Econometric policy evaluation: A critique

Governing the Commons

Inclusion and democracy.

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Designing Deliberative Democracy: The British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly

Over the last few decades, public deliberation has spread in many countries, but this has occurred mostly through experiments and pilot projects. Recently, some countries have taken some steps forward by introducing participatory policies in order to institutionalize citizen involvement practices in the policy-making processes. Among these countries, France and Italy, and Tuscany in particular, have been recognized as clear examples of democratic governments that have initiated public programs to systematically apply deliberative processes to policy-making. These programs seem particularly challenging as far as the legitimacy of the democratic representative institutions and the role of politicians are concerned. Therefore, whatever leads a government to initiate such a policy deserves attention, and a theory on the particular model that can characterize the initiation of these policies is needed. The paper has the aim of proposing a hypothesis on the causal mechanism that can lead to the initiati...

When a government attempts to institutionalize and regulate deliberative democracy: the how and why from a process-tracing perspective

The circular economy is becoming a field of experimentation to trigger site-specific laboratories oriented towards connecting material flows and citizens’ practices. Despite their wide use, a critical perspective of the transformative paths of these Urban Living Labs (ULLs) is still missing. This paper compares the paths followed by two such experiments, one in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and the other in Turin (Italy). To this end, we build an analytical framework that targets three dimensions: unconventionality, autonomy, and systemic impact on policies. We conclude that ULLs can take very different transformation paths over time due to a wide range of enablers and barriers. In Amsterdam there has been an assimilation in the neighbourhood as well as a transformative effect on an urban scale; while the case of Turin has turned out to be potentially transformative but also at risk of marginalization.

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Transformative Urban Living Labs: Towards a Circular Economy in Amsterdam and Turin

Over the last few decades, deliberative minipublics have been used as inclusive and innovative practices to integrate traditional policy-making. Because of their policy-oriented aim, but also owing to the usually not legally-binding nature, some scholars have recently pointed out the importance of understanding how and to what extent they actually manage to influence the decisions of public authorities, especially when they deal with highly controversial issues, such as locally unwanted land use or ethic matters.This article has the aim of offering a contribution in this direction, by presenting the findings of a comparative analysis of two deliberative processes promoted by public authorities to integrate decision-making in order to deal with highly controversial issues. The two processes had significantly different impacts on the final policies. The analysis, conducted by means of ethnographic and qualitative methods, has shown that how the minipublics were designed and how deliberation was put in practice were crucial aspects in determining the effective influence of the minipublics on policy decisions. In particular, the use of a strictly deliberative design on such contentious issues has proved to be counterproductive, because it has generated distortions and produced institutional conflicts, while the use of a hybrid path, although not free from problems, has proved to be a more effective solution.

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Flexibility, Argumentation and Confrontation. How Deliberative Minipublics Can Affect Policies on Controversial Issues

La politica e la città. Regime urbano e classe dirigente a Torino

Over the last decades, European cities have been facing serious constraints. In particular, decreasing transfers from central governments, the introduction of domestic ‘Stability pacts’ and the economic crisis have significantly challenged the capacity of local governments to address societal issues. Within this context, local governments have tried to find new ways by establishing collaborations with a wide range of private actors, including non-profit organizations and the civil society as a whole. Among these private actors, big philanthropic organizations are gaining prominence, acting as public policy supporters and policy makers. In particular, those philanthropic organizations, which focus the operating activity on single communities, are emerging as potential key actors in local governance, thanks to their capacity to concentrate resourses and efforts in specific and limited territories. For this new emerging role, a recent debate on their impact on local policy making has raised in the last years. This paper aims at presenting the findings of a comparative analysis on the impact that some of the world’s biggest philanthropic organizations have produced in two Italian urban contexts. In particular, the comparative analysis of these two cases had the aim of testing a major thesis: the impact of philanthropic foundations on local policy making varies in relation to the consolidated mode of governance within which they operate.

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Stefania Ravazzi

Papers

When a government attempts to institutionalize and regulate deliberative democracy: the how and why from a process-tracing perspective

Transformative Urban Living Labs: Towards a Circular Economy in Amsterdam and Turin

Flexibility, Argumentation and Confrontation. How Deliberative Minipublics Can Affect Policies on Controversial Issues

La politica e la città. Regime urbano e classe dirigente a Torino

Philanthropic Foundations and Local Policy Making in the Austerity Era: Does Urban Governance Matter?