526 research outputs found
Introduzione
No full textIn their introduction to a special volume of the economic section of the Italian Sociological Association, in which the best papers presented at the annual conference of the Association on the general topic of 'Social inequalities today', held in Naples in 2007, are collected, the authors highlight three main strands of analysis: territorial inequalities, inequalities in working conditions, poverty
Conclusioni : promuovere il cambiamento
No full textThe chapter concludes a volume, edited bu the author, on Industrial districts and exit strategies from economic crisis within an actor-centered institutional approach. On the basis of the results of 2 case-studies of a successful recovery from economic crisis, the conditions under which an intentional process of change can be promoted are discussed. In the interpretation a specific attention is payed on the the shifting role played by the different actors within each given institutional context
Introduzione : a proposito di innovazione e politiche per far fronte a crisi produttive
No full textIntroductory chapter to a volume, edited by the author, on Industrial Districts and exit strategies from economic crisis within an actor-centered institutional approach
Electoral Systems
No full textItalian electoral history has been shaped by political actors’ concerns to ensure their own dominance. The single member constituencies and limited franchise of the early liberal period safeguarded the predominance of local notables. But the expanding franchise and the rise of new mass parties undermined that system, leading to proportional representation. Under Fascism the electoral system was engineered to provide the Fascist Party with a broad majority. After the war, an electoral system based on party-list proportional representation was introduced along with universal suffrage. Designed to safeguard the idea of party democracy, the system emphasized political fragmentation and lack of internal party cohesion. To improve government stability, several attempts to reform the system in a majoritarian sense have taken place, especially in the so called Second Republic. However, these attempts have only been partly successful, and the Constitutional Court has deemed the current law unconstitutional. Electoral reform remains a priority
La leadership: concetto, concezioni e rappresentazioni
No full textWe can find some sort of leadership almost everywhere: sport, family, religion, politics. But what do we mean by the word «leadership» properly understood? Starting from the terminological anchorage, the article shows that the Italian language does not posses a term that translates all facets of this controversial concept. While leadership has always been at the center of politics, the concept of «leadership» did not find a shared definition in the political science literature. Between the two families of definitions, the «relational» and the «positional» ones, the Author embraces the former, putting the stress on the relationship between leaders and followers and excluding the «positional» definition of the term since being a leader means more than having a position of power. The article puts forward a definition of leadership that tries to be less connotative than the existing ones, to be able to encompass a larger number of empirical referents. Therefore, leader's characteristics are not included in the definition, while the importance of contextual factor is strongly underlined
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