MATTINA Cesare

Contact details

cesare.mattina@univ-amu.fr

Cesare Mattina is a sociologist of city government. He works both on large cities, based on his research into the influence of clientelist phenomena on the hierarchisation of social groups (Marseille), and on smaller towns and communes with low population density and an industrial presence (heavy chemicals and civil nuclear power in France and Italy).

Functions

Research lecturer in sociology at Mesopolhis

Currently on CNRS delegation at the Triangle (Lyon)

Areas of research

Sociology of urban and regional issues

Government and social groups in cities

Government in industrial areas

Environmental issues in high-risk industrial areas (chemical and nuclear)

Denouncing public impropriety (clientelist practices, corruption, favouritism, etc.) and building reputations

Customer relations and the political profession

Comparative methods - Sociological survey methods and techniques: observations and interviews

Scientific coordinator, programme manager

January 2017- May 2019

Coordinator of the TEPRENCA project (territories of low-carbon energy production in the Mediterranean), a Franco-Italian research programme on the relationship between nuclear, wind and photovoltaic energy sites and their surrounding territories in Italy and France.

september 2014- may 2018

Local manager of the ANR POCK2 research programme. Politics and corruption: immoral money and political influence in France and Germany (19th-20th c.). Franco-German research programme directed by Frédéric Monier, Professor of History (Centre Norbert Elias-Université d'Avignon), with the participation of CRULH EA 3945 Université de Lorraine and the Institut für Geschichte and Goëthe Universitat, Frankfurt.

march 2015-june 2017

responsible for the annual seminar of the Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Sociologie in collaboration with Joseph Cacciari

january-dec.2016

Scientific leader of the Hubert Curien Franco-Talian Galilée project "The territories of energy production: nuclear and renewable energies in Italy and France", in collaboration between LAMES and the Dipartimento di scienze umane University of Trieste

2007-2010

Co-responsible for the seminar of the MIRT research programme ("mono-industries at risk and territories") within LAMES with Pierre Fournier (dir.), Laurence Americi and Mathieu Leborgne following a research contract with the PACA Region. Report submitted in October 2010

Productions

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List of publications on HAL

Book chapter

Cesare Mattina. Postfazione. Peter Anthony Allum. Potere e società a Napoli nel dopoguerra, Guida editori, pp.607-613, 2023. ⟨hal-04360816⟩

Cesare Mattina, Elisabetta Bini, Barbara Curli, Pierre Fournier. Conclusions. Cesare Mattina; Elisabetta Bini; Barbara Curli; Pierre Fournier. Les territoires des transitions énergétiques. Nucléaire et énergies renouvelables en Italie et en France, Khartala; Maison Méditeranéenne des sciences de l'homme, pp.335-345, 2023, L'atelier méditerranéen, 978-2-38409-022-8. ⟨hal-04360841⟩

Elisabetta Bini, Barbara Curli, Pierre Fournier, Cesare Mattina. For a localised socio-history of energy transitions. Les territoires des transitions énergétiques. Nucléaire et énergies renouvelables en Italie et en France, Karthala; Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, pp.13-36, 2023, 978-2-38409-022-8. ⟨halshs-04123636⟩

Cesare Mattina, Davide Pellegrino. More reconverted promises than betrayed hopes. The territories of nuclear research in Piedmont. Cesare Mattina; Elisabetta Bini; Barbara Curli; Pierre Fournier. The territories of energy transitions. Nucléaire et énergies renouvelables en Italie et en France, Khartala; Editions de la MMSH, pp.179-205, 2023. ⟨hal-04360872⟩

Cesare Mattina, Davide Pellegrino. Pro and anti nuclear projects in Northern Italy in the 1950s and 1960s. Cesare Mattina; Elisabetta Bini; Barbara Curli; Pierre Fournier. The territories of energy transitions. Nucléaire et énergies renouvelables en Italie et en France, Khartala; Editions de la MMSH, pp.67-92, 2023. ⟨hal-04360866⟩

Nicolas Maisetti, Cesare Mattina. The Pitfalls of "Marseillology" and How to Avoid Them (chapter 6). Kathryn A. Kleppinger; Mark Ingram. The Marseille Mosaic: A Mediterranean City at the Crossroads of Culture, 1, Berghahn Books, pp.125-142, 2023, ⟨10.3167/9781800738201⟩. ⟨hal-04360863⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti. Introduction. Presses universitaires du Septentrion. Maudire la ville. Socio-histoire comparée des dénonciations de la corruption urbaine, 2022. ⟨hal-03558815⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti. Marseille or the paradoxes of a historic changeover. Presse suniversitaires de Rennes. Les élections municipales de 2020 : le vote urbain, forthcoming. ⟨hal-03558812⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti. The Pitfalls of "Marseillology" and How to Avoid Them". Berghahn. The Marseille mosaic: A Mediterranean City at the Crossroad of Culture, In press. ⟨hal-03558809⟩

