Citizens’ committees have become an increasingly frequent, relevant phenomenon in Italian local politics and policy over the last decade or so. This article examines protest campaigns concerning traffic policies in four medium-size cities in which such committees have played a pivotal role. Though the ability of such actors to successfully impose their preferences on the policy agenda appears to be at the very least uncertain, an analysis of these campaigns reveals some of the factors that can increase their chances of exerting influence on policy decisions. Such factors include the resources these campaigns can mobilize – namely various forms of human, social and political capital –, how politically opportune they are, and their ability to structure public discourse within a global framework that fosters the building of coalitions supporting their claims.
I comitati di cittadini sono diventati sempre più un fenomeno frequente e rilevante nella politica e nelle politiche locali in Italia, nell’ultimo decennio e oltre. Questo articolo prende in esame le campagne di protesta relative alle politiche del traffico in quattro città di media grandezza, in cui i comitati di cittadini hanno svolto un ruolo centrale. Sebbene la capacità di tali attori di imporre con successo le loro preferenze nell’agenda politica appaia alquanto incerta, l’analisi di queste campagne rivela alcuni dei fattori che possono aumentare le possibilità di esercitare influenza sulle decisioni di policy. Tali fattori comprendono le risorse che queste campagne mobilitano – varie forme di capitale umano, sociale e politico –, le loro opportunità politiche e la loro capacità di strutturare il discorso pubblico all’interno di un quadro globale che promuove la costruzione di coalizioni a sostegno delle loro rivendicazioni.
Protests and Arguments: The Citizens’ Committees’ Campaigns Against Traffic in Four Italian Cities
PIAZZA, GIOVANNI;
2006-01-01
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Citizens’ committees have become an increasingly frequent, relevant phenomenon in Italian local politics and policy over the last decade or so. This article examines protest campaigns concerning traffic policies in four medium-size cities in which such committees have played a pivotal role. Though the ability of such actors to successfully impose their preferences on the policy agenda appears to be at the very least uncertain, an analysis of these campaigns reveals some of the factors that can increase their chances of exerting influence on policy decisions. Such factors include the resources these campaigns can mobilize – namely various forms of human, social and political capital –, how politically opportune they are, and their ability to structure public discourse within a global framework that fosters the building of coalitions supporting their claims.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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