Cities in search of Policy

Abstract

Studies of urban public policy in Italy heretofore have highlighted the absence of attention to urban questions in the national political agenda until 1990, and afterwards the fragmentation of public initiatives, due to the lack of effective tools for coordination and governance. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of urban public policy, as it has been carried out in Italy. This paper follows the framework of previous studies in urban policy, utilizing a typological model that proposes two types of national initiatives for urban areas: direct and indirect urban policies. This analysis enables us to propose answers to the following research questions: I) how, when and why have urban issues entered the nation-state agenda in Italy? II) does in fact an urban policy exist in Italy? and if so, what are its main characteristics? III) what are the main explicative factors lying behind the persistent fragmentation of urban policies in Italy?

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