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Managerialism Against Clientelism. A Blocked Process of Political Change in Apulia (Southern Italy)

Authors :
Deborah Galimberti
Source :
Partecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 351-369 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Coordinamento SIBA, 2022.

Abstract

This article aims to explain the evolution of forms of political regulation for the allocation of resources and representation of interests in Southern Italy, at length qualified as clientelistic. It will show how managerial principles can be taken up in a context with a historical resistance to bureaucratic change as well as a political orientation which contests neoliberal beliefs. To this end, it analyses a sequence of political change in the Apulia region, while focusing on the political strategies and discourses concerning local development tools for entrepreneurs. It shows how the objective to increase the regional council's institutional capacity to deliver public policies turned into a managerial drift. It is argued that the critique of clientelism, considered the main factor hindering the development of the South, led to the prioritisation of efficiency over representation of collective interests. The critique of clientelism corresponds to the mechanism through which managerialism has spread in a context of economic crisis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19727623 and 20356609
Volume :
15
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Partecipazione e Conflitto
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.519b5f05e8f4b75b4bf247436438d6b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v15i2p351