Abstract EN:

This thesis questions the links between the cohesion policy of the European Union and the national," regional, as well as local planning policies in the Campania region, based on the assumption that there is à process of europeanization of these policies in Europe that takes place within a context of decentralization of political powers to the local level. Drawing from two examples, i. E. The extension of the network of the underground in the City of Naples and the urban regeneration of an industrial wasteland in Bagnoli, I question the notions of "continuity" or "rupture" as they are referred to by the institutional actors who have been implementing these policies since the late 1990s, whether they are involved in national or regional institutions in the Campania region. To do so, I combine different perspectives: financial aspects and territorialization issues are considered; the content of the policy documents are scrutinized, and the governance patterns are unpacked. My approach is also diachronic as it seeks to understand how the cohesion policy of the European Union has become a structural component of the spatial and regional planning policies - the access to European funding is now largely influenced by the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies, and how it has played a pivotal role in the reshaping of local governance patterns -and relationships between the main actors.