of cooperation. The paper will investigate: how many small municipalities did effectively join their basic tasks; which forms of cooperation did they choose to perform these tasks; and which kind of reaction municipalities enacted toward the national provision. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative data rely on an original database collecting information on all Italian municipalities up to 2015. A qualitative research has also been conducted by submitting a semi-structured questionnaire and interviews to the civil servants in charge of the CJM in each of the 20 Italian regions and to other privileged interlocutors. Findings Italian municipalities poorly complied with the CJM norm and when they did, they choose the easiest way to do it (using the simplest available intermunicipal cooperation form). Among the explanations for this reaction: the lack of consistency and clear political will of the national policy maker in respect to this norm and the lack of a mind set at the local level oriented to cooperation and networking. Originality/value This paper highlights the main patterns of conflict in functional rescaling of small-sized municipalities in Italy, thus providing both fresh new data on this phenomena and useful elements for shaping future policy making on this topic.

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Section: Italy: Municipal Fragmentation and Territorial Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Municipal reaction to functional rescaling in Italy

Bolgherini

Casula

Marotta

2018

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“…To summarize, that which we may certainly define as the "year of the bulldozer" has brought with it a variety of significant novelties to the Italian political system. Looking back and comparing the events of 2014 with the institutional and political paralysis recorded in the 2013 volume of Italian Politics, 32 there is a shocking difference. The government has seen considerable turnover, with a younger, more genderbalanced Cabinet, characterized by individuals in key positions who are enjoying their first experience of national government.…”

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“…Second, the sensation of political gridlock following the February 2013 elections and Silvio Berlusconi's resignation from the Senate in November of that same year have meant that the political terrain favors Renzi, creating "unavoidable pressure for some kind of reform." 2 It is precisely due to this demand for change at all costs that Renzi has placed particular emphasis on creating a potent public image for his government. Barely after receiving an invitation from the president of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, to form a government, Renzi announced "a reform a month," including among these the thorny (and as yet unresolved) issues of the electoral law and constitutional reform, the labor market, state bureaucracy, and taxation.…”

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