Conflict in Campania: Waste emergency or crisis of democracy
In 2008, the Italian Government issued a decree according to which obstructions or protests in the vicinity of landfills or incinerators became a penal felony. This was the outcome of a long process that began fifteen years before when regional waste treatment facilities became unable to cope with the waste accumulated in the region of Campania. This article studies the history of this conflict in order to identify a range of values and concerns about nature, health and democracy. It asserts that the decision-making process adopted by subsequent Italian governments, alongside repressive laws, oversimplified a complex crisis and obscured different emergent perspectives and values. Ultimately, denying the will of a large part of the population caused increased social unrest.
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2010
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Authors: | D'Alisa, Giacomo ; Burgalassi, David ; Healy, Hali ; Walter, Mariana |
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Ecological Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0921-8009. - Vol. 70.2010, 2, p. 239-249
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Post-normal science Environmental conflict Environmental justice Waste management Hazardous and urban waste Health Democracy |
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