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The Political Economy of Rehabilitation: The case of the Benedettini Monastery

In: Economic Perspectives on Cultural Heritage

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  • Giacomo Pignataro
  • Ilde Rizzo

Abstract

This chapter is aimed at exploring some aspects related to the issue of conservation, using as a case study the conservation of the Benedettini Monastery in Catania. Starting from this case, we will try to draw attention to general issues of political economy, such as the identification of the actors involved in decisions about conservation, the ways in which conservation can be carried out and the role of the consumers/users. Four questions will be addressed: (i) What should be conserved? (ii) Why do we conserve? (iii) Who should conserve? (iv) How should conservation be carried out? The ‘contemporary history’ of the building will be examined in a political economy framework to see whether any ‘lesson’ can be derived from this example. Among other things, we will examine whether such an experience provides any hint as to how to address the problem raised by Peacock (1995, p. 2) ‘of marrying public support for conservation with appropriate public action’.

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  • Giacomo Pignataro & Ilde Rizzo, 1997. "The Political Economy of Rehabilitation: The case of the Benedettini Monastery," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Michael Hutter & Ilde Rizzo (ed.), Economic Perspectives on Cultural Heritage, chapter 6, pages 91-106, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25824-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25824-6_6
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    Cited by:

    1. Luc Beal & Hugues Séraphin & Giuseppe Modica & Manuela Pilato & Marco Platania, 2019. "Analysing the Mediating Effect of Heritage Between Locals and Visitors: An Exploratory Study Using Mission Patrimoine as a Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-15, May.
    2. Finocchiaro Castro, Massimo & Guccio, Calogero & Rizzo, Ilde, 2009. "Determinants of Heritage Authorities’ Performance: An exploratory study with DEA bootstrapping approach," MPRA Paper 15984, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Ilde Rizzo, 2011. "Regulation," Chapters, in: Ruth Towse (ed.), A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Second Edition, chapter 54, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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