The politicization of public–private partnerships following a mega-project disaster: the case of the Morandi Bridge Collapse

IF 3.3 3区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Journal of Economic Policy Reform Pub Date : 2020-05-13 DOI:10.1080/17487870.2020.1760101

Niccolò Cusumano, Matti Siemiatycki, V. Vecchi

引用次数: 6

Abstract

ABSTRACT Drawing on the collapse of Morandi bridge (Genoa, Italy) exemplar and unique case and by applying a content analysis to the declarations made by politicians in the subsequent months after the tragedy, the paper highlights how longstanding debates about the relative merits of concessions vis a vis direct public operations can become the terrain of intense political contestation in the wake of a public tragedy. In particular, it shows how PPPs predicated on transferring risks to the partner best able to manage them create opportunities for blame shifting by politicians, bureaucracies and firms when failures occur.

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大型项目灾难后公私合作关系的政治化:莫兰迪大桥倒塌的案例

摘要以莫兰迪大桥（意大利热那亚）坍塌事件为例，通过对悲剧发生后几个月政客们的声明进行内容分析，这篇论文强调，在一场公共悲剧之后，关于让步相对于直接公共行动的相对优点的长期争论可能会成为激烈政治争论的焦点。特别是，它展示了以将风险转移给最有能力管理风险的合作伙伴为基础的PPP如何在失败发生时为政客、官僚机构和公司推卸责任创造机会。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Policy Reform focuses on the analysis of economic policy reform. The journal draws upon what lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of countries undertaking reforms and how existing theories can be developed to shed light on positive as well as normative aspects of the reform process. The Journal of Economic Policy Reform encourages work from economists and political economy analysts on policies to promote growth and reduce poverty, intellectual property rights, aid versus trade, debt and debt relief, taxation and social security systems, surveys of key reform issues, as well as on corruption, democracy, emerging markets and the role of multilateral institutions.