Cesare Mattina. Denouncing Marseilles politics, denouncing Marseilles. Presses universitaires du Septentrion. Maudire la ville. Socio-histoire comparée des dénonciations de la corruption urbaine, , 2021, 978-2-7574-3504-5. ⟨hal-03504177⟩

Cesare Mattina. Denouncing corruption and clientelism in Marseille. Les élus entrepreneurs de la dénonciation entre logiques néo-managériales de l'action publique locale et luttes partisanes en France (1977-2014). Iancu, Alexandra; Marton, Silvia. Corruption and politics in European democracies, L'Harmattan, 2019. ⟨hal-02538316⟩

Cesare Mattina. "Denouncing corruption and clientelism in Marseille. Les élus entrepreneurs de la dénonciation entre logiques néo-managériales de l'action publique locale et luttes partisanes en France (1977-2014)". Iancu, Alexandra and Marton, Silvia. Corruption and politics in European democracies, L'Harmattan, 2019. ⟨hal-01770151⟩

Cesare Mattina, Frédéric Monier. Introduction. Demopolis. Denouncing corruption. White knights, pamphleteers and promoters of transparency in contemporary times, 2018. ⟨hal-03558818⟩

Cesare Mattina, Frédéric Monier. Introduction. Mattina, Cesare; Monier, Frédéric; Dard, Olivier; Engels, Jens Ivo. Denouncing corruption. White knights, pamphleteers and promoters of transparency in contemporary times, Demopolis, pp.13-31, 2018, 978-2-35457-125-2. ⟨hal-01770152⟩

Cesare Mattina. Beyond the scandal, a very ordinary corruption... Franz Steiner Verlag. Stadt-Macht-Korruption. Edited by Jens Ivo Engels, Cesare Mattina, Andreas Fahrmeir, Frédéric Monier, 2017, 978-3-515-11738-8. ⟨hal-01837916⟩

Cesare Mattina. Beyond the scandal, a very ordinary corruption. Franz Steiner Verlag. Stadt - Macht - Korruption. Cesare Mattina, Andreas Fahrmeir, Jens Ivo Engels, Frédéric Monier, pp.63-75, 2017, 978-3-515-11738-8. ⟨hal-03426382⟩

Cesare Mattina. "Au-delà du scandale, une corruption tout à fait ordinaire. Considerations based on the 1982 affair of false invoices at Marseille town hall". Stadt - Macht - Korruption [City, Power, Corruption], Franz Steiner Verlag, pp.63-75, 2017. ⟨hal-01770154⟩

Cesare Mattina. "Denouncing public improbity in a 'cursed city': actors, rhetoric and contexts of criticism of Marseilles politics since the 1980s". Silvia Marton, Frédéric Monier and Olivier Dard. Moralité du pouvoir et corruption en France et en Roumanie (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), Presses de l'Université Paris Sorbonne, pp.205-217, 2017. ⟨hal-01770156⟩

Cesare Mattina. Dénoncer l'improbité publique dans une "ville maudite" : acteurs, rhétoriques et contextes de la critique de la politique marseillaise depuis les années 1980. Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. Moralité du pouvoir et corruption en France et en Roumanie (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), pp.205-217, 2017. ⟨hal-03558819⟩

Cesare Mattina. "Denouncing public improbity in a 'cursed city': actors, rhetoric and contexts of criticism of Marseilles politics since the 1980s". Silvia Marton, Frédéric Monier and Olivier Dard. Moralité du pouvoir et corruption en France et en Roumanie (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), Presses de l'Université Paris Sorbonne, pp.205-217, 2017. ⟨hal-02538336⟩

Cesare Mattina. Pollution without waves. Khartala. Pollutions industrielles et espaces méditerranéens (XVIIIe-XXIe s.), , 2015, 978-2-8111-1239-4. ⟨hal-01841007⟩

Laurence Americi, Pierre Fournier, Mathieu Leborgne, Cesare Mattina. Bilateral transactions rather than public debate. Pollution without waves around an isolated industrial establishment (Saint-Auban, 1916-2008). Laura Centemeri; Xavier Daumalin. Industrial pollution and Mediterranean spaces. XVIIIe-XXIe siècle, Karthala, Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'Homme, pp.69-94, 2015, 978-2-8111-1239-4. ⟨halshs-01194449⟩

