Autore
Citroni, Sebastiano

Titolo
Water socialisation at the grass roots. Prefiguration in civic action styles
Periodico
Rassegna italiana di sociologia
Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 329 - Pagina finale: 353

This paper explores the emerging forms of water socialisation promoted bycivil society actors through grassroots initiatives. The analysis focuses on thecase study of the Manifesto for the Po, a heterogeneous civic network establishedin May 2017 to attract political attention to the need for integratedmanagement to protect the river Po. The analysis focuses on the tensions thatthe observed grassroots «mobilisation» faces in pursuing its institution-buildinggoals. According to the prefiguration hypothesis adopted, such tensions – namely,the way they are addressed and managed in everyday settings – anticipate theemerging forms of the new water agreements being pursued. The main researchfinding shows the same tensions arose in two recurrent action dilemmas, whichdepended on the styles of civic action practiced by the Manifesto for the Po.The analysis of this experience of civil society presented here thus reveals howrecent policy recommendations to stimulate civic participation translate intoat least two types of commonising process, through which water socialisationdevelops from the bottom up. The discussion stresses how these types are neithermutually exclusive nor equally ready to be included in governance arenas.



SICI: 0486-0349(2020)2<329:WSATGR>2.0.ZU;2-I
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