Entrepreneurial practices between socio-territorial capital and multicultural dynamics in fragile areas of southern Italy

This article focuses on entrepreneurial practices in some socio-economically fragile territories in Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily (Italy). From the interaction between immigrant and native people, these practices attempt to combine the reactivation of local civic resources by enhancing the skills that migrants achieved in their countries of origin. The analyzed examples - as innovative welfare practices - should be considered solidarity agreements, useful in triggering resilient dynamics relating to forms of relational embeddedness. Thanks to the involvement of local administrations and social actors, these can indicate a possible path to the socio-economic regeneration of the territories and for the promotion of multicultural lifestyles [Publisher's text].