Isabella Clough Marinaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 298403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabella Clough Marinaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabella Clough |
| FAMILY NAME | Marinaro |
| SIGNATURE | MARINARO I C |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Cabot University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9413-4912 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Introduction. Freaktions
This introduction proposes the concepts of freaktions and monsterization as a framework for understanding the dynamic relationship between official norms and the bodies rendered marginal, deviant, or illegible within contemporary social and political orders. Building on Michael Herzfeld’s notion of the body impolitic, we examine some processes through which normative institutions produce and sustain forms of exclusion. We argue that marginalized …
Collaborative governance against organised crime
Italy’s dynamics of labour exploitation in agriculture have recently attracted intense scrutiny, nationally and internationally. Legislative reform and multiple policy initiatives have been introduced since 2016 to address some of the factors driving exploitation within and beyond traditional mafia areas. While much scholarship has examined the effectiveness of legislation and enforcement, little attention has been paid to the policies’ more inno…
The production of informal space
Navigating the (in)formal city
Italian Mafias Today
Partendo dal controverso dibattito che negli ultimi anni ha visto in Italia – soprattutto i mezzi di comunicazione di massa e le agenzie investigative – disputare sullo “stato di salute” delle organizzazioni criminali mafiose, quasi a volerne stilare una discutibile classifica di offensività e di pericolosità, il capitolo si interroga sull’attuale e delicata fase attraversata da Cosa Nostra, facendo ricorso a una prospettiva analitica multiproble…
Kaleidoscopic shades of grey
The informal faces of the (neo-)ghetto
This article extends Wacquant's theorization of how state institutions confine, control and punish racialized poor groups, arguing that a central modality for managing urban marginality occurs through institutional generation of and participation in spheres of informality. Focusing on Italy's segregation of Roma in 'neo-ghettos', this study explores how Roma's confinement has been produced and modulated through contradictory policies, their ambig…
The Rise of Italy’s Neo-Ghettos
Italy’s urban camps for segregating the Roma minority have received much critical attention recently, yet few attempts have been made to explore how they have evolved historically and function as systems of social control from a theoretical point of view. This article seeks to fill that gap, drawing on Wacquant’s framework for identifying constituent elements of ghettos past and present. It explores whether a genealogy can be traced between the e…
Rome's ‘legal’ camps for Roma
This article examines the ways in which Italian legislation and local policy in Rome since 2007 have aimed at containing and controlling the Roma population, but have resulted instead in the Italian state's own violations of national and international human rights standards. Roma have been relocated to isolated mega-camps subjected to regulations, surveillance and ‘workfare’, which, rather than reducing crime and increasing formal employment, lea…
A failed Roma revolution
This article examines novel spaces for Roma political participation that opened up under a right-wing municipal government in Rome between 2008 and 2013. Three channels were created through which Roma could engage with policy-makers and, in theory, make their voices heard: a ‘Mayor’s Delegate for Roma Issues’; a forum for debate among Roma groups and elected representatives in two official camps. Based on in-depth interviews with protagonists of …
Roma and humanitarianism in the Eternal City
This article examines the recent evolution of Rome's city administration's policies for Roma after the Italian government's declaration of a ‘nomad emergency’. We analyze the policies as they are formulated by the city government and examine ambiguities in their application and their effects in various Roma communities. We focus on two elements, which, we argue, introduce a new political paradigm not only for the capital but for the management of…
Introduction Anti-Gypsyism and the politics of exclusion
Roma and Sinti have been continuously present in the Italian peninsula since at least the 1400s and as such must be considered an integral part of Italian history and culture. As Piasere argues (19
Integration or marginalization? The failures of social policy for the Roma in Rome
This article examines Rome City Council's policies concerning the Roma during Francesco Rutelli's two terms as mayor (1993-2001). It demonstrates that the Rutelli administration's policies for these minority communities shifted from a superficial but genuine attempt to overcome aspects of marginalization to a criminalizing strategy of exclusion. It is argued here that the failure significantly to improve the social conditions of the Roma was due …
The informal faces of the (neo-)ghetto
This article extends Wacquant's theorization of how state institutions confine, control and punish racialized poor groups, arguing that a central modality for managing urban marginality occurs through institutional generation of and participation in spheres of informality. Focusing on Italy's segregation of Roma in 'neo-ghettos', this study explores how Roma's confinement has been produced and modulated through contradictory policies, their ambig…
Introduction Anti-Gypsyism and the politics of exclusion
Roma and Sinti have been continuously present in the Italian peninsula since at least the 1400s and as such must be considered an integral part of Italian history and culture. As Piasere argues (19
Roma and humanitarianism in the Eternal City
This article examines the recent evolution of Rome's city administration's policies for Roma after the Italian government's declaration of a ‘nomad emergency’. We analyze the policies as they are formulated by the city government and examine ambiguities in their application and their effects in various Roma communities. We focus on two elements, which, we argue, introduce a new political paradigm not only for the capital but for the management of…
