The origins of a modern bureaucracy: the personnel of the Ministry of Finance in Nineteenth Century Southern Italy
Keywords:
public administration, burocracySynopsis
Publisher: ClioPress. Editoria digitale per la didattica e la ricerca storica
Pages: 132
Language: Italian
NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/urn:nbn:it:unina-22055
Abstract: The transition from the French Decade to the years of the Second Restoration represents a qualifying moment in the history of Southern Italy. Closely connected to the topic of the State-Building, studied in its peculiar traits, the construction of a modern bureaucracy begins precisely from that point, contributing to a greater articulation of the Bourbon period. The core of the volume is the structure of the Ministry of Finance, investigated by focusing on its personnel.
Through extensive and unpublished records, combined with a consistent bibliography, broadly composed of primary sources, the book crosses different subjects: from governmental action to the institutional one; from the individual prospective to that of the territory. The growth of the administration, which the investigation reveals, seems to influence in many aspects the profile of southern society, suggesting a dynamic dimension of the State. In the background, there was a territory far from being inactive: in fact, the State confirms his role of place identifier and classifier, even through a process of defining a bureaucratic identity in relation to the local dimensions in which it operates.
Indice
Nota ai testi
Introduzione
Tra storia e amministrazione
I. Il Regno
Tra territorio tutelato e territorio controllato.
L’amministrazione generale di Acque e Foreste nel Decennio francese
II. La Capitale
La costruzione di un’identità burocratica.
Gli impiegati delle imposte indirette di Napoli nel primo Ottocento
L’amministrazione generale delle Poste tra decennio francese e secondarestaurazione. Verso la creazione di un corpo
III. Le Province
L’articolazione periferica del ministero delle Finanze nel Mezzogiornoborbonico di primo Ottocento. Il caso di Terra di Lavoro
Indice dei nomi
Indice dei luoghi
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