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The Man, The Artist, The Teacher: Approaching Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2015.This thesis examines the action piece I Like America and America Likes Me, performed by Joseph Beuys in New York in 1974. Temporally based in a century of changes and fast developments in the artistic, political, social and economic fields, this m performance stands as one of the deepest representations of Beuys’ theory of art. For this event, the artist spent three days inside the Rene Block Gallery with the unique presence of a coyote. The actions and the movements ensued were aimed at developing a silent dialogue with the animal, which the artist achieved also through the use of an assorted group of objects. I Like America and America Likes Me has been analyzed and interpreted by a number of scholars and critics, such as Caroline Tisdall, Lucrezia De Domizio Durini, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, David Levi Strauss and Martino Nicoletti. Some of these writers have supported Beuys’ theory and practice (Tisdall and De Domizio Durini), while others have criticized firmly the German artist’s production (Buchloh). However, no scholar ever managed to convey the strong spiritual and aesthetic essence of the performance, which has to be understood as part of Joseph Beuys’ project of Social Sculpture. Through an initial rational approach, this thesis will propose a new aesthetic approach to the action piece, which helps to perceive the performance as an empathic event aimed at stimulating a mental and spiritual change in the human beings. This new proposal will constitute also a chance to respond to the critiques moved mainly by Buchloh to Beuys’ persona and art. The evidence to support these arguments harbor in the words of the artist, as well as in the iconography of the symbols included in the performance, which will constitute the rational basis for 1^ proposing a new way of looking, thinking and interpreting a work of art
Italian Antimafia Legislation
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Spring 2015.The purpose of this thesis is to explore the legislative antimafia efforts of the Italian state and conclude with an analytical response regarding their implementation. Initially the phenomenon of organized crime within Italy is discussed through the analysis of texts written by a variety of prestigious scholars who focus their research around the conception of organized crime. Moving past the consensus of the scholarly community, although still relying on their theories, a brief and concise background of Italy’s four major organized crime groups {Cosa Nostra, Camorra, Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita) is presented in order to offer an understanding of the Italian state’s legislative efforts to combat organized crime. Venturing further into the background of Italian antimafia legislation, this thesis offers a description of seminal legislation that has informed the current antimafia fight. The present analysis also assesses the effectiveness of specific antimafia legislation, and attempts to address the question of the persistence of organized crime in Italy
The case of Korean comfort women: Controversies, repercussions, and methods to redress
No full textThesis (B.A. in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Spring 2015.The comfort women is one of the topic that is often not analyzed by history books discussing the 21®’ century. This is due mostly to the Japanese government's policies to hide and destroy most evidence on the matter, in order to avoid punishment for it. However, starting from 1991, former comfort women started to talk publically about the topic and demand for moral compensation for the crimes committed by Japanese soldiers during the two World Wars. The government refused to admit its involvement in the issue and, for this reason as well as for the failures of the trials and tribunals related to the matter to propose effective resolutions aimed at solving the problem, and the social consequences of the chonggim wianbu, the matter is still unsettled and it has deeply affected the relationship between the two countries. This thesis will discuss these aspects, and the current attention and knowledge to the topic in details
Rethinking the Human Rights-Based Approach to Social Protection: A Critical Analysis of its Efforts to Eliminate Food Insecurity
No full textThesis (B.A. in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Fall 2015.This work discusses the human rights-based approach to social protection in its aim of eliminating food insecurity. From the theory behind the creation of the approach to its current application in development programs, human rights have been critically analyzed In light of their greatest successes and possible implementations. The mood of this thesis encourages readers to critically read and think about the importance of the topic and to try, to any possible extent, to grasp the contribution that anyone can make
Regional Integration in Latin America: Obstacles and Prospects
No full textThesis (B.A. in international Affairs, Minor in Economics)--John Cabot University, Spring 2015.More than a dozen regional organizations have formed within these past few decades which speaks to the conscious efforts made to integrate the region. Since gaining independence, Simon Bolivar’s dream for a united Latin America has become idealized. The region shares the same language, religion, and history yet efforts to create a common market have not been successful thus far. This thesis aims to analyze the reasons why there are no deeper levels of integration within the region. By breaking up the various attempts to create unions into separate eras, it will be easier to identify the change in paradigms and agendas over the past few decades. Furthermore, identifying the major reasons integration has been unsuccessful will shed light on the actions that could be taken in the future to ensure states are more committed to the process. Given the rapid growth of globalization, economies are more intertwined than ever and forming regional organizations could potentially be beneficial. While this thesis does not aim to claim that integration is a positive or negative thing, there have been efforts to integrate within Latin America for decades which means it is on the region’s agenda
Administrative Detention in Italy: From Immigration ‘Control’ to Immigration ‘Management’ through Alternatives to Detention
No full textThesis (B.A. in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Spring 2015.The purpose of this research is to show that immigration detention in Italy is ineffective, unethical, and carried out in a way that is detrimental to the detainees’psychological and physical wellbeing as well as to Italy’s long-term public policy interests, and that alternatives to detention are practicable. In order to achieve this goal, this dissertation explores the legal framework regulating immigration detention, the Italian detention system and its functioning, and the alternatives to detention discussed among the epistemic community. The findings that will follow may not only prove that Italy -and the EU- has an obligation to shift policy from migration ‘control’ to migration‘management’, but may also raise awareness on the issue
The Choice of Governance Modes of International Franchise Firms — Development of an Integrative Model
No full textThis paper examines the evolution of the international franchise research with special focus on the governance modes of the international franchise firm and develops a new model for the franchisor's choice of the international governance modes. International governance modes in franchising refer to wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture franchising, area development franchising and master franchising. Although many studies on the governance modes of the international franchise firm have been published in the last two decades, no prior study develops an integrative framework that investigates the determinants of the international governance modes by combining organizational economics and strategic management perspectives. Specifically, this study explains the governance modes of the international franchise firm by applying transaction cost theory, agency theory, resource-based and organizational capabilities theory and property rights theory