<p>This paper aims at (i) presenting a reconstruction of the <i>theoretical framework</i> underlying the so-called extraordinary intervention in the Mezzogiorno; (ii) analysing the ways this was translated into economic policy; (iii) providing a tentative assessment of that experience. Myrdal’s scheme, which attributes regional gaps to cumulative circular causation mechanisms, is reconstructed, as well as the contribution on dependency theory by CEPAL economists. The way these ideas were translated into the framework of the new meridionalism is then examined, and concluding remarks made on the interpretation of that experience.</p>

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The Theoretical Basis of the Extraordinary Intervention in the Italian Mezzogiorno (1950–1993)

  • Guglielmo Forges Davanzati,
  • Rosario Patalano

摘要

This paper aims at (i) presenting a reconstruction of the theoretical framework underlying the so-called extraordinary intervention in the Mezzogiorno; (ii) analysing the ways this was translated into economic policy; (iii) providing a tentative assessment of that experience. Myrdal’s scheme, which attributes regional gaps to cumulative circular causation mechanisms, is reconstructed, as well as the contribution on dependency theory by CEPAL economists. The way these ideas were translated into the framework of the new meridionalism is then examined, and concluding remarks made on the interpretation of that experience.