Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni

The centrality of territory and the revalorisation of the local dimension compel for defensive strategies to safeguard basic institutions, and especially municipalities, intended as main institutional references of local economic systems. This paper describes the historic processes of economic deter...

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Main Author: Rossano Pazzagli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-12-01
Series:Scienze del Territorio
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/sdt/article/view/8595
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description The centrality of territory and the revalorisation of the local dimension compel for defensive strategies to safeguard basic institutions, and especially municipalities, intended as main institutional references of local economic systems. This paper describes the historic processes of economic deterritorialisation and marginalisation of inland areas, while raising the issue of territorial regeneration as strategic focus for overcoming the neo-liberal drift of economic development and the territorial unbalances characterising the Italian situation. Today, enduring processes of liberalisation, privatisation and power concentration resulted in the inhibition of endogenous forces for local development, in the weakening of democracy and in the curtailment of self-governance spaces. It is therefore urgent to activate sound strategies for the empowerment of local communities. The paper attributes a key role to municipalities: municipal institutions, historically modelled on territories, represent the pivotal element of a solid civic tradition that from Middle Ages continued up to the time of the republican Constitution. Nevertheless, institutional policies eventually undermined local autonomies, even trying to reduce the number of municipalities. This paper aims at proving that municipal autonomy, linked to the identity, culture, environment and quality of life characteristic of great part of the Italian territory, represents a significant component of territorial heritage.
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spelling doaj.art-68b63bc0a9bf45e4a6eb247f262cf3ef2022-12-22T00:58:56ZengFirenze University PressScienze del Territorio2384-87742284-242X2018-12-01610.13128/Scienze_Territorio-24372Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuniRossano PazzagliThe centrality of territory and the revalorisation of the local dimension compel for defensive strategies to safeguard basic institutions, and especially municipalities, intended as main institutional references of local economic systems. This paper describes the historic processes of economic deterritorialisation and marginalisation of inland areas, while raising the issue of territorial regeneration as strategic focus for overcoming the neo-liberal drift of economic development and the territorial unbalances characterising the Italian situation. Today, enduring processes of liberalisation, privatisation and power concentration resulted in the inhibition of endogenous forces for local development, in the weakening of democracy and in the curtailment of self-governance spaces. It is therefore urgent to activate sound strategies for the empowerment of local communities. The paper attributes a key role to municipalities: municipal institutions, historically modelled on territories, represent the pivotal element of a solid civic tradition that from Middle Ages continued up to the time of the republican Constitution. Nevertheless, institutional policies eventually undermined local autonomies, even trying to reduce the number of municipalities. This paper aims at proving that municipal autonomy, linked to the identity, culture, environment and quality of life characteristic of great part of the Italian territory, represents a significant component of territorial heritage.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/sdt/article/view/8595municipalitiesItalycivic traditionlocal autonomy
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Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
Scienze del Territorio
municipalities
Italy
civic tradition
local autonomy
title Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
title_full Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
title_fullStr Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
title_full_unstemmed Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
title_short Governare le economie locali. Tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
title_sort governare le economie locali tradizione civica e neomunicipalismo per la gestione dei beni comuni
topic municipalities
Italy
civic tradition
local autonomy
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/sdt/article/view/8595
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