Municipalities at work. Contrasting Radicalisation at local level: the case of Milan

Abstract: Whereas many studies have been dedicated to the analysis of national Italian P/CVE, very few systematic investigations have focused on the local level. Starting from this general consideration, the aim of this paper is to analyse a specific and significant case of Italian local P/CVE: that of the Lombardy Region with a particular in-depth analysis of the Municipality of Milan, in order to evaluate strengths and critical issues and to identify the most general recommendations for the development of more integrated national\local preventive programmes. The analysis shows that Ita ly lacks a clear and structured national strategy in the prevention of radicalisation and this limitation also has negative repercussions on policies at the local level where, although there are 'happy is lands' of implementation of prevention projects involving mainly young people and students, these efforts pay the price of not having guarantees of continuity and sustainability over time.