Urban Planning, the State, and Political Regimes
The Italian Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nico Calavita (San Diego State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 377-395 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d010377 |
| OpenAlex | W1964859315 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
In this article, a study of State intervention in urban planning in post-World-War-II Italy is presented. These interventions are explained dialectically as attempted solutions to the contradictions and conflicts surrounding the use of urban land. The major contradiction centers around the necessity for a more rational urban development and the private control of urban land. The conflicts generated by this contradiction arc seen as historically specific and tied to changes in the class struggle. Through historical analysis, I show how various planning laws were the response to legitimation needs raised by developments in the class struggle. The Italian State, however, is constrained by: (1) its commitment to supporting capital accumulation through the private appropriation of urban land; and (2) its political indebtedness to real-estate interests, thus making attempts at land-use planning cither stillborn or inadequate and contradictory, generating, in turn, other contradictions and struggles
Appropriation · Capital (architecture · Class conflict · Contradiction · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Legitimation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Urban planning · Engineering · Historical and Environmental Studies · Law
Constitutional government and democracy
Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society
Urban struggles
Professionalism and Politics in Roman Planning
Italy—Republic Without Government
Capitalist Development, Class Struggle, and Crisis in Italy, 1945-1975
Praxis urbaine
Socialist Alternatives
Labour Unions, Industrial Action and Politics
The available state
The Italian socialist party under Craxi
Italy
Muddling through
Urban movements and political struggles in Italy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 1994 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |