Oblique-change matters: ‘bradyseismic’ institutional change in local government

• Silvia Bolgherini ^[1] ; Andrea Lipp ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Naples Federico II

     University of Naples Federico II

     Nápoles, Italia

     
  2. [2] University of Florence

     University of Florence

     Firenze, Italia

     
• Localización: Rivista italiana di scienza politica, ISSN 0048-8402, ISSN-e 2057-4908, Vol. 51, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 117-135
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/ipo.2020.29
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• Resumen

  • In the last 30 years, Local Governments all over Europe experienced an intense season of institutional change of unprecedented width and intensity. This paper focuses on a neglected type of institutional change, a more indirect one – here labeled oblique-change – that however strongly influences the overall LG institutional change and local autonomy. Taking 2012 as the climax of the austerity period in Europe and Italy as a pilot case for future comparisons, this article shows that oblique-change matters to a considerable extent, and that it is much more frequent and highly impacting than expected. Moreover, it argues that bradyseismic adjustments provoked by oblique-change may turn out in an equally profound change of the local government's asset, as that induced by major reforms.