Financially Distressed Local Governments Recovery Plan

Based on Foucault’s theory of “governmental rationality”, this work intends to
underline the connections and consequences of the implementation, in Italy, of
the so called “fiscal federalism”, stressing also the interaction that the “new”
scheme is having in the crisis scenario of the last years. Based on the analysis of
a study case (Castellarano Municipality) the work presents and discusses the different
implications of recovery plans under “new” rules for Italian local public
administrations which slowly try to overcome stratified typical models of bureaucratic
culture, looking for acquiring a managerial culture which should be also
manifested in the ability to ensure consistency between the expectations of the
users and the minimization of the resources used. Aim that can be achieved only
thanks to a palpable reorganization of Italian local public bodies.