The chapter examines the post-earthquake management in L’Aquila (2009).It aims at demonstrating that the application of global models of territorial policies at the local scalehas resulted in a model of disaster governance which tends to overcome law and democratic principles, while exclusively prioritising efficiency and celerity. The author has coined the term ‘meta-legal’ to define these practices because they go beyond current legislation -though without formally contravening it- through the use of governmental commissioners, special powers, and exceptions to the ordinary legislation. This chapter offers a novel approach to disaster governance, which is framed in the critical theory tradition, by combining the concepts of "state of exception" and "permanent derogation".
Disaster governance and democracy: Meta-legal Praxis in L’Aquila (Italy)
Gianmaria Valent
2018
Abstract
The chapter examines the post-earthquake management in L’Aquila (2009).It aims at demonstrating that the application of global models of territorial policies at the local scalehas resulted in a model of disaster governance which tends to overcome law and democratic principles, while exclusively prioritising efficiency and celerity. The author has coined the term ‘meta-legal’ to define these practices because they go beyond current legislation -though without formally contravening it- through the use of governmental commissioners, special powers, and exceptions to the ordinary legislation. This chapter offers a novel approach to disaster governance, which is framed in the critical theory tradition, by combining the concepts of "state of exception" and "permanent derogation".Pubblicazioni consigliate
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