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Political government and governance: strategic planning and the reshaping of political capacity in Turin

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Turin has always been peculiar among Italian cities, because of the long–standing dominance of the Left in municipal politics and because of the massive presence there of the biggest Italian industrial group — the vehicle manufacturer, FIAT. Torino Internazionale is a strategic plan currently being implemented by the present Centre–Left majority on the City Council, which is largely representative of local civil society. The plan has the potential to transform traditional governance in the city. This article begins by analysing difference and complentarity between the two notions of ‘government’ and ‘governance’ and attempting the theoretical integration of an institutionalist perspective into analysis of the governance processes; it then goes on to demonstrate that the proper logic of urban government in a governance process is to strengthen and increase the number of exchanges and interactions within policy processes and to integrate them through institutionalization of the urban territory as a setting for such interactions. In the governance of Turin, political regulation seems to be creating linkages between an exchangist–aggregative perspective and an institutional–integrative perspective. These two aspects of governance seem to reinforce each other. The exchangist processes involved in micro–projects tend to consolidate the urban network of actors and the city as a cohesive society, while the institutional aspect of the meta–project tends to structure the setting for, and give meaning to, interactions between urban actors. Thus, the apparent fragmentation of the strategic planning process is strengthening Turin as a collective actor and giving the municipal institution a new, nodal role. La ville italienne de Turin a toujours été particulière, à cause de la longue domination de la Gauche dans la politique municipale et de la présence incontournable du plus gros groupe industriel italien: le fabricant automobile FIAT. Torino Internazionale est un plan stratégique actuellement mis en œuvre par la majorité de centre–gauche au conseil municipal, laquelle reflète largement la société civile locale. Ce plan a la capacité de transformer la gouvernance traditionnelle de la ville. L’article analyse d’abord la différence et la complémentarité entre les notions de ‘gouvernement’ et ‘gouvernance’ en tentant l’intégration théorique d’une perspective institutionnaliste dans l’analyse des processus de gouvernance; il démontre ensuite que la logique adéquate d’un gouvernement urbain dans un processus de gouvernance consiste à renforcer et accroître le nombre d’échanges et interactions dans les processus politiques, puis de les intégrer grâce à l’institutionnalisation du territoire urbain en tant que cadre de ces interactions. Dans la gouvernance de Turin, la régulation politique semble créer des liens entre une perspective échangiste–aggrégative et une perspective institutionnelle–intégrative, ces deux aspects de la gouvernance se renfor??ant l’un l’autre. Les processus échangistes impliqués dans les micro–projets ont tendance à consolider le réseau urbain d’acteurs et la ville en tant que société cohérente, alors que l’aspect institutionnel du méta–projet structure plutôt le cadre des interactions entre acteurs urbains, en donnant à celles–ci une signification. Ainsi, l’apparente fragmentation du processus de planification stratélgique renforce Turin en tant qu’acteur collectif tout en donnant à l’institution municipale un nouveau rôle nodal.

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  • Gilles Pinson, 2002. "Political government and governance: strategic planning and the reshaping of political capacity in Turin," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 477-493, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:26:y:2002:i:3:p:477-493
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00394
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