The communities and the comuni: The implementation of administrative
                        reforms in the Fiemme Valley (Trentino, Italy) during the first half of the
                        19th century

Bonan, Giacomo

doi:10.18352/ijc.741

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“…In any case, this historical caesura reopened the ancient question of the enjoyment of the community heritage by the inhabitants. The Napoleonic reform equated the vicini with all the other citizens: "the law implicitly created a distinction between two categories of citizens: outsiders, who were members of the municipalities but were excluded from the Comunità Generale, and insiders, who were heirs of the original members of the Community" [54] (p. 602). These reflections by Bonan explicitly focused on the Magnifica Comunità of the Fiemme Valley (the oldest and most extensive of these institutions in Trentino) but are valid for most of the cases in the Province [50].…”

Section: Discussion From a Historical Perspective 41 Trentino's Histo...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Properties of Trentino: From Traditional Competences to Modern Solution Providers

Tognon

Martellozzo

Gretter

2023

Land

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This paper focuses on the context of the Autonomous Province of Trento in Northern Italy, which has hosted common regime institutions that manage collective mountain properties daily since the 13th century. These institutions operate in the most significant part of the territory and adapt their routines to emerging challenges. From different scientific perspectives (economic, anthropological, and architectural), we analyzed how this method has been actualized as the most effective management of local resources, generating opportunities for commoners, new citizens, and external users. This includes the exposure of the communities to novel economic activities, adaptation of the internal normative and planning systems, and reflection on how to combine natural resources with local needs and global scenarios.

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Section: Discussion From a Historical Perspective 41 Trentino's Histo...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Properties of Trentino: From Traditional Competences to Modern Solution Providers

Tognon

Martellozzo

Gretter

2023

Land

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“…Naturally, researching governance patterns of collective action is not a new or unique activity, considering that over the last few decades several historical studies have described the so-called ‘silent revolution’ of the commoners (De Moor 2017, 18 and 84) – that is, the institutionalisation of collective action in several western European countries (see Thompson 1991; De Moor 2008 and 2010; De Moor et al 2016), including Italy (e.g. Alfani and Rao 2011; Bonan 2016 and 2018). However, few researchers have illustrated the historical process that led to the institutionalisation of Southern Italian commons (Corona 2009; Bulgarelli Lukacs 2015).…”

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Understanding the Southern Italian commons: polycentric governance on the mountains of Sila

Majo

2019

Mod. Italy

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In this article, I examine patterns of collective action in the South of Italy, a region where commons scholarship presents several challenges, mainly due to its feudal heritage. In analysing the history of Southern Italian commons, Elinor Ostrom's theories on polycentric governance are adopted. I propose a case study on the mountains of Sila, where collective action was institutionalised through a municipal organisation known as universitas casalium, consisting of the city of Cosenza and its hamlets. This institution collaborated with the royal government, creating a polycentric governance system where institutional functions contentiously intermingled, generating conflicting relations, but also unique governmental arrangements. Yet how did previous historical interpretations miss this point? Documentary evidence provides a clear answer: while the institutional recognition of the universitas casalium can be traced back as far as the twelfth century, a series of institutional reforms initiated in the mid-fifteenth century led to the progressive decline of the local institution and accordingly of the commons economy related to it. This loss of legitimacy derived from the emergence of feudal barons and later of landowners from the middle class, leading to the progressive dissolution of collective action in Sila as Italy moved towards Italian unification in 1861.

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“…The former had more land and thus perpetuated the class inequalities dating before 1848 [17]. They had been legally acknowledged before the XIX century [19]. In 1762 the communities living on the Transylvanian borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were granted land in recognition of the military service they provided for border defense.…”

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The Compossessorates in the Olt Land (Romania) as Sustainable Commons

Sorea

Roșculeț

Rățulea

2022

Land

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The compossessorates are traditional Transylvanian commons. They were disbanded during the Communist regime and re-established after 1989 according to the successive laws concerning land restitution. The current article highlights the importance of compossessorates in the Olt Land (in the south of Transylvania, Romania) as partners involved in projects focused on the sustainable development of the area. To this end, the paper presents the main features of contemporary Romanian commons, underlines the sustainable traditional orientation of compossessorates, and signals the latter’s difficulty in establishing relations with environmental protection-oriented NGOs, in this case Foundation Conservation Carpathia which focuses on establishing a national park in the area. Consequently, the methods employed to achieve all of the above was the thematic analysis of publications found in the Anelis+ databases which were considered relevant for the theme of Romanian commons, and the content analysis of some normative acts and compossessorates’ by-laws dating back to the first half of the 20th century. The information on the relations between the commons and NGOs were retrieved from the official websites of the organizations, and from the media. The article shows that current compossessorates have social potential and economic efficiency. Their existence in the Olt Land is significant from an identity-based perspective. The latter is built upon the common interest of law makers and locals to constructively manage the forestry fund and respect property rights. Their functioning can be made more efficient. Both these and the NGOs openly state their sustainable orientation and that could contribute to reducing the tensions between them through correct communication. Ignoring the compossessorates’ sustainable orientation and their community prestige could sabotage any sustainable local development project if they are not consulted and invited as partners.

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The communities and the comuni: The implementation of administrative reforms in the Fiemme Valley (Trentino, Italy) during the first half of the 19th century

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Collective Properties of Trentino: From Traditional Competences to Modern Solution Providers

Collective Properties of Trentino: From Traditional Competences to Modern Solution Providers

Understanding the Southern Italian commons: polycentric governance on the mountains of Sila

The Compossessorates in the Olt Land (Romania) as Sustainable Commons

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