PUBLIC POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

The course introduces to the theories on local development focusing in particular on those related to culture.

The course aims to provide:

-     Knowledge and analytical skills on the fundamental concepts on local development.

-     The capacity to apply the notions acquired to analyse case studies.

-     The capacity to collect and interpret data on local development policies and relate them to the debate about the role that culture can have for local development.

-     The capacity to communicate the notions learnt and their application to case studies both to experts and non experts.

-      The basis to develop further the analytical skills acquired in future learning trajectories.

The course consists of participative lectures.

Group works will be used to help students to apply the theoretical notions to case studies that the teacher or the same students will choose.

-       Fundamental notions of economics of local development

-       Public policies for development

-       Local development and the SDGs

-       The definition of the cultural and creative industries and their evolution

-       The cultural districts

-       Creativity, culture and development  

-       The role of heritage for development: it’s not only about tourism

-       Culture, development and sustainability

-       The various types of cultural tourism

-       The role of events for local development

-       Case studies

- Cerquetti, M. e M.M Montella (a cura di) (2024) “Economia e gestione dei beni culturali e dei musei – Modelli e strumenti per la progettazione del sistema di offerta”, Mv Graw Hill, da pag 339 a 520.

- R. Towse,  (2012), “A textbook of cultural economics” chapter 4 (page 82-110)

Di Maio, A. (A cura di) (2019) Economia del patrimonio e delle attività culturali – Strumenti di analisi, Hoepli capitoli 7 & 8 (da pag. 127 a 154).

- Additional readings will be provided on STUDIUM.

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