This thesis analyses the relationship between participatory processes and local welfare in Rome through a comparative study of the Integrated Urban Plans (PUI) in the neighbourhoods of Corviale and Tor Bella Monaca. Set within the framework of recent regulatory changes – in particular Law 328/2000 and the Third Sector Code – the work investigates whether and to what extent co-programming and co-design contribute to transforming the governance of social services, redefining roles, organisational identities and the boundaries of social citizenship. From a theoretical standpoint, the research adopts a neo-institutionalist perspective integrated with the literature on network governance and social innovation, focusing on two main variables: the degree of institutionalisation of participatory procedures and the level of integration/cohesion of the local associative fabric. Methodologically, the study is based on a qualitative, process-tracing approach that combines participant observation at co-programming tables, semi-structured interviews with public officials and third-sector representatives, documentary analysis of the outputs produced, and reconstruction of the urban and welfare contexts. The comparison between Corviale and Tor Bella Monaca shows that the institutionalisation of procedures is not sufficient, in the absence of cohesive associative networks and of political–administrative leadership capable of linking participation and decision-making, to produce robust deliberative outcomes. Where social capital is denser, co-programming speeds up coordination and initiative-taking capacity; in more fragmented contexts, it instead requires greater investment in facilitation, mediation and “intermediate victories”. The thesis concludes that the processes examined, although marked by risks of ritualisation and disillusionment, represent significant laboratories of shared administration, in which it is possible to glimpse the potential for institutional innovation and the strengthening of societal citizenship in urban peripheries.
La tesi analizza il rapporto tra processi partecipativi e welfare locale a Roma attraverso lo studio comparato dei Piani Urbani Integrati (PUI) nei quartieri di Corviale e Tor Bella Monaca. Inserito nel quadro dei recenti cambiamenti normativi – in particolare la Legge 328/2000 e il Codice del Terzo Settore – il lavoro indaga se e in che misura co‑programmazione e co‑progettazione contribuiscano a trasformare la governance dei servizi sociali, ridefinendo ruoli, identità organizzative e confini della cittadinanza sociale. Dal punto di vista teorico, la ricerca adotta una prospettiva neo‑istituzionalista integrata con la letteratura sulla network governance e sull’innovazione sociale, ponendo al centro due variabili: il grado di istituzionalizzazione delle procedure partecipative e il livello di integrazione/coesione del tessuto associativo locale. Metodologicamente, lo studio si basa su un approccio qualitativo e process‑tracing, che combina osservazione partecipante ai tavoli di co‑programmazione, interviste semistrutturate a amministratori e rappresentanti del terzo settore, analisi documentale dei prodotti generati e ricostruzione dei contesti urbani e di welfare. La comparazione tra Corviale e Tor Bella Monaca mostra come l’istituzionalizzazione delle procedure non sia sufficiente, in assenza di reti associative coese e di una leadership politico‑amministrativa capace di legare partecipazione e decisione, a produrre esiti deliberativi robusti. Dove il capitale sociale è più denso, la co‑programmazione accelera coordinamento e capacità di iniziativa; nei contesti più frammentati richiede invece investimenti maggiori in facilitazione, mediazione e “vittorie intermedie”. La tesi conclude che i percorsi esaminati, pur segnati da rischi di ritualizzazione e disillusione, rappresentano laboratori significativi di amministrazione condivisa, nei quali si intravedono potenzialità di innovazione istituzionale e di rafforzamento della cittadinanza societaria nelle periferie urbane.
Processi partecipativi e welfare a Roma: i casi dei Piani Urbani Integrati a Corviale e Tor Bella Monaca
ROSANIA, PASQUALE
2026
Abstract
This thesis analyses the relationship between participatory processes and local welfare in Rome through a comparative study of the Integrated Urban Plans (PUI) in the neighbourhoods of Corviale and Tor Bella Monaca. Set within the framework of recent regulatory changes – in particular Law 328/2000 and the Third Sector Code – the work investigates whether and to what extent co-programming and co-design contribute to transforming the governance of social services, redefining roles, organisational identities and the boundaries of social citizenship. From a theoretical standpoint, the research adopts a neo-institutionalist perspective integrated with the literature on network governance and social innovation, focusing on two main variables: the degree of institutionalisation of participatory procedures and the level of integration/cohesion of the local associative fabric. Methodologically, the study is based on a qualitative, process-tracing approach that combines participant observation at co-programming tables, semi-structured interviews with public officials and third-sector representatives, documentary analysis of the outputs produced, and reconstruction of the urban and welfare contexts. The comparison between Corviale and Tor Bella Monaca shows that the institutionalisation of procedures is not sufficient, in the absence of cohesive associative networks and of political–administrative leadership capable of linking participation and decision-making, to produce robust deliberative outcomes. Where social capital is denser, co-programming speeds up coordination and initiative-taking capacity; in more fragmented contexts, it instead requires greater investment in facilitation, mediation and “intermediate victories”. The thesis concludes that the processes examined, although marked by risks of ritualisation and disillusionment, represent significant laboratories of shared administration, in which it is possible to glimpse the potential for institutional innovation and the strengthening of societal citizenship in urban peripheries.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/357337
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