Italy: A Case for Institutional Performance and Regional Interaction with the European Union Pubblico
Teeter, Brian Raffaele (2010)
Abstract
The relationship between levels of institutional performance and the level of regional interaction with the EU is poorly defined. Robert Putnam’s Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Italy examines the varying levels of institutional performance for the twenty regions of Italy. However, few studies show how institutional performance impacts other facets of political behavior. Developing a better understanding of how institutional performance causes interaction with the EU will enhance understandings of why regions interact with the EU and reveal the regional structures that promote the allocation of resources from the EU. This case study investigates if increased levels of institutional performance cause increased levels of interaction with the EU for regions in Italy. Robert Putnam’s measure of institutional performance is the basis for the evaluation of the varying levels of institutional performance for the regions of Italy. The variable of interaction is a combination of indicators. Examination of various levels of interaction from the individual level of analysis to the group level highlights the varying degrees of interaction. This study focuses on individual affinity towards the EU and the number of European Court of Justice cases originating out of the region as a measure of individual levels interaction with the EU. Measures of the group level analysis include the number of Committee of the Regions actions and the number of regional office and staff located in Brussels. This investigation finds that increased levels of institutional performance for regions in Italy cause increased levels of interaction with the EU. The trends found in the case of Italy seem to be similar in other European countries. In order to enhance the parsimony of the causation in question this research requires a comparative analysis of other European countries. Comparing regional interaction across multiple countries in Europe will not only build on the Italian case, but will also enhance the validity and strength of the causation in question.
Table of Contents
Italy: A Case for Institutional Performance and Regional
Interaction with the
European Union
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1
Part 1) The Italian Case: Institutional Performance and Regional
Interaction……..2
Theory………………………………………………………………………………….....4
Rational Choice Institutionalism
Rent Seeking
Decision Theory
Structural Funds: Incentives for Regional
Interaction………………………………..7
Hypothesis
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Unit of Analysis
Indicators of the Dependent Variable:
Interaction…………………………………...10
Justification of Measurement
Institutional Performance: Background and
Indicators……………………………..14
Data: Variation of Regional
Interaction……………………………….……………...16
Affinity, Regions and the EU: Self-Identification as European
European Court of Justice: Impacts on Interaction
Composite of Regional Interaction at the Regional Level
Regional Interaction: A Closer Look
Population: What is its Impact?
Italy: A Justified Case?
Future
Comparisons?......................................................................................................24
Part 2) S.I.R.E.
Addendum…………………………………………………………….26
Introduzione…………………………………………………………………………….26
Umbria: un luogo di curiosità e
passione………………………...……………………27
Religione e Spiritualità: uno studio necessario per
comprendere l'Umbria………..28
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