Cesare Mattina. Rereading the camorra. Comparative, ethnographic and multi-level perspectives on the phenomena of "organised crime". Carmela Lettieri. Comprendre l'Italie des années 2000. Du social au politique, Publications de l'Université de Provence, pp.93-112, 2009. ⟨hal-03558861⟩

Cesare Mattina. Local democracy and power in the city, the establishment of neighbourhood councils in Marseille, Toulon and Nice. Jean-Marie Miossec. Terrains et échelons de la gouvernance: expériences en France et au Maghreb, L'Harmattan, pp.171-192, 2009. ⟨hal-03558899⟩

Cesare Mattina. Governare la democrazia locale. Political power and urban governance in Marsiglia, Tolone and Nizza. Francesca Gelli. La democrazia locale tra rappresentanza e partecipazione, Franco Angeli, pp.185-199, 2005. ⟨hal-03558862⟩

Cesare Mattina. The political intermediation of neighbourhood interest committee presidents: the territory of notability. Pierre Fournier; Sylvie Mazzella. Marseille entre ville et ports. Les destins de la rue de la République, La Découverte, pp.82-96, 2004. ⟨hal-03558866⟩

Cesare Mattina. Post-fascisti a Napoli. An tra continuà e mutamento. Ottorino Cappelli. Potere e società a Napoli a cavallo del secolo. Omaggio a Percy Allum, Edizioni Scientifiche italiane, pp.219-244, 2003. ⟨hal-03558870⟩

Cesare Mattina. Local mediators: the presidents of the neighbourhood interest committees around the rue de la République. André Donzel. Métropolisation, gouvernance et citoyenneté dans la région urbaine marseillaise, Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001. ⟨hal-03558902⟩

Publications

Cesare Mattina, Elisabetta Bini, Barbara Curli, Pierre Fournier (Dir.). Territories of energy transitions. Nuclear and renewable energies in Italy and France. Karthala; Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, pp.352, 2023, Atelier méditerranéen, Emmanuelle Chapron Le Bianic, 978-2-38409-022-8. ⟨halshs-04123611⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti (Dir.). Cursing the city. A comparative socio-history of denunciations of urban corruption. 2021. ⟨hal-03503903⟩

Cesare Mattina. Urban clientelism. Government and political hegemony in Marseille. Presses de Sciences Po, 2016, 978-2-7246-1940-9. ⟨hal-04025142⟩

Cesare Mattina. Clientélismes urbains. Presses de Sciences Po, 2016. ⟨hal-01835552⟩

Article in a magazine

Cesare Mattina. A post-nuclear future? The procrastination of stakeholders in the Trino area (Italy) in the context of decommissioning. VertigO: La revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement, 2021, Identité nucléaire, 35. ⟨hal-03558784⟩

Cesare Mattina. The difficult "nuclear phase-out". Environmental denunciations of waste management at an Italian decommissioning site (Saluggia). VertigO: La revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement, 2021, Identité nucléaire, 35. ⟨hal-03558780⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti. Vincent Béal, Nicolas Cauchi-Duval, Georges Gay, Christelle Morel-Journel, Valérie Sala Pala, Sociologie De Saint-Étienne, Paris, La Découverte, 2020, 128 p.. Espaces et sociétés (Paris, France), 2021, n° 182 (1), pp.220-223. ⟨10.3917/esp.182.0220⟩. ⟨hal-03504173⟩

Cesare Mattina. Governing the city with 'community' settings. Métropoles, 2016, varia, 19. ⟨hal-01837917⟩

Cesare Mattina. Dialectics in comparison. Construction of a Franco-Italian survey and scales of analysis. Espaces et sociétés (Paris, France), 2016, 166, pp. 165-179. ⟨10.3917/esp.166.0165⟩. ⟨hal-02050607⟩

Cesare Mattina, Nicolas Maisetti. Sociology of Marseille: the 'inhabited city' versus the 'imagined city'. Métropolitiques, 2015, https://www.metropolitiques.eu/Sociologie-de-Marseille-la-ville.html. ⟨hal-01680716⟩

Cesare Mattina. Defferrism is still very much alive. La redistribution clientélaire des ressources à Marseille entre (peu de) transformations et (beaucoup de) continuités. Revue de l'OURS, 2014, 68-69, pp.39-58. ⟨hal-03558872⟩

Cesare Mattina. Why there is no mafia in Marseille. Faire-Savoirs: Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société en Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 2014, Délinquance, criminalité et banditisme dans la région marseillaise, 11, pp.29-38. ⟨hal-03558874⟩

