62 research outputs found
Manufacturing workers were especially likely to support Brexit
No full textWhat socio-economic characteristics were associated with a Leave vote? Leonardo S. Alaimo (far left) and Luigi M. Solivetti (Sapienza University of Rome) use Local Government District data and find that voters with GCSE-level education, and manufacturing workers in particular, were most likely to support Brexit
Immigration, Integration and Crime: A Cross-National Approach
No full textThe problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the entire issue of immigration and integration. But whilst recent studies show that in Western Europe the crime rate for non-nationals is three, four or more times higher than that of the country's `own' citizens, academic interest in these statistics has been inhibited by the political difficulties they raise. Immigration, Social Integration and Crime addresses this issue directly. Providing a thorough analysis of immigration and crime rates in all of the main European countries, as well as examining the situation in the US, Luigi Solivetti concludes that the widespread notion that a large non-national population produces high crime rates must be rejected. Noting the undeniably substantial, but significantly variable contribution of non-nationals to crime statistics in Western Europe, he nevertheless goes on to analyse and explain the factors that influence the relationship between immigration and crime. It is the characteristics of the `host' countries that is shown to be significantly associated with non-nationals integration and, ultimately, their involvement in crime. In particular, Solivetti concludes, it is `social capital' in the host societies -made up of features such as education, transparency, and openness - that plays a key role in non-nationals' integration chances, and so in their likelihood to commit crime. Supported by extensive empirical data and statistical analysis, Immigration, Social integration and Crime provides an invaluable contribution to one of the most pressing social and political debates - in Europe, and elsewhere
The Economic-Organizational Balances of the Domestic Unit in a Traditional Peasant Society
No full textThe article shows the results of field work carried out in Northern Nigeria. First, the article presents data on the economic production of the local communities collected by the author. Then, these data are analyzed in terms of the economic and social balances of the local society. What emerges from the analysis is that trade - as a model of exchange - is here superimposed by other models, involving both factors of production and utilization of produce. In particular, the author emphasizes the importance of two other models: a model of social exchange of contributory-reinforcing type; and a model of social exchange of redistributive type. The article shows that these models seem to be perfectly rational, in their aiming at a social optimization of the limited economic resources available to the local population
W.W. Rostow and His Contribution to Development Studies: A Note
No full textFollowing the death of W.W. Rostow, the present paper investigates his contribution to development theories. After a reconstruction of the international political and economic background of his studies of the 1950s and 1960s, the paper contrasts Rostow’ approach with those of the main theories of that time, from the socialist model of development to the dependency theory. Then, the validity of Rostow’s ideas is examined in the light of the changes occurred in the international arena in the subsequent decades. The conclusion is that, in spite of their significant weak spots, his ideas fared relatively better than those of some of his main opponents
Looking for a Fair Country: Features and Determinants of Immigrants' Involvement in Crime in Europe
No full textA rise in crime among immigrants allegedly occurred in Europe over the last decades. The origin of this phenomenon is obscure, and traditional theories offer conflicting explanations. The present article addresses these problems by using data regarding the 18 main countries in Western Europe. The results show that the immigrant share in crime figures varies greatly from country to country. This suggests that the non-national contribution to crime is not associated with immigration per se, but with the contexts in which immigration occurs and features of the immigration inflow. The cross-national analysis shows, in particular, that 'culture, respect for rights and universalism' in the host countries are associated with lower immigrant crime. © 2011 The Howard League and Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Immigration, socio-economic conditions and crime: a cross-sectional versus cross-sectional time-series perspective
No full textThis study purpose is to verify if there is an association between foreign
immigration and crime. In doing this, the study investigates also some satellite aspects
revolving around this possible association: the range of offences affected by immigration,
the relationship between immigrant and native crime, and whether the immigration impact
on crime is direct or indirect. The present study has addressed these issues by both a cross-sectional
and a longitudinal analysis, the latter including an instrument. The study is based
on data of the Italian provinces. Italy represents a critical case for studying the migration–
crime relationship, because in this country the rise in foreign immigration has been sudden
and its pace feverish. The cross-sectional analysis findings show that crime intensities are
affected by time-invariant factors and marginally by immigration. On the contrary, the
longitudinal analysis shows that variations in immigration had a positive impact on both
the most serious and the most common offences, on property crimes as well as on crimes of
violence. There is no evidence of indirect effects of immigration on crime or of a link with
native crime. In contrast to previous literature regarding the U.S., Canada, and Australia,
these results suggest that a spiralling immigration can affect crime. In terms of methods,
these findings show that the standard synchronic analysis models can be biased by non-observed
factors and that therefore cross-sectional time-series models can offer significant
advantages
Riscoprire il sociale: nota critica su Immigrazione, società e crimine di Luigi Maria Solivetti
No full textLa nota critica, dopo aver passato brevemente in rassegna la letteratura italiana dedicata all'analisi del rapporto tra crimine e immigrazione, analizza dettagliatamente il volume di Luigi Maria Solivetti "Immigrazione, società e crimine
Human Rights and Development
No full textThis paper presents some of the main indices (Freedom House indices of political rights and civil liberties; World Human Rights indices) measuring the level of human rights in the world's countries. By means of principal components analysis, the author obtains six factors out of the original forty items of the World Human Rights. Similarities and differences concerning the values of the various indices in the world's countries are identified and discussed. In order to identify the possible determinants of these similarities and differences, the author analyses the impact of lagged income and educational development on the level of human rights in the world's countries
A critical note on the volume "Giustizia tradizionale e mutamento sociale" (by Maria Rita Bartolomei)
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