Not All Roads Lead to Rome
Local Housing Policy in the Unitary Italian State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6227153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alberta Sbragia (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315-339 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123400001800 |
| OpenAlex | W2124362666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Until the establishment of regional governments in the early 1970S, Italy was a formally centralized, unitary state. Both the legal and formal administrative frameworks within which local officials worked were such as to support the prevailing scholarly view that, in such a centralized state, the possibilities for local autonomy and initiative were very limited. The formal role of local governments after the Second World War continued to be that which had been specified by the Fascists in legislation designed to complete the centralization of the Italian state. Such a role left little room for local independence and initiative. Administratively, most decisions had to be approved by officials in Rome. Moreover, the policies and finances of local governments were closely supervised by the Prefects, who served as agents of central government
Autonomy · Business · Central government · Independence (probability theory · Legislation · Local authority · Local government · Political science · State (computer science · Unitary state · Law · Public Administration · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1990 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |