67 research outputs found
Afriche e orienti
No full textThe journal "afriche e orienti” was established in the spring of 1999 by a group of junior and senior scholars of the association "Afriche e Orienti", and is published by AIEP Editore.
The journal publishes three issues per year, and focuses on Africa, the Mediterranean Region and the Middle East. "Afriche e orienti” addresses a range of topics in the fields of history, politics and development of these regions.
"Afriche e orienti" is committed to publish the most recent and high quality empirical and analytical research from Italian and international scholars.
Articles are published in Italian, English and French.
"Afriche e orienti" operates a double-blind peer review process to evaluate the articles proposed for publication.
"Afriche e orienti" is part of the journals on Africa linked to the European network of African studies AEGIS
Autorità tradizionali ed estrazione di risorse in Acholiland: un revival della tassazione?
No full textlbeit the resurgence of traditional authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa has been one of the most investigated and debated topics of the last two decades, scant attention has been devoted to the mechanisms through which these organisations fund their activities. In the effort to fill this gap in the literature, this article brings evidence on such institutional dynamics among the acholi of Northern Uganda. In particular, it argues that many acholi clans are nowadays characterised by the presence of funding mechanisms that constitute forms of taxation that seems to be inspired to both the prerogatives of the old colonial chiefs and the contemporary Ugandan state. On the one side, the essay stresses the ‘covert’ nature of such arrangements, as the national legislation formally recognises traditional authorities but prevents them to levy taxes; on the other side, it shows that the same de facto represent a reinvention of the precolonial tributes to chiefs
Patterns of Mobile Money Adoption among Small Farmers in Kiambu and Machakos Counties, Kenya
No full textMobile money transfers have become the most widespread financial services in SubSaharan Africa. Over the last decade, they have been widely saluted as a ‘pro-poor, developmental’ technology for the financial inclusion and empowerment of millions of unbanked people. Moreover, along the years, several micro-level studies have brought evidence of the positive impacts of mobile money on the livelihoods of rural and agricultural households, especially thanks to the higher in-flow of remittances. On the base of field research carried out in two Kenyan counties, Kiambu and Machakos, this article explores the patterns of adoption among small-scale farming households. In particular, it argues that uneven uptake patterns determine the unequal distribution of the ‘developmental’ impacts of such services – which in turn reinforces old inequalities while producing new ones
A Novel Paradigm to Achieve Sustainable Regeneration in Historical Centres with Cultural Heritage
No full textAbstractHistorical urban centres have particular vulnerabilities both to natural hazards and to extreme climatic events. At the same time, cultural heritage is a significant driving force in the European economy, society and culture. This paper suggests that a novel paradigm, capable to tackle the issue of protecting Historical Centres with Cultural Heritage Value with a holistic approach, would allow a sustainable management of their values. Historical Centres with Cultural Heritage Value conservation needs to be integrated into wider urban -and metropolitan- strategies. Setting up a novel methodology for the analysis and management of risk of Heritage City Centres would promote a wider understanding of the social and ecological costs associated with the loss of cultural assets. This can lead to better informed clear and measurable targets and evidence-based decision making. The resulting strategies should help costly damage to valuable Historical Centres with Cultural Heritage Value assets, but will also lead to the enhancement of Heritage City Centres to ensure progressive resilience measures are implemented in the future in metropolitan areas
Attualità di un classico. Rileggendo "The Child Savers" di Tony Platt
No full textThe essay reconstructs the history of the different editions of The Child Savers by Anthony M. Platt, not sticking to a merely philological perspective, but trying to highlight the theoretical transformations that pass through it in its three different editions (1969, 1977 and 2007). This is an intellectual evolution that is closely linked to the political biography of the Author and with the modulations of his research. Both the stratigraphy of meanings that characterizes Platt’s work and the relevance of his perspective on the topic of juvenile justice are highlighted. In fact, more than fifty years later, his work continues to spark discussions among generations of scholars, as demonstrated by the papers published in this sectio
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