Journals / Bilgi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi / 2021 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1

Higher Capacity with Limited Competence, Regional Development Agencies in Unitary States: The Case of The Emilia-Romagna

Sınırlı Yetkiye Rağmen Yüksek Kapasite, Üniter Devletlerde Bölgesel Kalkınma Ajansları: Emilia-Romagna Örneği

Pages
109–134
Publication Date
2021-05-31
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If RDAs efficiently integrate political, cultural, social and economic particularities of the region into its administrative structures and policies and create a regional consensus upon their priorities, it would become more likely that they can play a remarkable role to exploit more power than central government allocated, and they can become rather influential in shaping regional development.

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Objective & Hypothesis:It is generally accepted that regional development policies and institutions in unitary states are shaped under potent influence of the centre without leaving any room for peculiar characteristics of the regions.
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Key Findings & Data:As introduction of regional development policies preconditions devolution of some power to sub-national administrative tiers, central governments seek to strictly control the process and restraint the regional competencies.
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Conclusion & Impact:If RDAs efficiently integrate political, cultural, social and economic particularities of the region into its administrative structures and policies and create a regional consensus upon their priorities, it would become more likely that they can play a remarkable role to exploit more power than central government allocated, and they can become rather influential in shaping regional development.
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⚙️Variables:ERVET · Region of Emilia-Romagna · Italy

Abstract

It is generally accepted that regional development policies and institutions in unitary states are shaped under potent influence of the centre without leaving any room for peculiar characteristics of the regions. As introduction of regional development policies preconditions devolution of some power to sub-national administrative tiers, central governments seek to strictly control the process and restraint the regional competencies. Region of Emilia-Romagna and ERVET confronted with the same difficulties and experienced a policy learning process during which they incrementally discovered various methods and instruments of policy to diminish the influence of the central constraints. Upon the analysis of ERVET, this article claims that the national government would not necessarily be the sole determinant of the regional development policies as generally accepted. If RDAs efficiently integrate political, cultural, social and economic particularities of the region into its administrative structures and policies and create a regional consensus upon their priorities, it would become more likely that they can play a remarkable role to exploit more power than central government allocated, and they can become rather influential in shaping regional development.

Özet

Genel olarak üniter devletlerdeki bölgesel kalkınma politikalarının ve kurumlarının bölgelerin kendine özgü özelliklerine yer bırakmadan, merkezin güçlü etkisi altında şekillendiği kabul edilmektedir. Bölgesel kalkınma politikalarının ortaya çıkması ve gelişmesi belli yetki ve sorumlulukların yerel yönetim kademelerine devredilmesini gerektirdiğinden, merkezi yönetimler süreci sıkı bir şekilde kontrol etmeye ve yerel/bölgesel yetkileri kısıtlamaya çalışır. Emilia-Romagna bölgesi ve ERVET, aynı zorluklarla karşılaştılar ancak merkezi kısıtlamaların etkisini azaltacak çeşitli yöntem ve araçları aşamalı olarak keşfettikleri bir politika öğrenme süreci yaşadılar. ERVET'in yapısını ve faaliyetlerini analiz eden bu makale, genel kabul gördüğü gibi merkezi yönetimin bölgesel kalkınma politikalarının tek belirleyicisi olmayabileceğini iddia ediyor. BKA’lar bölgenin kültürel, sosyal ve ekonomik özelliklerini idari yapılarına ve politikalarına etkili bir şekilde eklemlerse ve kalkınma öncelikleri üzerinde bölgesel bir fikir birliği yaratırsa, merkezi hükümetin tahsis ettiğinden daha etkin bir rol oynayabilir ve bölgesel kalkınmanın şekillenmesinde oldukça etkili olabilirler.

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TUNCER, A. (2021). Higher Capacity with Limited Competence, Regional Development Agencies in Unitary States: The Case of The Emilia-Romagna. Bilgi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1, 109–134. https://ajindex.com/articles/197198

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