The Rise of Italy’s Neo-Ghettos
Italy’s urban camps for segregating the Roma minority have received much critical attention recently, yet few attempts have been made to explore how they have evolved historically and function as systems of social control from a theoretical point of view. This article seeks to fill that gap, drawing on Wacquant’s framework for identifying constituent elements of ghettos past and present. It explores whether a genealogy can be traced between the e…
A failed Roma revolution
This article examines novel spaces for Roma political participation that opened up under a right-wing municipal government in Rome between 2008 and 2013. Three channels were created through which Roma could engage with policy-makers and, in theory, make their voices heard: a ‘Mayor’s Delegate for Roma Issues’; a forum for debate among Roma groups and elected representatives in two official camps. Based on in-depth interviews with protagonists of …
Kaleidoscopic shades of grey
Rome's ‘legal’ camps for Roma
This article examines the ways in which Italian legislation and local policy in Rome since 2007 have aimed at containing and controlling the Roma population, but have resulted instead in the Italian state's own violations of national and international human rights standards. Roma have been relocated to isolated mega-camps subjected to regulations, surveillance and ‘workfare’, which, rather than reducing crime and increasing formal employment, lea…
Navigating the (in)formal city
Integration or marginalization? The failures of social policy for the Roma in Rome
This article examines Rome City Council's policies concerning the Roma during Francesco Rutelli's two terms as mayor (1993-2001). It demonstrates that the Rutelli administration's policies for these minority communities shifted from a superficial but genuine attempt to overcome aspects of marginalization to a criminalizing strategy of exclusion. It is argued here that the failure significantly to improve the social conditions of the Roma was due …
Roma and humanitarianism in the Eternal City
This article examines the recent evolution of Rome's city administration's policies for Roma after the Italian government's declaration of a ‘nomad emergency’. We analyze the policies as they are formulated by the city government and examine ambiguities in their application and their effects in various Roma communities. We focus on two elements, which, we argue, introduce a new political paradigm not only for the capital but for the management of…
Introduction Anti-Gypsyism and the politics of exclusion
Roma and Sinti have been continuously present in the Italian peninsula since at least the 1400s and as such must be considered an integral part of Italian history and culture. As Piasere argues (19
Rome's ‘legal’ camps for Roma
This article examines the ways in which Italian legislation and local policy in Rome since 2007 have aimed at containing and controlling the Roma population, but have resulted instead in the Italian state's own violations of national and international human rights standards. Roma have been relocated to isolated mega-camps subjected to regulations, surveillance and ‘workfare’, which, rather than reducing crime and increasing formal employment, lea…
A failed Roma revolution
This article examines novel spaces for Roma political participation that opened up under a right-wing municipal government in Rome between 2008 and 2013. Three channels were created through which Roma could engage with policy-makers and, in theory, make their voices heard: a ‘Mayor’s Delegate for Roma Issues’; a forum for debate among Roma groups and elected representatives in two official camps. Based on in-depth interviews with protagonists of …
The Rise of Italy’s Neo-Ghettos
Italy’s urban camps for segregating the Roma minority have received much critical attention recently, yet few attempts have been made to explore how they have evolved historically and function as systems of social control from a theoretical point of view. This article seeks to fill that gap, drawing on Wacquant’s framework for identifying constituent elements of ghettos past and present. It explores whether a genealogy can be traced between the e…
The informal faces of the (neo-)ghetto
This article extends Wacquant's theorization of how state institutions confine, control and punish racialized poor groups, arguing that a central modality for managing urban marginality occurs through institutional generation of and participation in spheres of informality. Focusing on Italy's segregation of Roma in 'neo-ghettos', this study explores how Roma's confinement has been produced and modulated through contradictory policies, their ambig…
Italian Mafias Today
Partendo dal controverso dibattito che negli ultimi anni ha visto in Italia – soprattutto i mezzi di comunicazione di massa e le agenzie investigative – disputare sullo “stato di salute” delle organizzazioni criminali mafiose, quasi a volerne stilare una discutibile classifica di offensività e di pericolosità, il capitolo si interroga sull’attuale e delicata fase attraversata da Cosa Nostra, facendo ricorso a una prospettiva analitica multiproble…
Kaleidoscopic shades of grey
Navigating the (in)formal city
The production of informal space
Introduction. Freaktions
This introduction proposes the concepts of freaktions and monsterization as a framework for understanding the dynamic relationship between official norms and the bodies rendered marginal, deviant, or illegible within contemporary social and political orders. Building on Michael Herzfeld’s notion of the body impolitic, we examine some processes through which normative institutions produce and sustain forms of exclusion. We argue that marginalized …
Collaborative governance against organised crime
Italy’s dynamics of labour exploitation in agriculture have recently attracted intense scrutiny, nationally and internationally. Legislative reform and multiple policy initiatives have been introduced since 2016 to address some of the factors driving exploitation within and beyond traditional mafia areas. While much scholarship has examined the effectiveness of legislation and enforcement, little attention has been paid to the policies’ more inno…
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Romani and Gypsy Studies (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Autonomy (3 works)