911 research outputs found
De Blasio, G. Mele, "Green is the new black. Le pratiche comunicative dell’ecofashion", in Est-Asia. L’interscambio culturale, scientifico ed economico, Roma, Aracne.
No full textHistorical legacy and policy effectiveness: The long-term influence of preunification borders in Italy
No full textThis paper investigates the interplay between cultural traditions and policy effectiveness. It explores the differential impact of a large development program (Cassa per il Mezzogiorno), implemented for four decades, starting in the 1950s, to stimulate convergence between Italy's south and the more developed north, on municipalities with different histories. Namely, we consider a sample of municipalities located on either side of the historical border of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, whose legacy is considered, from Putnam onwards, to be a prime-facie cause of Southern Italy's underdevelopment. Having been part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is associated with a negative impact of development policies, but only when the allocation of development funds through the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno suffered from low quality of governance and was driven by political considerations rather than by efficiency ones
Prefazione
No full textCosa sappiamo dell’efficacia delle politiche per lo sviluppo del Mezzogiorno? Hanno raggiunto gli obiettivi che si proponevano? Ci sono stati degli effetti collaterali negativi?
Negli ultimi venticinque anni il progresso della scienza economica e la disponibilità di nuovi dati hanno consentito di passare da una generica aspettativa alla misurazione rigorosa degli effetti degli aiuti al Meridione. Siamo ora in grado di verificare, con metodologie statistiche rigorose, se i trasferimenti monetari abbiano effettivamente contribuito a sollevare le sorti del Sud.
Quello che emerge dalla lettura di questo libro è che l’evidenza a favore di tali interventi è scarsa, ed è più deludente di quella desumibile da politiche simili messe in atto negli altri Paesi.
Come scrive Nicola Rossi nella sua prefazione, «il pamphlet di Accetturo e de Blasio è, per certi versi e giustamente, financo impietoso nel segnalare l’inefficacia delle politiche di sviluppo territoriale. Non uno degli strumenti messi in campo dalla politica regionale dell’ultimo quarto di secolo viene in qualche senso e in qualche misura risparmiato dal lavoro puntuale dei due economisti»
Understanding McDonald's Among the "World’s Most Ethical Companies"
No full textThe animal welfare policies and related public communication initiatives
of McDonald’s corporation are examined in the context of the organization being named as one of the world’s most ethical organizations.
The result is a framework for understanding how McDonald’s and similar organizations could warrant
the status of a most ethical company. Specifically, the narrative strength of the company’s articulation
of an animal welfare policy and its ongoing promotion as a legitimizing
strategy illustrate how McDonald’s
might address the social and ethical issues it encounters through its operations and how its stakeholding
publics are likely to respond. By maintaining narrative strength in communication initiatives and attaining legitimacy, an organization can be perceived as operating within ethical and social norms regardless of policies, perceptions, and reputation
that suggest otherwise
G. Mele, A. De Blasio, Il colore nella comunicazione dell’ecofashion, in Colore e colometria. Contributi multidisciplinari, Milano, Gruppo del Colore - Associazione Italiana del Colore, 2015, XI A, pp. 519-529 (Atti di: XI Conferenza del colore, Milano, 10-11 Settembre 2015).
No full textJoint Custody in the Italian Courts
No full textWe study the effect of a 2006 reform to Italian family law that made joint custody the default for
separating couples. The reform boosted joint legal custody by about 75 percentage points. Our research
design uses difference-in-differences to estimate reform effects on the likelihood of a contested
settlement, length of trial and transfers between separating parents. The analysis is based on Italian
individual-level administrative data, which cover the entire population. The joint custody default appears to
have increased dispute rates and length of trial markedly, without affecting transfers. There is no evidence
that mothers buy custody rights back through reduced support. Our findings are consistent with the
excessive discretion given to the judges on some aspects of the law implementation, which resulted in a
partial application of the reform
Between participation and populism: crisis, political parties and new movements in the Italian public sphere
No full textDuring the first years of the 21th century we have witnessed many events in our societies, some of them without precedent at all in our recent history, which have involved irreversible changes. The attacks to the Twin Towers in New York City, the resulting sequence of wars in the Middle East, and the international financial collapse are very good examples of these happenings. All these developments of international consequences have led to a new dimension of political communication, and have reoriented some of its traditional meanings, after a very clear dynamic has irrupted in our lives: the crisis.
