Entrepreneurial Practices between Socio-Territorial Capital to Multicultural Dynamics in Fragile Areas of Southern Italy

This article explains some entrepreneurial practices currently in use in certain socio-economically fragile territories in the southern Italian regions of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily. In general these entrepreneurial practices attempt to reactivate local civic resources by enhancing the skills immigrants have achieved either in their countries of origin or in Italy. The methods we will explore distinguish themselves from other efforts in that they positively affect local communities and cause local governments to put into practice actions that benefit the entire community. The experiences that we will analyze can represent innovative welfare practices that become solidarity agreements, useful in triggering resilient dynamics relating to forms of relational embeddedness. By involving local administrations and societal members, these innovative experiences, even now at a start-up level, represent a possible path to the socio-economic regeneration of territories and the promotion of multicultural lifestyles.