The The Quarticciolo civic pole. Self-organisation and public policy innovation in an ERP neighbourhood in Rome

Abstract

In this paper I will examine the case study of Quarticciolo in Rome, where a rich network of associative and self-organised realities have animated a path of claim and confrontation with the public administrations capable of profoundly affecting the life of the borgata and providing some useful suggestions for rethinking the role of public policies at the scale of the neighbourhood. Although the claims are placed on a partial and reduced scale, they attack issues pertaining to the sphere of production and social reproduction, not surprisingly deeply in crisis (Alquati, 2021, Federici, 2014, Morini, 2022, Fraser, 2017, Fraser, Honneth 2020), which places the demands expressed on a level potentially reproducible in other territories.

In the case specifically examined, obtaining registry office residency, access to territorial social services, the disputes to guarantee dignified housing for the inhabitants and residents of the borough, the claims for the redevelopment of open spaces and for the completion of unfinished or abandoned public works were moments of a conflict still in progress that led the administrations to provide tools for confronting and listening to the territory, which, although not codified, defined a more effective policy implementation process than what was ordinarily carried out.