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With the introduction of the European Stability and Growth Pact most European members introduced domestic fiscal rules to make all different levels of govern- ment responsible for the control of central public accounts. There is a broad debate on the suitability of the fiscal rules set in the Treaty of Maastricht and in the Stability and Growth Pact. The present PhD's thesis review the evolution of Domestic Stability Pact in Italy (Chapter 1) and empirically investigate two research questions. In Chapter 2 we explore the impact of capital expenditure constraints on investments in public works. After 2008, the Italian central gov- ernment strongly changed financial rules aimed at imposing fiscal discipline on local governments. Municipalities subject to the Domestic Stability Pact (DSP) collided with new stronger expenditure restrictions and tougher punishments for non-compliers. This institutional change allows us to identify a causal relationship between the DSP and investment in public works implementing a "Difference-in- Differences" (D-i-D) design. Being exposed to the Pact reduces investment in public works by 47% and number of auctions by 44%, while increases winning re- bate by 5.5% and number of bidders by 16%. In Chapter 3 we evaluate the effect of a reduction in investment for public works on new firm formation. The results show that the amount invested in public works by local governments is a very important determinant of new firm formation. A one standard deviation decrease in total starting value decreases the entry rate for all firms by 21% and the entry rate for construction firms only by 29%.

The connection between the public library and local government derives from the former's genetic heritage. The case of Sweden would appear to be exemplary in this regard. Our interest derives not only from the evident connection between the development of library services and the high level of autonomy of local bodies, but also from the administrative policy choices implemented to enable local authorities to exercise the autonomy conferred efficiently and on these administrative initiatives' repercussions on library legislation. Sweden has a long-standing tradition of autonomy. Lay and ecclesiastical institutions intermingled until the two administrative spheres were separated in 1862. Simultaneously, town and provincial councils were endowed with powers to levy taxes for their administrative activities and to draw up their own budgets. The wide-ranging reforms introduced since the 1950s have drastically reduced the number of local authorities. This process was engendered by the awareness that an efficient response at local level to the request for services deriving from a modern industrial society entails first and foremost a concentration of resources, possible only for territorial bodies endowed with a sufficiently large population to assure, through taxes, adequate revenues. As regards libraries, state subsidies to town libraries were suspended in 1965, while provincial (or county) libraries are disciplined by a law of 1966 which envisages joint financing by the state and the provincial administration. The new library law enacted in 1996 (no. 1596 of 20 December 1996) is what we in Italy would call a "framework" law and consists of only ten incisive sections. This is a guideline law containing statements of principles, aimed above all at public libraries. The establishment of both town and county libraries is mandatory. As regards financing, local councils fund town library and school library services, while the counties, assisted by the state, fund the provincial library services. The state finances the university libraries, lending centres and special projects. The law pays specific attention to handicapped users and ethnic minorities.

Envisaging political power as dynamic allows the historian to deal with its structures with some sophistication. This paper approaches political power, not as a circumscribed block of bureaucratic elements, but as a complex phenomenon rooted in social reality. The authors explore the dialogue between local and central power, understanding 'dialogue' in its widest sense. Thus the relationships (both amicable and hostile) between local and central spheres of influence are studied. The authors propose a new analytical framework for the study of the config uration of political power in the northern zone of the Iberian peninsula, over a long period of time, which takes in both the post-Roman world a nd the political structures of the early Middle Ages.

Per affrontare la generale condizione di crisi socio-economica, le comunità e le città riscoprono il valore strategico dei fattori localizzativi, quale condizione che favorisce la partecipazione delle piattaforme urbane alla competizione globale. Le istanze energetiche ed ambientali rilanciano il costruire nel costruito, suggerendo interesse prioritario per i vuoti urbani come le aree industriali dismesse. Se il locale non incide su queste priorità, è pronto un ritorno al protagonismo dello Stato. Nello scenario metropolitano di Roma, per esempio, si evidenzia il comprensorio di Colleferro, company town del Novecento, con vaste aree industriali dismesse: reti ed infrastrutture adeguate, paesaggi significativi quale esito della specifica storia industriale del sito. Il piano provinciale intende coinvolgerle per potenziare la piattaforma metropolitana di Roma: un intenso confronto locale e territoriale ricerca proposte operative. Da un lato si intende coinvolgere la filiera istituzionale su programmi urbanistici di intervento, riferimento di normativa consolidata ma non sempre efficiente nelle sue diverse caratterizzazioni, dall'altro si cerca di arricchire di valore la dimensione edilizia ritenuta più praticabile. Le criticità ambientali sono ampiamente governabili, ma di fronte ai tempi della crisi, il governo locale deve manifestare intensità e slancio, anche in vista delle possibilità di investimento che si prospettano con la nuova politica annunciata dalla BCE. ; In order to overcome the general socio-economic crisis, communities and cities are rediscovering the strategic role of location factors as a condition that promotes the participation of urban platforms to global competition. Energy and environmental policy improves the urban regeneration, suggesting priority interest for empty spaces such as the industrial brownfields. If local government doesn't affect these priorities, the return to the central leadership is already. In the scenario of metropolitan Rome, for example, the twentieth century company town of Colleferro highlights, with vast industrial brownfields, acceptable utilities and infrastructures, significant landscapes as the outcome of site-specific industrial history. The provincial plan intends to involve those wastelands to enhance the metropolitan platform of Rome: as a consequence an intense local and territorial debate is searching for operational proposals. On the one hand the debate intends to involve governments about some urban renewal programs, based on established rules but not always efficient in their various characterizations, on the other one the goal is valuing the building scale because considered more feasible. The critical environmental issues are largely manageable, but in the face at the times of the crisis, the local government must demonstrate strength and leadership, also in view of the investment opportunities that lie ahead with the new policy announced by the ECB.

