Lorenzo Feltrin
Biographic Data
| ID | 288889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo Feltrin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Feltrin |
| SIGNATURE | FELTRIN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1965-6363 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Critical minerals, fertilisers, and world war
This article traces the origins of phosphate commodity chains in the Mediterranean region, focusing on Italy’s role in the first half of the 20th century. It argues that due to its key role in Italy’s economic development and geopolitical strategies, phosphate can be seen as a critical mineral to the country, even if—at the time—this terminology was not yet used by its policymaking circles. Italy sought to secure its phosphate supplies by invadin…
Noxious deindustrialisation and extractivism
This article examines the paradox of ‘noxious deindustrialisation’–employment deindustrialisation in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating–in the context of an extractivist economy in the Global South. Analysing the copper-centred industrial area of Quintero-Puchuncaví (Chile), we argue that a key element shaping patterns of local noxious deindustrialisation is the mode of insertion of the affected area in the internati…
Noxious deindustrialization
This article introduces the concept of “noxious deindustrialization”—employment deindustrialization in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating—and explores some implications of this paradox by studying community–industry relations in the Scottish petrochemical town of Grangemouth. In the heyday of “Boomtown Grangemouth” during the first three decades after World War II, there existed an implicit social contract between th…
Situating class in workplace and community environmentalism
This article explores the challenges faced by working-class environmentalism through the case study of the industrial decline of Porto Marghera's petrochemical complex, in Venice, Italy. It argues that there is a class dimension in environmentalist struggles in both workplaces and communities. Workplace-centred struggles are conflicts over the conditions under which workers produce commodities or reproduce labour-power, while community-centred st…
The work-technology nexus and working-class environmentalism
This article traces the trajectory of theory and praxis aroundnocivitàor noxiousness - i.e., health damage and environmental degradation - drawn by the workerist group rooted in the petrochemical complex of Porto Marghera, Venice. While Porto Maghera was an important setting for the early activism of influential theorists such as the post-workerist Antonio Negri and the autonomist feminist Mariarosa Dalla Costa, the theories produced by the worke…
The Moroccan system of labour institutions
The relevance of workers’ mobilisations in the 2011 Arab uprisings and – more recently – in the Algerian movement for democracy and social justice has encouraged a renewed interest in labour–state relations in the region. This article presents a class-based perspective on labour institutions, taking Morocco as a case study. In contrast to institution-based approaches, this research argues that it is problematic to treat the trade unions as analyt…
The struggles of precarious youth in Tunisia
This article analyses the origins and the dynamics of the social movement against the energy corporation Petrofac that took place in the Tunisian archipelago of Kerkennah between 2011 and 2016. The Kerkennah movement is seen as part of a broader cycle of mobilisations for social justice that started in 2008 and continues to the present day. The main subjects of these mobilisations are young people lacking sources of regular income and their core …
L'UGTT, une passion tunisienne
The struggles of precarious youth in Tunisia
This article analyses the origins and the dynamics of the social movement against the energy corporation Petrofac that took place in the Tunisian archipelago of Kerkennah between 2011 and 2016. The Kerkennah movement is seen as part of a broader cycle of mobilisations for social justice that started in 2008 and continues to the present day. The main subjects of these mobilisations are young people lacking sources of regular income and their core …
The work-technology nexus and working-class environmentalism
This article traces the trajectory of theory and praxis aroundnocivitàor noxiousness - i.e., health damage and environmental degradation - drawn by the workerist group rooted in the petrochemical complex of Porto Marghera, Venice. While Porto Maghera was an important setting for the early activism of influential theorists such as the post-workerist Antonio Negri and the autonomist feminist Mariarosa Dalla Costa, the theories produced by the worke…
Noxious deindustrialization
This article introduces the concept of “noxious deindustrialization”—employment deindustrialization in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating—and explores some implications of this paradox by studying community–industry relations in the Scottish petrochemical town of Grangemouth. In the heyday of “Boomtown Grangemouth” during the first three decades after World War II, there existed an implicit social contract between th…
Noxious deindustrialisation and extractivism
This article examines the paradox of ‘noxious deindustrialisation’–employment deindustrialisation in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating–in the context of an extractivist economy in the Global South. Analysing the copper-centred industrial area of Quintero-Puchuncaví (Chile), we argue that a key element shaping patterns of local noxious deindustrialisation is the mode of insertion of the affected area in the internati…
Situating class in workplace and community environmentalism
This article explores the challenges faced by working-class environmentalism through the case study of the industrial decline of Porto Marghera's petrochemical complex, in Venice, Italy. It argues that there is a class dimension in environmentalist struggles in both workplaces and communities. Workplace-centred struggles are conflicts over the conditions under which workers produce commodities or reproduce labour-power, while community-centred st…
L'UGTT, une passion tunisienne
The struggles of precarious youth in Tunisia
This article analyses the origins and the dynamics of the social movement against the energy corporation Petrofac that took place in the Tunisian archipelago of Kerkennah between 2011 and 2016. The Kerkennah movement is seen as part of a broader cycle of mobilisations for social justice that started in 2008 and continues to the present day. The main subjects of these mobilisations are young people lacking sources of regular income and their core …
The Moroccan system of labour institutions
The relevance of workers’ mobilisations in the 2011 Arab uprisings and – more recently – in the Algerian movement for democracy and social justice has encouraged a renewed interest in labour–state relations in the region. This article presents a class-based perspective on labour institutions, taking Morocco as a case study. In contrast to institution-based approaches, this research argues that it is problematic to treat the trade unions as analyt…
The work-technology nexus and working-class environmentalism
This article traces the trajectory of theory and praxis aroundnocivitàor noxiousness - i.e., health damage and environmental degradation - drawn by the workerist group rooted in the petrochemical complex of Porto Marghera, Venice. While Porto Maghera was an important setting for the early activism of influential theorists such as the post-workerist Antonio Negri and the autonomist feminist Mariarosa Dalla Costa, the theories produced by the worke…
Noxious deindustrialization
This article introduces the concept of “noxious deindustrialization”—employment deindustrialization in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating—and explores some implications of this paradox by studying community–industry relations in the Scottish petrochemical town of Grangemouth. In the heyday of “Boomtown Grangemouth” during the first three decades after World War II, there existed an implicit social contract between th…
Situating class in workplace and community environmentalism
This article explores the challenges faced by working-class environmentalism through the case study of the industrial decline of Porto Marghera's petrochemical complex, in Venice, Italy. It argues that there is a class dimension in environmentalist struggles in both workplaces and communities. Workplace-centred struggles are conflicts over the conditions under which workers produce commodities or reproduce labour-power, while community-centred st…
Noxious deindustrialisation and extractivism
This article examines the paradox of ‘noxious deindustrialisation’–employment deindustrialisation in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating–in the context of an extractivist economy in the Global South. Analysing the copper-centred industrial area of Quintero-Puchuncaví (Chile), we argue that a key element shaping patterns of local noxious deindustrialisation is the mode of insertion of the affected area in the internati…
Critical minerals, fertilisers, and world war
This article traces the origins of phosphate commodity chains in the Mediterranean region, focusing on Italy’s role in the first half of the 20th century. It argues that due to its key role in Italy’s economic development and geopolitical strategies, phosphate can be seen as a critical mineral to the country, even if—at the time—this terminology was not yet used by its policymaking circles. Italy sought to secure its phosphate supplies by invadin…
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Working class (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)