La partecipazione dei cittadini nei processi di fusione di comuni in veneto: un'occasione mancata?

The review of political science, public management and economic sociology literature on articles and volumes from the last thirty years on territorial planning, and in the European Commission has published a report on the functionalists derived from the optimal size, giving little evidence to the participatory issue, provided by the current reference standard, which, as pointed out by some authors, appears more a means of social legitimizing public policies for administrative reform The real involvement of citizens. In the light of the research objective, suitable to analyse the scope of participatory processes In the context of the process of merger of municipalities, the article focuses on the processes of merger and feasibility studies carried out in Veneto from 2013 to 2018, trying to verify whether there is a were real relations of participation and involvement of the citizenry, which is, however, obliged to express itself through a consultative referendum.