Public administration, strategic management and organizational behaviour have found an intersection in behavioural microfoundation of dynamic capabilities. The aspects are treated through literature reviews and empirical analyses. The attention is on public organizations. Municipalities are characterized by proximity to external stakeholders and the possibility to apply strategic concepts, such as dynamic capabilities. Two dynamic capabilities are relevant: innovation and ambidexterity. The thesis defines these constructs and studies their antecedents. In microfoundation, two major fields are cognitive capabilities and social capital. A survey is administered in Italian local governments. Data collection is significant: 551 municipal employees working in 50 municipalities. The results confirm that cognitive capabilities, mindfulness and political skills, and social capital, internal and external, may have positive effects on individual dynamic capabilities in local governments.

"Fare Mente Locale" Pratiche di sviluppo locale autosostenibile nella comunità di Piazza al Serchio a cura di Bonini Daniele Il lavoro da me ipotizzato per la tesi di laurea specialistica in scienze sociali (89\s) riguarda nello specifico la sociologia del territorio e dello sviluppo in riferimento al progetto dell'urbanista A.Magnaghi, esponente della scuola Territorialista, che ha come obbiettivo la riscoperta della coscienza di luogo attraverso pratiche di riterritorializzazione. La tesi si articola su più livelli : partendo dalla ricostruzione schematica del lavoro di Magnaghi, e attraverso il contributo di altri autori più o meno noti come Serge Latouche, Luisa Bonesio e Franco La Cecla cercherò di definire epistemologicamente e metodologicamente il progetto per ottenere gli orientamenti e gli strumenti necessari per lo studio territoriale da cui è necessario partire per poter poi promuovere le pratiche di sviluppo locale autosostenibile. Essendo questo uno studio propriamente empirico è mia intenzione dare una continuità ai principi territorialisti con il mondo della vita quotidiana, nello specifico alla comunità di Piazza al Serchio piccolo comune sito nel cuore della Garfagnana in provincia di Lucca. Prendendo tutte le precauzioni del caso è mio interesse far ricerca sul campo, interviste, documenti ed altro per reperire le informazioni necessarie grazie alle quali ricostruire i processi di lunga durata che hanno permesso la relazione sinergica tra gli ambienti: costruito, antropico e ambientale dagli anni 50 in poi, quando la comunità sfruttava ancora i saperi del luogo. Considerando che il processo di deterritorializzazione e conseguente perdita di coscienza di luogo non ha risparmiato la comunità a cui mi riferisco, la ricostruzione Storico-culturale permette di evidenziare il momento della rottura del rapporto uomo\ambiente e ,senza soffermarmi troppo sulle cause (processo di industrializazione, relazione città-campagna) , da qui ripartire per oggettivare nuovi possibili processi di territorializzazione che vedono al centro di coordinamento dei lavori la comunità interessata ; autosostenibilità. Le nuove regole insediative devono rispettare le 5 sostenibilità proposte da I.Sachs: 1. Economica : promozione di autoimprenditorialità, economia di scambio, locale e solidale. 2. Politica: nuova municipalità, il comune non più come semplice amministratore ma come ente che facilita le iniziative, ripristino usi civici (proprietà reale). 3. Ambientale : recupero spazi aperti, promozione attività agricole,riduzione cementificazione 4. Territoriale : chiusura cicli energetici, smaltimento rifiuti. 5. Sociale : dare voce ai soggetti che generalmente rimangono in sordina, associazioni, privati cittadini, piccoli imprenditori, agricoltori