The Quality of Territorial Policies in Europe’s Periphery

1. Front Matter

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2. Conceptualising the Nexus Between Territorial Policies and Local Development in Europe’s Periphery

   • Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

   Pages 1-19

3. Analysing the Quality of Territorial Policies in Europe’s Periphery: The Theoretical and Methodological Framework

   • Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

   Pages 21-43

4. Institutionalisation of the Governance System and the Quality of Urban Regeneration Policies in Sardinia

   • Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

   Pages 45-90

5. Institutionalisation of the Governance System and the Quality of Environmental Protection Policy in Sardinia

   • Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

   Pages 91-130

6. The Quality of Territorial Policies in Europe’s Periphery: Lessons from Three Typical Case Studies in Sardinia

   • Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

   Pages 131-144

7. Back Matter

   Pages 145-153

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This book focuses on territorial policies as instruments for local development in Europe’s periphery. Using a multiple-case research design in three typical case studies in the context of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia (Italy), we empirically test the hypothesis that the institutionalisation of the governance system is an independent variable that is capable of influencing the quality of public policy, intended as a dependent variable. According to this hypothesis, the two above-mentioned variables tend to change according to a linear and direct correlation: upward variation of the degree of institutionalisation of the governance system tends to correspond to upward variation in the quality of the policy, and vice versa. In our conclusions, we discuss the descriptive and prescriptive implications of the empirical findings of the research for the local development of peripheral areas. Regarding the descriptive implications, we explain how territorial policy-making can be articulated, based on the degree of institutionalisation of the governance system and the quality of the territorial policies. Regarding the prescriptive implications, we identify the best practices for territorial governance in order to improve the chances of local development in Europe’s periphery.

• Quality of territorial policy
• Institutionalisation
• Urban regeneration
• Environmental protection
• Europe’s periphery
• Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
• urban geography and urbanism

• Department of Law, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

  Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu

Mauro Tebaldi is an Associate Professor at the University of Sassari, where he teaches Political Science. His research interests mainly concern political institutions, territorial policies, and democratic theory.

Marco Calaresu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sassari, where he teaches Public Policy Analysis. His research interests include urban security policies and the quality of democracy. 

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