Cesare Mattina, Pierre Fournier. Help or hindrance to public action? Local elected representatives confronting the State in mono-industrial territories at risk. Sciences de la société : Les cahiers du LERASS, 2013, L'État et ses territoires, 90, pp.128-148. ⟨10.4000/sds.608⟩. ⟨hal-03558785⟩

Cesare Mattina. The transformations of the contemporary mafia: a perspective review of the literature on mafia phenomena in the context of the internationalisation of the capitalist economy. International Journal of Social Sciences, 2011, 203-204, pp.227-243. ⟨hal-01165678⟩

Cesare Mattina. Governing urban "local democracy". Sociologie du Travail, 2008. ⟨hal-01835569⟩

Cesare Mattina. Changes in Clientelism and Urban Government: A Comparative Case Study of Naples and Marseilles. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2007, 31 (1), pp.73-90. ⟨hal-03558795⟩

Cesare Mattina. Elected representatives in action. Redistribution clientélaire et transformations des ressources publiques en milieu urbain. Sciences de la société: Les cahiers du LERASS, 2007, 71, pp.46-66. ⟨hal-03558789⟩

Cesare Mattina. The transformation of clientelist redistribution policies. New urban management and political practices in Marseille and Naples. Politiques et Management public, 2007, 25 (1), pp.1-18. ⟨10.3406/pomap.2007.2355⟩. ⟨hal-03558796⟩

Cesare Mattina. Les politiques clientélaires comme facteurs de recomposition sociale et ethnique à Marseille. Faire-Savoirs: Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société en Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 2005, 5, pp.61-68. ⟨hal-03558876⟩

Cesare Mattina. Customer regulation. Relations de clientèle et gouvernement urbain à Naples et à Marseille (1970-1980). Annuaire des collectivités locales, 2005, Le financement des politiques locales, pp.579-585. ⟨hal-03558879⟩

Cesare Mattina. Mutations des ressources clientélaires et construction des notabilités politiques à Marseille (1970-1990). Politix, 2004, Trajectoires de la notabilité. II. Production et reproduction, 17 (67), pp.129-155. ⟨10.3406/polix.2004.1627⟩. ⟨hal-03558800⟩

Cesare Mattina. Pratiques clientélaires et politiques d'attribution des logements sociaux à Marseille dans les années 1970. Méditerranée : revue géographique des pays méditerranéens, 2001, Politiques urbaines à Naples et à Marseille, 96 (1-2), pp.29-36. ⟨hal-03558883⟩

Cesare Mattina, Felia Allum. The personalisation of municipal government in Italy. The experience of the mayor of Naples. Pôle sud, 2000, 13 (1), pp.57-70. ⟨10.3406/pole.2000.1086⟩. ⟨hal-03558803⟩

Cesare Mattina. Il Msi-An tradizione e modernità. Il voto e l'identità di un partito in trasformazione. Nord e Sud, 1998, Governo e partiti a Napoli negli anni Novanta, XLV (4-5), pp.142-165. ⟨hal-03558891⟩

Cesare Mattina. Strategie politico-territoriali e sviluppo delle aree interne. Le logiche del potere in Irpinia. Geotema, 1998, XLV, pp.142-165. ⟨hal-03558896⟩

Presentation at a conference

Pierre Fournier, Cesare Mattina. Industrial capitalism in low-density territories and urbanity in the countryside. Biennale de l'urbain et des territoires, Réseau thématique n°9 de l'Association française de sociologie, Oct 2018, Marseille, France. ⟨halshs-02513953⟩

Proceedings/Recueil des communications

Cesare Mattina, Frédéric Monier, Jens Ivo Engels, Olivier Dard. Denouncing corruption. pp.382, 2018, 978-2-35457-125-2. ⟨hal-01837913⟩

Cesare Mattina, Frédéric Monier, Olivier Dard, Jens Ivo Engels. Denouncing corruption. White knights, pamphleteers and promoters of transparency in contemporary times. 2018. ⟨hal-01770150⟩

Cesare Mattina, Andreas Fahrmeir, Jens Ivo Engels, Frédéric Monier. Stadt - Macht - Korruption. 20, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017, Beitrage Zur Stadtgeschichte Und Urbanisierungsforschung, 978-3-515-11738-8. ⟨hal-01837915⟩

Other scientific publication

Cesare Mattina. Métropoles en Méditerranée. Gouverner par les rentes, by Dominique Lorrain (ed.), Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017. 2017, pp.971-972. ⟨hal-01770153⟩

Report

Christèle Marchand-Lagier, Stéphanie Dechezelles, Christine Pina, Cesare Mattina, Guillaume Marrel. Measuring changing territories? Transformations in the territorial and social anchoring of politics. [Research report] PACA Regional Council. 2014. ⟨hal-01323202⟩