276 research outputs found
A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. DURUM WHEAT AND PASTA MARKETS
No full textA quarterly, partial-equilibrium vector-autoregression model of the U.S. durum wheat and pasta markets was estimated and simulated under three trade-barrier changes that are of potential relevance for the current round of WTO agricultural negotiations: a rise in the U.S. market-clearing durum wheat quantity from increased imports; a policy- or tariff- reduction-induced decline in U.S. durum wheat price; and a tariff-induced rise in U.S. pasta product prices. In response to each shock, an array of quarterly dynamic response characteristics are examined: response reaction times, direction and pattern of quarterly responses, response durations, response multipliers, and strength of durum/pasta market interrelationships.Industrial Organization,
Geografia sociale : territorio, conflittualità e qualità della vita. Il nuovo ruolo di mediazione delle Amministrazioni locali.
No full textThe author, starting from the study of the new territory generated by the global system, which "produces", as is well known, greater social conflict due to unfair (not free and not fare) market competition (dumping), notes the new role of social "mediation" assumed by local authorities ( and in particular by decentralized police structures). Discussing, specifically, the Tuscan regional reality and moving from the observation of the current regional legislation in this regard (Regional Law 11/2020), the new roles and activities of the same local police will be indentified. In particular, the introduction of mediation has entailed training processes of the operators themselves aimed at grasping the final objective of territorial cohesion and the resolution of social conflicts. The case study of the municipality of Genoa and the training of personnel (InterregionalSchool of Local Police) is proposed, but suggesting a substantial reform in relation to the territorial processes underway: in health (Life Skills), socio-economic (Soft-Skills) and not-cognitive skills (in the school, socio-educational and training sectors) essential in the management of territorial socio-economic conflicts themselves
Geografia culturale e migrazioni. Le risorse. Linguaggio, mestieri e comunicazione dei lucchesi in America ad inizio XX secolo.
No full textThe Author focused on ethnic and cultural issues regarding the immigration of Italians from Lucca area in Italy, dedicating an attention to local ,original production : from plaster statues,to literature in dialect and to the analysis of published epistolary material. Emigration from Lucca has been studied since the second half of the 80s of the twetieth century, who have laid the foundations for future research and interpretation. The choice of sources was rather limited, but above all selective in terms of quality,considering that the personal material of emigration contains an enormous number of publications of little interest for the study of social and cultural dynamics. The Author, therefore, used every texts published about Italian and "lucchese" emigration. The use of texts in English has been useful to identify the process of Italian emigration described by American researchers, often descendants of the emigrants themselves, who have worked with first-hand sources untraceable in Italy. This gave different points of view, born in the cultural environment of another country, so that the Author was able to present a more detailed and in-depth study with the use of sources and essays never translated into Italian .
Italians and Americans tend to have two profoundly different visions of the question : if on the one hand the Italians feel it as their own history and underline its nutritious and heartbreaking character, the Americans,while recognizing the inhumanity of certain aspects, frame it under the more complete history of emigration to the United States in its entirety, extolling the successes and narrating the lives of the emigrants as an arduous climb in order to achieve a final improvement which is naturalization and citizenship. This study wants to highlight the topic to allow the collection and conservation of the epistolary heritage of emigration in the many villages that exist in the province of Lucca. Also for this reason the Author has given ample emphasis to personal stories, because this work intends to focus precisely on the issue of the ethnicity of the emigrant, identifying his characters from production in a personal context . The emigrant, who was influenced by the politics and economy of his own country and of the host country, was ,first of all, an individual with a strong cultural background, clearly visible in material production and in self-expression
Globalizzazione,neoliberismo e trasformazione territoriale nei Paesi in via di sviluppo. Il caso ECOWAS.
No full textThis research provides an over view of globalization and summarizes its influence on African political affairs, evaluating the political situation of the region and explaining it by relating it to the rise of neo-liberism and imposed structural adjustments programs by the World Bank or IMF. Secondly, it studies the political changes within ECOWAS, discussing the links between globalization and the 1990's economical and political changes. The focus is to identify variables which the author considers to be fundamental in the 1990's transitional period. These variables in West Africa are : constitutions,political parties,civil societies,electoral systems and mass media
Transizione post-industriale e ristrutturazione economica ed urbana. Il ruolo transnazionale di Bilbao.
