Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy

<span class="abs_content">From the early 1990s, In Italy discourses and practices referring to urban security and preven-tion have increased. The purpose of this article is to highlight the specific characteristics of the Italian ap-proach to urban security. Firstly, the strong leade...

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Auteur principal:	Giuseppe Ricotta
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Publié:	Coordinamento SIBA 2016
Sujets:	control strategies italy loca governments neoliberalism urban security policies Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bc63c00f6bba42659d3c097485c7295b2021-11-21T15:11:39ZNeoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v9i2p543https://doaj.org/article/bc63c00f6bba42659d3c097485c7295b2016-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/16316https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">From the early 1990s, In Italy discourses and practices referring to urban security and preven-tion have increased. The purpose of this article is to highlight the specific characteristics of the Italian ap-proach to urban security. Firstly, the strong leadership of local governments in defining the urban security policy, in a conflictual dynamic of national vs local. Secondly, the link between the issue of security and immigration, both at national and local levels. The reconstruction of the history of urban security policies in Italy is aimed at answering the following question: can we interpret the Italian case, despite its national specificity, as coherent with the shift in the culture of control argued by David Garland in relation to the UK and the US contexts? We argue that, also in the Italian context, we witnessed, on one hand, the use of local adaptive policies, in line with neoliberal principles. On the other hand, the rise of punitive populism in the rhetoric and practices, not only at the central State level, but also at local level where adaptive policies were developed together with administrative punitive measures. The conclusions propose a critical ac-count of Italian urban security policies</span><br />Giuseppe RicottaCoordinamento SIBAarticlecontrol strategiesitalylocagovernmentsneoliberalismurban security policiesPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 543-566 (2016)
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description	<span class="abs_content">From the early 1990s, In Italy discourses and practices referring to urban security and preven-tion have increased. The purpose of this article is to highlight the specific characteristics of the Italian ap-proach to urban security. Firstly, the strong leadership of local governments in defining the urban security policy, in a conflictual dynamic of national vs local. Secondly, the link between the issue of security and immigration, both at national and local levels. The reconstruction of the history of urban security policies in Italy is aimed at answering the following question: can we interpret the Italian case, despite its national specificity, as coherent with the shift in the culture of control argued by David Garland in relation to the UK and the US contexts? We argue that, also in the Italian context, we witnessed, on one hand, the use of local adaptive policies, in line with neoliberal principles. On the other hand, the rise of punitive populism in the rhetoric and practices, not only at the central State level, but also at local level where adaptive policies were developed together with administrative punitive measures. The conclusions propose a critical ac-count of Italian urban security policies</span><br />
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author	Giuseppe Ricotta
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title	Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy
title_short	Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy
title_full	Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy
title_fullStr	Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy
title_full_unstemmed	Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy
title_sort	neoliberalism and control strategies: the urban security policies in italy
publisher	Coordinamento SIBA
publishDate	2016
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Neoliberalism and Control Strategies: the Urban Security Policies in Italy

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