Remapping the State: Inter-Municipal Cooperation through Corporatisation and Public-Private Governance Structures

摘要: Abstract The institutional setting of regional and local government in Italy appears to be characterised by an ongoing process reform adjustment ever since Regions were created 1970. More recently, provinces Municipalities gained wide autonomy 1990, the constitution itself was revised 2001 set up what is sometimes referred as a ‘quasi-federal’ system intergovernmental relations. In this context, inter-municipal cooperation also has witnessed several phases dynamics, ranging from (very rare) fusions, through single-purpose cooperation, integrated service management (Public-public partnership, consortia for and/or regulation public utilities). most notably over past decade, taken on new form, consisting shared ownership joint-stock companies. so-called ‘corporatisation’ bodies, i.e. creation public-owned (or mixed public-private), private-law companies cor...