Processi di implementazione delle norme per persone in emergenza abitativa: il superamento di insediamenti abitativi monoetnici per rom e sinti a Venezia come pratica anti-oppressiva?

The article analyzes an intervention involving the relocation of Roma and Sinti families from a “village” to public housing in Venice, framing it within the classic socio-legal theme of law implementation processes (in this case, Article 11 of the Veneto Regional Law 10/96, concerning housing emergencies). Beyond the presented case study, the contribution aims to propose useful insights for analyzing law implementation processes, particularly in the field of social policies. This includes establishing a dialogue between the literature on law implementation processes and that concerning critical social work, especially the anti-oppressive approach in social work; adopting a diachronic perspective; analyzing the profiles of social workers; and considering the influence of the political opportunity structures at supra-local territorial levels. By applying this analytical framework and drawing on data from both recent and past research, the article highlights some key interpretative elements that explain why, in the case of Venice, a project with at least partially anti-oppressive characteristics emerged from the implementation of this law, unlike the desegregation project of the via Anelli “ghetto” in Padua.