Un’altra modernità è possibile? Quattro voci italiane di fronte alla sfida ecologica

La tutela delle acque in Italia. Il percorso travagliato della «legge Merli» (1955-79)

The intense development process that swept through Italy in the post-World War II period dramatically worsened the level of water contamination. From the mid-1950s, in the most damaged contexts, the issue began to attract increasing attention from both the technical- scientific community and political institutions. The refinement of investigative methods and the experimentation of technical solutions were accompanied by the drafting of legislative proposals for the protection of water bo...

La parabola delle aree portuali-industriali in Italia. Una prospettiva storica

Le città marittime hanno rappresentato sin dall’Unità un fattore fondamentale dello sviluppo dell’economia italiana. Dotata di un territorio povero di risorse naturali necessarie ai moderni cicli industriali, l’Italia ha dovuto far leva in misura significativa sui traffici marittimi per movimentare materie prime e prodotti finiti. Settori strategici hanno così trovato nella localizzazione costiera una condizione imprescindibile per la loro espansione. Tale tendenza ha impattato su divers...

Industrial Policy and its Funding at the Frontier of European Integration: Lessons from the Past and Present Challenges

Industrial policy is back on the agenda of policymakers at a global level. In the EU, industrial policy has a very controversial history: it has been not only conditioned by the multilevel competencies shared between the EU and the Member States, by the different national priorities and the varieties of economic cultures, but also by the crucial problem of resources. Based on archival sources and relevant multidisciplinary literature, the paper traces the emergence of European initiatives in ...