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Introduzione : Quando la cittadinanza sale dal basso
No full textQuesta introduzione presenta la cornice teorica in cui si situano gli articoli di seguito selezionati per la pubblicazione. La cittadinanza sostanziale o vissuta è emersa nelle scienze sociali in contrappunto rispetto alla cittadinanza formale o legale. Così concepita, diventa l’oggetto di molteplici pratiche e rivendicazioni sviluppate da soggetti e gruppi marginali, segnatamente dagli immigrati, e anche dagli immigrati in condizione irregolare. Diventa altresì un’espressione di iniziativa da
parte di soggetti che rischiano costantemente di essere visti come vittime e soggetti sostanzialmente passivi di condizionamenti strutturali e politiche ostili. Le mobilitazioni politiche di immigrati e rifugiati in diversi paesi sono quindi analizzate come istanze di cittadinanza dal basso. Ma anche un fenomeno meno trattato da questo filone di studi, il volontariato delle persone di origine immigrata, viene qui introdotto
come forma di cittadinanza dal basso e come richiesta, implicita o esplicita, di pieno riconoscimento sociale da parte delle società riceventi.The introduction presents the theoretical framework in which the articles
selected for this special issue unfold. Substantial or lived citizenship has emerged in the social sciences as a counterpoint to formal or legal citizenship. As such, it becomes the object of multiple practices and claims promoted by marginal individuals and groups, especially immigrants, including those in an irregular condition who are denied formal legal citizenship. It also becomes an expression of sense of
belonging and active life of those who constantly risk being perceived as victims and essentially passive subjects of hostile structural and political constrains. Hence, the political mobilizations of immigrants and refugees are analyzed as acts of citizenship from below. Furthermore, as a phenomenon less investigated by this literature,
we introduce here volunteering by people of immigrant origin as another form
of citizenship from below and as a request, implicit or explicit, for full social recognition by the receiving societies
The dark side of social capital: An ethnography of sport governance
No full textThis article extends the discussion on the ‘dark side’ of social capital in sport which has recently been increasingly conceptualized in civil society studies. We define the dark side of social capital as situations in which trust, social ties and shared beliefs and norms that may be beneficial to some persons are detrimental to other individuals, sport movements, or for society at large. Furthermore, we understand the dark side of social capital as attempts to manipulate and misuse trust to achieve a particular interest. We argue that the majority of studies using the notion of the dark side have investigated primarily sport practice rather than sport governance and have focused on either the macro- or micro-level, neglecting the meso-level. Additionally, previous studies have focused primarily on the exclusive role of bonding social networks at the expense of linking social capital and manipulation of trust. To contribute to reducing these gaps, our analysis draws on evidence gathered during a multi-sited ethnographic study of Czech and Italian sport associations governing football, handball and sailing
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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Il calcio tra contesto locale e opportunità globali. Il caso del Barcellona fc: mes que un club
No full textL'articolo illustra come lo sport possa diventare un veicolo di costruzione del capitale sociale, ovvero di come la pratica ed il governo dello sport possano contribuire a costruire legami duraturi tra individui e tra individui e la comunità territoriale di riferimento. Il caso di studio presentato per corrobarare l'argomento principale è quello del Barcellona football club, un esempio di associazione sportiva costruita con un forte legame con la città e la comunità locale, capace però di costruire legami forti non solo in loco ma anche su scala globale. E questo grazie alla capacità di comunicazione transnazionale del calcio
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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