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Focus bibliografico su R. Adcock, "Liberalism and the Emergence of American Political Science. A Transatlantic Tale"
No full textDaniel Bell e lo Stato post-industriale: percorsi di "assemblaggio" dello Stato americano
No full textDaniel Bell and the post-industrial State: paths of “assemblage” of the American
State discusses Daniel Bell’s reflections on the American State between World War
II and the political, economic and social crisis of the 1970s. The A. rejects the traditional
image of US as a stateless society and shows how Bell’s sociological approach
permits rethinking the American State, pointing out how the coming of post-industrial
society brings about a new political organization, which draws on the interplay
between public, private and hybrid governmental structures. This fluid and polycentric
political organization – the post-industrial State – is presumed to reduce the increasing
administrative overload, fueled by the expansion of social programs, and to
defuse social unrest. Bell calls for a privatization of some social functions of the State,
foreshadowing the contemporary transition from government to governance
Tra capitalismo e amministrazione: il liberalismo atlantico di Nitti
No full textNel 1889, a un secolo esatto dalla presa della Bastiglia, Antonio Labriola dichiara chiusa l'età dell'individualismo, per annunciare l'avvento dell'età della socialità. E questo il presupposto storico e concettuale su cui poggia la "rivoluzione liberale" di Francesco Saverio Nitti. Economista e sociologo, prima di diventare deputato, ministro e presidente del Consiglio, Nitti avvia un processo di rinnovamento del liberalismo, aprendolo all'influenza del socialismo e delle scienze sociali. Contro gli arroccamenti del liberalismo italiano alle prese con le rivendicazioni delle masse popolari e lavoratrici, egli individua nel conflitto sociale tra interessi organizzati la porta d'accesso alla modernità e alla democrazia. In questo senso, Nitti rappresenta la voce italiana di un liberalismo atlantico che riforma se stesso per assorbire e governare le trasformazioni che a cavallo del Novecento accompagnano la diffusione "transoceanica" del capitalismo industriale, della società di massa e dello Stato amministrativo. Il suo pensiero politico non è però destinato a rimanere sulla carta, perché tra età giolittiana e prima guerra mondiale si tramuta in quella che Antonio Gramsci ha definito una "filosofia dell'azione". E in questo passaggio, però, che lo slancio democratico va via via scemando, per lasciare il posto a un'idea di democrazia industriale in cui gli imperativi dell'organizzazione razionale del capitalismo prendono il sopravvento sulle promesse di emancipazione e liberazione della totalità degli individui. In questa fase, cioè, la rivoluzione liberale viene sempre più affidata a un'amministrazione di tipo nuovo, che sfonda il confine tra pubblico e privato, per meglio adattarsi alle esigenze di una società che, dopo la mobilitazione totale della guerra, entra in una crisi di governabilità. Esplodono così le contraddizioni interne a un liberalismo che non è più in grado di coniugare sul piano discorsivo e pratico la promessa di liberazione universale degli individui con le esigenze della disciplina sociale della produzione. In queste contraddizioni si insinuerà il fascismo, che si innesta sul flusso modernizzatore messo in moto da un liberalismo riformato, annichilendo però la pretesa di libertà con cui si era aperta l'età della socialità
Symptomatyc subtotal occlusion of the innominate artery treated with balloon angioplasty and stenting
No full textPurpose: To report the endovascular treatment of a subtotal occlusion of the innominate artery giving rise to subclavian steal syndrome. Methods and Results: A 60-year-old man in general good health was admitted to the hospital for sudden onset of amaurosis in the right eye. Thrombosis of the central retinal artery was diagnosed. Physical examination, color flow duplex imaging, and aortic arch angiography showed a subtotal occlusion of the innominate artery with right subclavian steal syndrome. One month later, balloon dilation and stenting of the innominate artery was performed through a right axillary access without cerebral protection. The innominate artery was recanalized with correction of the steal syndrome and restoration of the right radial pulse; no complications occurred. Twelve months later, color flow duplex sonography confirmed innominate stent patency and antegrade flow in the right vertebral artery. Conclusions: Our experience supports the view that percutaneous endovascular techniques are appropriate and are the preferred treatment for lesions of the supra-aortic vessels. Continued surveillance will determine their long-term durability
Local and regional wind patterns affect spring migration magnitude, flyways and flocking of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus at the Strait of Messina
No full textSummary . During spring migration, a few tens of thousands of European Honey-buzzards wintering in sub-Saharan Africa cross the central Mediterranean to reach their breeding grounds in central-eastern Europe. In so doing they concentrate passage through the Sicilian Channel but choose different flyways in response to different wind conditions. This study investigated the influence of local and regional wind conditions on the movement patterns of this species along the Strait of Messina, a migration bottleneck located between eastern Sicily and southern continental Italy where some raptors fall victim to illegal shooting by poachers each spring. Simultaneous observations occurred at four watchpoints, three on the Sicilian side and one on the continental boundary (Calabrian side). Although northwesterly winds prevailed at the Strait during peak migration days, slightly different local patterns of both horizontal and vertical winds at each observation site affected flocking and shaped the passage of raptors through this bottleneck, broadening the migration front. The results confirm that the magnitude of Honey-buzzard spring migration at the Strait is strongly affected by wind patterns in the Sicilian Channel. In particular, migrants concentrate at this bottleneck after crossing the Channel in northwesterly winds the previous day. In conclusion, by interpreting migratory behaviour both at local and regional scales, this work can help to plan more efficient monitoring of Honey-buzzards through the Strait and improving the siting of conservationist efforts. - Agostini, N., Chiatante, G., Gustin, M., Cento, M., von Hardenberg, J., Dell'Omo, G. & Panuccio, M. (2021). Local and regional wind patterns affect spring migration magnitude, flyways and flocking of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus at the Strait of Messina. Ardeola, 68: 373-390
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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