Many new dynamics have introduced significant changes and altered the nature of international relations, the processes of policy making, the governmental performances, the citizen's demands, the electoral campaigns, and the geographical tensions, among other socio-political developments. The revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, riots and civil wars in the Arab world starting in 2010 (Arab spring); the waves of human asylum seekers as a direct consequence of this reality; the so-called colour revolutions that overthrew governments in Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon; the territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the intensification of the anti-globalisation movements; the outraged protests around the world; the conflict between Israel and Palestine, one of the hardest and longest conflicts to date that has been reactivated over and over; the terrorist attacks in Madrid, London, Boston and Paris; or the recent global threat created by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS); all this leads societies to an unprecedented present in the realm of political communication.
Some of those topics are treated in this volume, approaching the main questions with the googles of political communication, since most of these developments have a very visible communicational dimension. This book comprises several chapters divided into five different sections. These stimulating pieces of research were presented by 30 international contributors, from almost 10 different nationalities. In particular, the chapter written by Emiliana De Blasio and Michele Sorice concerns the relationship between populism and political parties in Italy
Between participation and populism: crisis, political parties and new movements in the Italian public sphere
No full textDuring the first years of the 21th century we have witnessed many events in our societies, some of them without precedent at all in our recent history, which have involved irreversible changes. The attacks to the Twin Towers in New York City, the resulting sequence of wars in the Middle East, and the international financial collapse are very good examples of these happenings. All these developments of international consequences have led to a new dimension of political communication, and have reoriented some of its traditional meanings, after a very clear dynamic has irrupted in our lives: the crisis.
Many new dynamics have introduced significant changes and altered the nature of international relations, the processes of policy making, the governmental performances, the citizen's demands, the electoral campaigns, and the geographical tensions, among other socio-political developments. The revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, riots and civil wars in the Arab world starting in 2010 (Arab spring); the waves of human asylum seekers as a direct consequence of this reality; the so-called colour revolutions that overthrew governments in Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon; the territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the intensification of the anti-globalisation movements; the outraged protests around the world; the conflict between Israel and Palestine, one of the hardest and longest conflicts to date that has been reactivated over and over; the terrorist attacks in Madrid, London, Boston and Paris; or the recent global threat created by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS); all this leads societies to an unprecedented present in the realm of political communication.
Some of those topics are treated in this volume, approaching the main questions with the googles of political communication, since most of these developments have a very visible communicational dimension. This book comprises several chapters divided into five different sections. These stimulating pieces of research were presented by 30 international contributors, from almost 10 different nationalities. In particular, the chapter written by Emiliana De Blasio and Michele Sorice concerns the relationship between populism and political parties in Italy
The effect of investment tax credit: Evidence from an atypical programme in Italy
No full textThis paper examines how business investment responds to investment tax credit, as enacted by ItalyÂ’s Law 388/2000. To assess whether the programme made investments possible that otherwise would not have been made, it exploits some features of the tax credit scheme, such as the fact that some Italian regions are not deemed eligible or that the amount of the bonus differs across eligible regions. Although the programme was fiscally unsustainable, and was therefore downsized well ahead of the expiry date, our findings suggest that it has been effective in stimulating investment.investment incentives, state aid
The Legacy of History for Economic Development: The Case of Putnam's Social Capital
No full textPutnam (1993) argues that (i) center-northern Italy has developed faster than southern Italy because the former was better endowed with social capital; and (ii) that the endowments of social capital across Italian territories have been highly persistent over centuries. This paper provides an empirical investigation of PutnamÂ’s case. To evaluate the relevance of social capital, we present a test based on worker productivity, entrepreneurship, and female labor market participation. Using as instruments regional differences in civic involvement in the late ninetieth century and local systems of government in the middle age, we show that social capital does have economic effects.Social Capital, Economic Development
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