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Defining and assessing the transformational nature of smart city governance: Insights from four European cases
Full text linkSmart cities are a new approach to urban development based on the extensive use of information and communication technologies and on the promotion of environmental sustainability, economic development and innovation. The article is aimed at discussing whether the adoption of a smart city approach entails the transformation of existing institutional structures and administrative practices. To this end, four cases of European smart cities are analysed: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Turin and Vienna. The article describes their models of governance, investigates the level of transformation that occurred in their governmental structures, outlines the main drawbacks and identifies possible connections with the emergent paradigm of the New Public Governance
Città intelligenti, città di genere. Governance e politiche.
No full textLe smart city sono la nuova frontiera dell’innovazione urbana, un’innovazione che si basa su almeno quattro elementi fondamentali: l’uso delle nuove tecnologie, l’impegno per la sostenibilità ambientale, l’attenzione alla qualità della vita delle persone, la partecipazione di tutti gli stakeholder – in particolare i cittadini e le cittadine – ai processi di definizione, progettazione e implementazione delle politiche e dei servizi locali. Tuttavia, nonostante la forte enfasi posta sull’importanza dell’inclusione nella governance delle città intelligenti, un orientamento alla prospettiva di genere appare quasi del tutto assente nel dibattito pubblico e accademico. Quale impatto ha ciò sulla complessiva tenuta del modello delle smart city? È davvero possibile creare una città intelligente senza realmente promuovere le pari opportunità di tutte le cittadine e i cittadini? Attraverso l’analisi della letteratura, delle posizioni delle principali organizzazioni internazionali e dell’Unione europea, la presentazione di casi studio italiani ed esteri, il volume propone alcuni strumenti per la governance delle smart city che connettono intelligenza urbana, promozione delle pari opportunità e riduzione delle diseguaglianze di genere, al fine di rendere effettiva la partecipazione di tutte le persone ai processi di innovazione locale
Inter-institutional bargaining and emergent policy networks in the European debate on media pluralism
No full textpaper presentato al Symposium ECREA Equal Opportunities and Communication Right
Co-production for innovation: the urban living lab experience
Full text linkUrban Living Labs (ULLs) are public spaces where local authorities engage citizens to develop innovative urban services. Their strength and popularity stem from a methodology based on open innovation, experimentation, and citizen engagement. Although the ULL methodology is supposed to largely adopt a co-production approach, connections between the two have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The paper seeks to fill this gap by examining through a qualitative analysis three experiences of ULLs made in Amsterdam, Boston and Turin. Specifically, the paper aims to assess whether ULLs can be really conceptualised as a form of co-production and, if so, which elements characterised them as innovative in comparison to ‘mainstreaming’ co-production; Then it analyses benefits and drawbacks related to their implementation
Strengthening the accountability of independent regulatory agencies: From performance back to democracy
Full text linkThe autonomy of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) raises concerns about how to keep them accountable. Remarkably, the process of Europeanisation has led to the emergence of a multilevel regulatory system linking IRAs to national and supranational actors but, on the other side, this process has influenced the capacity to make IRAs accountable. The literature about the accountability deficit of IRAs has tried to address this question, but the interplay between delegation, ‘multi-levelisation’ and accountability has not been thoroughly investigated yet. Notably, theoretical analysis of IRAs’ accountability in multilevel regulatory environments is still scarce. This article is aimed at contributing to the debate by pointing out that any theoretical discussion about the accountability of IRAs should be framed in normative terms and, precisely, should reconsider a crucial dimension neglected so far, that is, the goals accountability is expected to achieve. The article, in fact, argues that in multilevel regulatory environments the impact of devices adopted to improve the accountability of IRAs is generally weakened by the presence of a ‘neutral’ idea of accountability, which dilutes its power. The only way to strengthen the effect of accountability is to bring politics and democratic values back into the regulatory process
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