Okay, it refers to the First Republic, but this paper by Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci is excellent. Bottom line: more important government deputies got more pork; parties were unable to steer resources to districts in which they were marginal.
Does this pattern continue today? Probably. In the face-to-face debate in 2006, one of the most memorable features of Berlusconi’s behaviour was his obsessive listing of the number of cantieri open thanks to the centre-right – many of which in areas like Sicily, strongholds for the centre-right.
Chris Hanretty - State-owned enterprises and pork-barrel politics wrote:
[...] previously linked to research on pork-barrel politics in Italy. One of the more intriguing forms of pork is the state-owned enterprise. Most of the enterprises [...]
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