The Lazarus effect

Territorial inequality and the political economy of places left behind

The territorial dimension plays a central role in the rise of inequality. Territorial inequality poses three different types of threat. The first one is an economic one, linked to the concentration of public and private services in cities, to the displacement of local economies and intermediate localities by global value chains, and to the lack of bargaining power of places left behind. The second threat is a a social/civic one, due to the territorial bias favoring large scale cities in designing essential services and their restructuring under the pressure of budget cuts. The third one is a normative threat, related to the challenges to both national and local community values and norms, to the perception of moral superiority by urban elites and to the lack of understanding and care by national authorities. The seminar focuses on the implications of these threats on the national political economy and on the rise of new political pressures that are modifying politics and public debate not only in Italy but also in many European countries.

The workshop is a joint initiative of “Stato e Mercato, “Sisec” and “Collegio Carlo Alberto”

Programme

10.00 Filippo Barbera: Welcome speech - The Lazarus effect of the places left behind

10.15 Fabrizio Barca and Andrés Rodriguez-Pose: Why we should care about places left behind

11.00 Francesco Prota: Global value-chains and territorial inequalities

11.45 Giuseppe Dematteis: Exchanges, interactions and interdependencies between inner areas and city-regions

12.45 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Discussion and Conclusion (Chair: Filippo Barbera and Luigi Burroni)