Benito Giordano
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 75451 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Benito Giordano |
| PRENOMES | Benito |
| SOBRENOME | Giordano |
| ASSINATURA | GIORDANO B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3791-1225 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 132 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Capturing the achievements made by Interreg? Insights from cross border cooperation between Spain and Portugal
In recent years, ‘place-based’ interventions have become influential in shaping economic development policy, especially at the European level. From the 2007 to 2013 programming period onwards, EU Cohesion policy, adopted a ‘place-based’ approach to encourage the competitiveness of all regions. Rather than spatially-blind interventions, the focus is on tackling territorial inequalities via a more sophisticated spatially-sensitive approach to stimu…
Post-Brexit regional economic development policy in the UK? Some enduring lessons from European Union Cohesion Policy
The UK has been a recipient of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy funding since its inception, and it has played a key role ever since in local and regional economic development across the UK. However, in the run up to the Brexit referendum in 2016, discussions about the significance of EU Cohesion Policy funding to the UK’s cities and regions, which have benefitted from this support for decades, was not a major topic of discussion. Paradoxicall…
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features: islands, mountainous and sparsely populated areas. Regional Studies. In recent years there has been a policy shift in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to encourage regions with specific geographical features (islands, mountainous and sparsely populated regions) to exploit their respective territorial ‘assets’ rather than view them as ‘handicaps’. This pape…
The effectiveness of European Regional Development Fund projects in Greece
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the most significant of the Structural Funds in terms of budget and range of thematic priorities. For the purposes of this paper, we argue that three different levels in multi-level governance emerge in their planning and management: the higher (European and national) level planning; the lower level (beneficiaries); and the intermediate level of (national and regional) planning and management. We d…
The European Regional Development Fund and Island Regions
This paper presents results from a regional policy evaluation study conducted for the European Commission. The study examined the impact of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund on EU regions with ‘specific geographical characteristics’, namely islands, mountain regions and sparsely populated areas. These types of regions have been attracting increasing EU regional policy attention and their economic development is considered i…
Whiteness, multiculturalism and nationalist appropriation of Celtic culture
The League of the South (USA) and Lega Nord (Italy), formed in 1994 and 1991 respectively, are nationalist organizations that have utilized claims to Celtic ethnicity to further their appeal. In this article we explore these claims, made in relation to the southern United States and northern Italy, and argue that they are used by these organizations to justify exclusionary politics. By claiming a privileged status for Celtic culture, heritage and…
Place and Politics in Modern Italy
Té Para Todos'? A Comparison of the Processes of Devolution in Spain and the UK
This paper focuses upon a comparison of the experiences of regionalisation in Spain and the United Kingdom. Spain's process of devolution, initiated in the late 1980s, has led to an asymmetrical structure of devolution with certain regions, such as Catalonia and the Basque Country, acquiring more autonomy than others. However, the slogan ' café para todos' (coffee for everyone) has in recent years been employed by Catalan and other nationalists t…
The Continuing Transformation of Italian Politics and the Contradictory Fortunes of the Lega Nord
There has been considerable academic debate about the transition in Italian politics, which began in the early 1990s and has continued ever since. The most significant recent milestone in this transition has been the May 2001 general election and this article focuses upon one important outcome of the election - the sharp electoral decline of the Northern League. The League has been one of the principal forces of change in Italian politics, so its…
Regions, City-Regions, Identity and Institution Building
In recent years, extensive academic effort has been devoted to interpreting the scalar turn in political and economic geography. This has involved considerable emphasis on the interrelationships across institutions at different spatial scales, stemming from the globalization of economic activity and associated regulatory structures, and the related rescaling of state economic functions to a variety of sub-national institutional entities. This art…
A Comparison of City Region Dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy
GIORDANO B. and ROLLER E. (2003) A comparison of city region dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy: more similarities than differences?, Reg. Studies 37, 911-927. How relations between the city and the regional scales of governance will be framed has been largely ignored in the devolution debate in the UK, and especially in England, thus far. It is imperative, then, to compare the experiences of other European countries which share longer histories…
Catalonia and the ‘Idea of Europe’
This paper focuses upon the region (nation) of Catalonia, Spain and in particular upon the ways in which Catalan political parties have ‘Europeanized’ their discourse, viewing Europe both as an alternative institutional channel to promote their objectives and as an example to follow of socioeconomic and political modernization. After reviewing some of the reasons that account for the increased importance of subnationalism in the EU, the paper con…
