Civil society and politics of scaling: local mobilizations and metropolitan governance in Rome
Journal title PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO
Author/s Ernesto d'Albergo, Giulio Moini
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/2 Language Italian
Pages 23 P. 5-27 File size 651 KB
DOI 10.3280/PACO2011-002001
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The article presents the results of research into the relationships between mobilisations of civil society and the ongoing process of reforming metropolitan government in Rome. The results are used to discuss various aspects of the constructionist and neo-marxist approaches to political scale and scalar transformations of political power. In particular, empirical evidence is provided to support discussion of the theory that carrying out reforms affecting the scale of government and governance in urban regions involves facing political, economic and social conflicts. In the case studies analysed the rescaling of metropolitan government is not part of the cognitive and strategic horizons of the civil society actors involved, who are excluded and exclude themselves from the arena in which the reform is being formulated. The reform is rather the subject of bargaining between political and economic actors, who are also better able to develop strategies along a trans-scalar dimension.
Keywords: Metropolitan government and governance, scale, politics of scaling, civil society
Ernesto d'Albergo, Giulio Moini, Società civile e <i>politics of scaling</i>: mobilitazioni locali e governo metropolitano a Roma in "PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO" 2/2011, pp 5-27, DOI: 10.3280/PACO2011-002001