04506nam a22005295i 4500 978-3-031-48031-7 DE-He213 20251030111811.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240409s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031480317 978-3-031-48031-7 10.1007/978-3-031-48031-7 doi JF1525.P6 JPP bicssc POL028000 bisacsh JPP thema Giovannini, Arianna. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 74919 Territorial Governance in Times of Crisis [electronic resource] : Regional Responses, Communication and Public Opinion in Italy During the Covid-19 Pandemic / by Arianna Giovannini, Antonella Seddone, Davide Vampa. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVII, 134 p. 10 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction -- 2. Linking regional responses to citizens’ perceptions: a framework -- 3. The Covid-19 crisis: global challenges and regional answers? -- 4. Communicating the crisis: between regional and national logics -- 5. Citizens’ perceptions: the impact of Covid-19 on public opinion -- 6. Conclusions. "The Covid19 pandemic contributed to shed light on the unresolved issues that have long underpinned Italian regionalism. This book re-constructs and assesses them from a multi-dimensional perspective, offering an original, rigorous and timely analysis of territorial governance dynamics that will be valuable also for other countries." —Gianfranco Viesti, Professor of Applied Economics, University of Bari, Italy. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of multi-level governance, political communication and public opinion in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic. It demonstrates how the crisis acted as a catalyst in amplifying and exacerbating existing territorial disparities, while also highlighting the resilience and adaptability of some regions to cope with the emergency. The book also delves into the national and sub-national responses to the pandemic, examines how politicians and regional leaders presented them to the public, and how they were perceived by citizens. Through this analysis, it provides deeper insights into the intricate interplay between centralization and decentralization, as well as the diverse strategies employed by policymakers to address a wide spectrum of health, social, and economic challenges. Ultimately, by shifting the focus from institutions to citizens, the book reflects on how external shocks can both challenge the democratic underpinnings of decentralization and offer opportunities to strengthen them. These findings have important repercussions for many other nations, where debates over centralization and decentralization remain a pertinent and important issue. Arianna Giovannini is Associate Professor in Political Sociology in the Department of Economy, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy. Antonella Seddone is Associate Professor in Political Science in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Italy. Davide Vampa is Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics and co-director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh, UK. Political planning. 57717 Political science. 58714 Europe Politics and government. 69875 Public Policy. 65508 Governance and Government. European Politics. 69876 Seddone, Antonella. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 74920 Vampa, Davide. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 74921 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031480300 Printed edition: 9783031480324 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48031-7 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 59032 59032