Euro(sceptic)land
Institutional thickness’, political sub‐culture and the resurgence of (the ‘new’) regionalism in Italy – a case study of the Northern League in the province of Varese
In recent years, the ‘regional scale’ within the European Union (EU) has become more central within academic and policy debates. In particular, there has been an increased focus upon the importance of so‐called ‘institutional thickness’ for regional development within the EU. Furthermore, the fact that in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains has ensured that the ‘regional question’ in Eur…
The contrasting geographies of ‘Padania’
The Lega Nord (Northern League) regionalist party, which has risen to prominence in Italy in recent years, has a specific geographical focus to its political project. This is premised essentially upon the protection of Northern Italian economic (and cultural) interests, however, this geographical focus has been modified during the Lega Nord’s relatively short political history. This paper explores the reasons why there have been various shifts in…
A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism
2001). A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism: More similarities than differences? Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 111-130
Conceptualising and Measuring Urban Competitiveness in Major English Cities
Recent years have witnessed considerable academic debate with regard to the ways in which urban competitiveness can best be conceptualised and measured. In this paper we draw on these theoretical discussions in an attempt to interrogate the dynamics of competitiveness. We report on research to develop indicators to explore the relationship between sources (the initial stock of assets in a city) and outcomes of competitiveness (the result of attem…
Italian Books and Society and Space
Italian regionalism or 'Padanian' nationalism - the political project of the Lega Nord in Italian politics
A Place Called Padania
In the 1990s, the debates about the resurgence of political regionalism in Europe have become particularly prevalent. One reason for this has been the fact that, in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. This paper focuses upon Italy, which is one of the countries in which there has been a significant resurgence of regionalism over the last ten years or so. Political region…
Italian regionalism or 'Padanian' nationalism - the political project of the Lega Nord in Italian politics
Regions, City-Regions, Identity and Institution Building
In recent years, extensive academic effort has been devoted to interpreting the scalar turn in political and economic geography. This has involved considerable emphasis on the interrelationships across institutions at different spatial scales, stemming from the globalization of economic activity and associated regulatory structures, and the related rescaling of state economic functions to a variety of sub-national institutional entities. This art…
A Place Called Padania
In the 1990s, the debates about the resurgence of political regionalism in Europe have become particularly prevalent. One reason for this has been the fact that, in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. This paper focuses upon Italy, which is one of the countries in which there has been a significant resurgence of regionalism over the last ten years or so. Political region…
Catalonia and the ‘Idea of Europe’
This paper focuses upon the region (nation) of Catalonia, Spain and in particular upon the ways in which Catalan political parties have ‘Europeanized’ their discourse, viewing Europe both as an alternative institutional channel to promote their objectives and as an example to follow of socioeconomic and political modernization. After reviewing some of the reasons that account for the increased importance of subnationalism in the EU, the paper con…
Institutional thickness’, political sub‐culture and the resurgence of (the ‘new’) regionalism in Italy – a case study of the Northern League in the province of Varese
In recent years, the ‘regional scale’ within the European Union (EU) has become more central within academic and policy debates. In particular, there has been an increased focus upon the importance of so‐called ‘institutional thickness’ for regional development within the EU. Furthermore, the fact that in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains has ensured that the ‘regional question’ in Eur…
A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism
2001). A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism: More similarities than differences? Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 111-130
Conceptualising and Measuring Urban Competitiveness in Major English Cities
Recent years have witnessed considerable academic debate with regard to the ways in which urban competitiveness can best be conceptualised and measured. In this paper we draw on these theoretical discussions in an attempt to interrogate the dynamics of competitiveness. We report on research to develop indicators to explore the relationship between sources (the initial stock of assets in a city) and outcomes of competitiveness (the result of attem…
Whiteness, multiculturalism and nationalist appropriation of Celtic culture
The League of the South (USA) and Lega Nord (Italy), formed in 1994 and 1991 respectively, are nationalist organizations that have utilized claims to Celtic ethnicity to further their appeal. In this article we explore these claims, made in relation to the southern United States and northern Italy, and argue that they are used by these organizations to justify exclusionary politics. By claiming a privileged status for Celtic culture, heritage and…
The Continuing Transformation of Italian Politics and the Contradictory Fortunes of the Lega Nord