No full textIn this study the Author deals with the globalization of Bilbao in the post-fordist transition : still current period of restructuring in the context of the new internationalization of Basque economy. I focused the work to the foreign trade of the city and the region as well as the global activities of Bilbao's local bank. In short, I study the specific processes through which Bilbao has become and is becoming part of global circuits, but I also pointed out that such global linkages could be considered the only basis to explain Bilbao's urban development : global flows must be studied in the context of broader developments at the local scale to get the reach of globalization. Globalization acquires specific meaning when it is considered within such plurality of forces ( the city,the region,the nation-state,the global economy) acting at various spatial scales. It does not consist only of relations or flows among structures or territories : rather the ways structures are changed in the globalizing process and the ways in which territories become embedded in such networks of relations
Dalla nascita al nuovo ruolo di una associazione regionale di Stati. Alcuni aspetti economici e politici dell'ECOWAS.
No full textRegional associations of States were born first of all as a need to build true indipendence through integration and cooperation : this in developing countries coincided with the end of colonialism . In this study we retrace the steps that go first from the 60s to the end of the 70s and then the 80s. The inevitable impact of both the crisis of the industrial system of the late 1970s and that one of the new global capitalist system at the end of the 1980s with need for larger and more competitive markets. After retracing the history of the creation of the ECOWAS and examining its political and economic achievements before the 1990's, the Author emphasizes topics such as political instability, the effects of military coups, presidential and parliamentary elections and the freedom of the mass media
Conversazioni via social network con giovani autori di performances d’odio. Social network conversations with young online authors of hate speech
No full textThis paper presents an analysis of a number of Ask.fm conversations between the author and young writers of hate speech (ages 14-21) who were directly contacted by the author. The youngsters’ reactions differed in that some upheld what they had published while others decided to delete their hate statements. This form of direct contact with young writers can be viewed not only as a case study of virtual ethnography but also as an experiment in educating them to reflect on values and online responsibility. Young online writers are obliged to face an interlocutor and critically reflect on the hate content of their conversations, of which they often seem unaware
Terrorismo,Globalizzazione,Sviluppo Sostenibile. - Il caso dello Sri Lanka -
No full textTerrorism and sustainable development are two central issues of the modern world. These are analysed by the Author in their relationships with financial globalization.The rapid fall in power of local governments and national states has brought about huge difficulties in acting in favour of political and economical stability,against the uncertainty of financial markets,which are vital for the basis of sustainable development
Zoning per New York City - Processi,Strutture ed Impatto-
No full textZoning is accepted as a method of land use control,yet the history of its diffusion,the structure of ordinances and zoning's impact on growth are not well documented : the Author is going to fill this gap. Cities,and New York is "the city" chang in response to world and national events that alter the patterns of migration,to changing family and household structure,to changes in the national and international economy,to the evolution of building or transportation or workplace technology,to tastes in architecture. New York city's land use and urban form will respond to numerous evolving trends. (Thousands of new immigrants:how will they be housed?The population will continue to age:how will this affect the demand for community facilities,personal services and types of housing?More people will be self-employed or will want to work part time at home:how will this shape the workplace and home ?The city will face renewed demand for large blocks of modern office space: where will new office buildings be constructed and what bulk and density will they attain?Will the city accomodate industries'changing space needs and will viable industrial operations survive the competition from more lucrative land uses?)The Author explains that changing trends will cause inevitable mismatches between the zoning resolution and the city's land use needs
Il processo di rinnovamento urbano negli Stati Uniti - Il caso di New York City-
No full textThe author emphasizes the central role carried out by the speculation in determining the urban and suburban territory of New York City,as well as most part of the american cities. It has been analyzed how the process of urban revitalization (gentrification) is used as means of intervention by the speculator,who can create and/or accelerate the decline of a neighborhood to gentrify the same one and causing the forced shifting of residents with lower income.Fiscal and housing policies are analyzed from the 1960's,because ,on the contrary,it would have been impossible to understand the actual problems of the city : the case of the homeless and of the skid-rows,the polarization of the income,the increase in the number of the mobile homes,the poverty,the overcrowding,the crisis in the construction of hosing,the abandonment of buildings,the unemployment. With the new globalization and new financial capitalism,from the 1980's the cuts in social expenditures and the deregulation have implied the abandonment of the federal state role about subsidized housing and an unrestrained competition that generates risky,high-yield bank investment strategies.The author suggests an urban planning that has to protect,through a correct legislation,the weak,according to an oblique structure of the power that determines urban land use and developing,at the same time,the mechanisms useful to create a democratic control on the decisions in the matter of land use
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