De Vita, Riccardo, Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio, Silvestri, Francesco and Ghinoi, Stefano ORCID: 0000-0002-9857-4736 (2023) Italian inner areas' strategic plans: a textual network analysis of the Appennino Emiliano and Madonie case studies. In: del Carmen Sánchez-Carreira, María, Reis Mourão, Paulo Jorge and Blanco-Varela, Bruno, (eds.) European Regional Policy and Development: Forgotten Regions and Spaces. Taylor and Francis - Routledge, London, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-1003256281 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256281)

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In 2012, the Italian government introduced the National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI accordingly with the Italian acronym). Local authorities and actors in inner areas were involved in the identification of the strengths and weaknesses of their territory and in the definition of development actions. This study proposes a textual network analysis of the strategic plans produced by two areas participating in the SNAI pilot project, one from the Centre-North of Italy (the Appennino Emiliano area) and one from the Southern part of the country (the Madonie area in Sicily). The analysis reveals that similarities between the two strategic plans emerge when the focus is on the territory and economic-related themes. At the same time, differences arise concerning the meaning and importance attributed to networking.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	inner areas; Leximancer; textual content network analysis; Italy; strategic plan
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of Systems Management & Strategy Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Centre for Business Network Analysis (CBNA)
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2023 11:27
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42955

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