There has been considerable academic debate about the transition in Italian politics, which began in the early 1990s and has continued ever since. The most significant recent milestone in this transition has been the May 2001 general election and this article focuses upon one important outcome of the election - the sharp electoral decline of the Northern League. The League has been one of the principal forces of change in Italian politics, so its…
A Comparison of City Region Dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy
GIORDANO B. and ROLLER E. (2003) A comparison of city region dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy: more similarities than differences?, Reg. Studies 37, 911-927. How relations between the city and the regional scales of governance will be framed has been largely ignored in the devolution debate in the UK, and especially in England, thus far. It is imperative, then, to compare the experiences of other European countries which share longer histories…
Té Para Todos'? A Comparison of the Processes of Devolution in Spain and the UK
This paper focuses upon a comparison of the experiences of regionalisation in Spain and the United Kingdom. Spain's process of devolution, initiated in the late 1980s, has led to an asymmetrical structure of devolution with certain regions, such as Catalonia and the Basque Country, acquiring more autonomy than others. However, the slogan ' café para todos' (coffee for everyone) has in recent years been employed by Catalan and other nationalists t…
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features: islands, mountainous and sparsely populated areas. Regional Studies. In recent years there has been a policy shift in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to encourage regions with specific geographical features (islands, mountainous and sparsely populated regions) to exploit their respective territorial ‘assets’ rather than view them as ‘handicaps’. This pape…
The contrasting geographies of ‘Padania’
The Lega Nord (Northern League) regionalist party, which has risen to prominence in Italy in recent years, has a specific geographical focus to its political project. This is premised essentially upon the protection of Northern Italian economic (and cultural) interests, however, this geographical focus has been modified during the Lega Nord’s relatively short political history. This paper explores the reasons why there have been various shifts in…
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
Post-Brexit regional economic development policy in the UK? Some enduring lessons from European Union Cohesion Policy
The UK has been a recipient of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy funding since its inception, and it has played a key role ever since in local and regional economic development across the UK. However, in the run up to the Brexit referendum in 2016, discussions about the significance of EU Cohesion Policy funding to the UK’s cities and regions, which have benefitted from this support for decades, was not a major topic of discussion. Paradoxicall…
The effectiveness of European Regional Development Fund projects in Greece
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the most significant of the Structural Funds in terms of budget and range of thematic priorities. For the purposes of this paper, we argue that three different levels in multi-level governance emerge in their planning and management: the higher (European and national) level planning; the lower level (beneficiaries); and the intermediate level of (national and regional) planning and management. We d…
Euro(sceptic)land
A Place Called Padania
In the 1990s, the debates about the resurgence of political regionalism in Europe have become particularly prevalent. One reason for this has been the fact that, in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. This paper focuses upon Italy, which is one of the countries in which there has been a significant resurgence of regionalism over the last ten years or so. Political region…
Italian Books and Society and Space
Italian regionalism or 'Padanian' nationalism - the political project of the Lega Nord in Italian politics
Institutional thickness’, political sub‐culture and the resurgence of (the ‘new’) regionalism in Italy – a case study of the Northern League in the province of Varese
In recent years, the ‘regional scale’ within the European Union (EU) has become more central within academic and policy debates. In particular, there has been an increased focus upon the importance of so‐called ‘institutional thickness’ for regional development within the EU. Furthermore, the fact that in several European countries, regionalist political parties have made significant electoral gains has ensured that the ‘regional question’ in Eur…
The contrasting geographies of ‘Padania’
The Lega Nord (Northern League) regionalist party, which has risen to prominence in Italy in recent years, has a specific geographical focus to its political project. This is premised essentially upon the protection of Northern Italian economic (and cultural) interests, however, this geographical focus has been modified during the Lega Nord’s relatively short political history. This paper explores the reasons why there have been various shifts in…
A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism
2001). A comparison of Catalan and 'Padanian' nationalism: More similarities than differences? Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 111-130
Conceptualising and Measuring Urban Competitiveness in Major English Cities
Recent years have witnessed considerable academic debate with regard to the ways in which urban competitiveness can best be conceptualised and measured. In this paper we draw on these theoretical discussions in an attempt to interrogate the dynamics of competitiveness. We report on research to develop indicators to explore the relationship between sources (the initial stock of assets in a city) and outcomes of competitiveness (the result of attem…
