Trans Adriatic Pipeline: a gas pipeline at the Centre of a social struggle and a movement in conflict to stop it. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline project, (Tap), concerns the construction of a gas pipeline that would transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Italy. The project, supported by the Italian Government and the European Union, has been the subject of protests and opposition – developed into a social conflict – by communities of Salento, that should accept the work. This paper describes the

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... main controversial tracts concerning the project, the reactions of the local population, the importance of the sense of community, and the citizen's feeling of distrust and disappointment for the institutions