CHIARA Luigi

Luigi Chiara is Full Professor in Contemporary History (Department of Political and Juridical Science) at University of Messina. He is in charge as Senior Researcher in Contemporary History (M-STO/04) since 02.10.2002. Graduated with highest honors in Political Science (historical-politic course) at University of Messina in 1988, with a research thesis concerning “Le origini della mafia tra economia e controllo del potere locale. San Mauro Castelverde e il Circondario di Cefalù 1861-1894”. He Focused his research activities on the South-Italy main issues; social history research, concerning the Messina urban context, and its comparison with other cases studies. He studied the Sicilian context during XIX and XX century, with specific regard in: élites and bourgeoisies; accumulation, conservation and transmission strategies of private wealth; foreign families; local politics strategies; cultural associations; backwardness, modernization and growth processes (the Sicilian region and the city of Messina seen as cases studies inside the Italian dualism North/South). In the last years he focused his scientific interest toward new topics: the National State and its transformations, connected with the globalization processes, and a most active cooperation with other scientific fields (Juridical Science, History of Institutions). He started new interdisciplinary research projects on criminal organizations, the politic-administrative corruption; the growth of the Institutions and the Contemporary society (the legislative reforms reflexes on the politics after “Tangentopoli” phenomenon, and the administrative-politic corruption); the "emergency rules" reflexes on the Italian democratic system. He is the Director of the Master on “Amministrazione e gestione dei patrimoni confiscati alla mafia” (University of Messina); and is the Director of the “Centro Studi e ricerche sulla criminalità mafiosa e sui fenomeni di corruzione politico-amministrativa” (University of Mess...