The Deindustrialization of Genoa: Resistance and the Search for a New Identity

Abstract

This chapter explains the history of industrialization, economic crises, and deindustrialization in the area of Genoa, which today is a somewhat forgotten industrial landscape in Northwest Italy. This chapter describes the dominant industries in the region, the timing of the socioeconomic processes, their public management, and the politics of deindustrialization. It also reflects on the changing identity of an increasingly beautiful city, which for decades has suffered from economic decline as the various attempts to re-industrialize the area were largely unsuccessful.