Catalonia and the ‘Idea of Europe’
This paper focuses upon the region (nation) of Catalonia, Spain and in particular upon the ways in which Catalan political parties have ‘Europeanized’ their discourse, viewing Europe both as an alternative institutional channel to promote their objectives and as an example to follow of socioeconomic and political modernization. After reviewing some of the reasons that account for the increased importance of subnationalism in the EU, the paper con…
Euro(sceptic)land
The Continuing Transformation of Italian Politics and the Contradictory Fortunes of the Lega Nord
There has been considerable academic debate about the transition in Italian politics, which began in the early 1990s and has continued ever since. The most significant recent milestone in this transition has been the May 2001 general election and this article focuses upon one important outcome of the election - the sharp electoral decline of the Northern League. The League has been one of the principal forces of change in Italian politics, so its…
Regions, City-Regions, Identity and Institution Building
In recent years, extensive academic effort has been devoted to interpreting the scalar turn in political and economic geography. This has involved considerable emphasis on the interrelationships across institutions at different spatial scales, stemming from the globalization of economic activity and associated regulatory structures, and the related rescaling of state economic functions to a variety of sub-national institutional entities. This art…
A Comparison of City Region Dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy
GIORDANO B. and ROLLER E. (2003) A comparison of city region dynamics in the UK, Spain and Italy: more similarities than differences?, Reg. Studies 37, 911-927. How relations between the city and the regional scales of governance will be framed has been largely ignored in the devolution debate in the UK, and especially in England, thus far. It is imperative, then, to compare the experiences of other European countries which share longer histories…
Place and Politics in Modern Italy
Té Para Todos'? A Comparison of the Processes of Devolution in Spain and the UK
This paper focuses upon a comparison of the experiences of regionalisation in Spain and the United Kingdom. Spain's process of devolution, initiated in the late 1980s, has led to an asymmetrical structure of devolution with certain regions, such as Catalonia and the Basque Country, acquiring more autonomy than others. However, the slogan ' café para todos' (coffee for everyone) has in recent years been employed by Catalan and other nationalists t…
Whiteness, multiculturalism and nationalist appropriation of Celtic culture
The League of the South (USA) and Lega Nord (Italy), formed in 1994 and 1991 respectively, are nationalist organizations that have utilized claims to Celtic ethnicity to further their appeal. In this article we explore these claims, made in relation to the southern United States and northern Italy, and argue that they are used by these organizations to justify exclusionary politics. By claiming a privileged status for Celtic culture, heritage and…
The European Regional Development Fund and Island Regions
This paper presents results from a regional policy evaluation study conducted for the European Commission. The study examined the impact of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund on EU regions with ‘specific geographical characteristics’, namely islands, mountain regions and sparsely populated areas. These types of regions have been attracting increasing EU regional policy attention and their economic development is considered i…
The effectiveness of European Regional Development Fund projects in Greece
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the most significant of the Structural Funds in terms of budget and range of thematic priorities. For the purposes of this paper, we argue that three different levels in multi-level governance emerge in their planning and management: the higher (European and national) level planning; the lower level (beneficiaries); and the intermediate level of (national and regional) planning and management. We d…
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features
Exploring the role of the ERDF in regions with specific geographical features: islands, mountainous and sparsely populated areas. Regional Studies. In recent years there has been a policy shift in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to encourage regions with specific geographical features (islands, mountainous and sparsely populated regions) to exploit their respective territorial ‘assets’ rather than view them as ‘handicaps’. This pape…
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
Post-Brexit regional economic development policy in the UK? Some enduring lessons from European Union Cohesion Policy
The UK has been a recipient of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy funding since its inception, and it has played a key role ever since in local and regional economic development across the UK. However, in the run up to the Brexit referendum in 2016, discussions about the significance of EU Cohesion Policy funding to the UK’s cities and regions, which have benefitted from this support for decades, was not a major topic of discussion. Paradoxicall…
Capturing the achievements made by Interreg? Insights from cross border cooperation between Spain and Portugal
In recent years, ‘place-based’ interventions have become influential in shaping economic development policy, especially at the European level. From the 2007 to 2013 programming period onwards, EU Cohesion policy, adopted a ‘place-based’ approach to encourage the competitiveness of all regions. Rather than spatially-blind interventions, the focus is on tackling territorial inequalities via a more sophisticated spatially-sensitive approach to stimu…
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