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leader and partnerships: the case of Italy
Author(s) -
Osti Giorgio
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9523.00139
Subject(s) - reciprocal , rhetoric , general partnership , politics , action (physics) , control (management) , order (exchange) , sociology , political science , economics , management , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , finance , quantum mechanics
This paper focuses on the Local Action Group as a partnership and considers how such entities fit within the Polanyian triadic model of social order. The rhetoric of leader and endogenous development would suggest that lags are a manifestation of the principle of reciprocal relationships. Osti concludes, however, that although there is a shift away from the hierarchical principle, the direction of change is, in fact, towards quasi‐markets. In these markets, territories are provided with an enhanced capacity as strategic agents but are also susceptible to control by local/regional economic and political interests. His theoretical ideas are grounded in a study of leader in Italy.