Title:Teleological Justification of Argumentation Schemes
Author(s):WALTON, Douglas; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Argumentation schemes are forms of reasoning that are fallible but correctable within a self-correcting framework. Their use provides a basis for taking rational action or for reasonably accepting a conclusion as a tentative ...
Title:Peer-to-Peer Privacy Violations and ISP Liability: Data protection in the user-generated web
Author(s):VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario; MARIN, Luisa; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since the adoption of the EU e-Commerce Directive, web hosting has dramatically changed. User-generated content is usually uploaded onto platforms that facilitate and support users in preparing content and making it ...
Title:La logica della proporzionalità: il ragionamento con magnitudini non numeriche
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper aims at explaining the basic logical structure of the proportionality assessments, under the assumption that such assessments are based on quantitative reasoning, even when no numbers are explicitly given. First ...
Title:Probabilistic Rule-Based Argumentation for Norm-Governed Learning Agents
Author(s):RIVERET, Régis; ROTOLO, Antonino; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper proposes an approach to investigate norm-governed learning agents which combines a logic-based formalism with an equation-based counterpart. This dual formalism enables us to describe the reasoning of such agents ...
Title:Location, internationalization and performance of firms in Italy : a multilevel approach
Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; RICCHIUTI, Giorgio; VELUCCHI, MargheritaDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Competition is increasingly global. However, location still matters: often firms cluster in the same geographic areas in order to exploit locational externalities and improve their competitiveness. This article analyses ...
Title:Network analysis to detect common strategies in the Italian foreign direct investment
Author(s):DE MASI, Giulia; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; RICCHIUTI, GiorgioDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we reconstruct and discuss the network of Italian firms investing abroad, exploiting information from complex network analysis. This method, detecting the key nodes of the system (both in terms of firms and ...
Title:FDIs and Growth: What cross-country industry data say
Author(s):CIPOLLINA, Maria; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; PIETROVITO, Filomena; POZZOLO, Alberto F.Date:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host country’s economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been rather inconclusive. In this paper, ...
Title:International Organizations and Transnational Corporations at a World Court of Human Rights
Author(s):SCHEININ, MartinDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article is based on the author’s involvement in preparing a Draft Statute for a future World Court of Human Rights. The proposal seeks to modify the traditional vertical structure of human rights norms by introducing ...
Title:Silvio Berlusconi’s personal parties : from Forza Italia to the Popolo della Libertà
Author(s):MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Despite the electoral success of Silvio Berlusconi’s two political parties, little theoretical and empirical work has been done on Forza Italia (FI) and the Popolo Della Libertà (PDL – People of Freedom).This article aims ...
Title:Transnacionalización, integración social y diversidades de capitalismo en el este y en el sur
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; GRESKOVITS, BelaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:El presente artículo analiza los modos de integración internacional, los perfiles de inserción global, la presencia o ausencia de capacidades transformativas de los Estados y la cohesión social como dimensiones que interactúan ...
Title:Associating, mobilizing, politicizing : local developmental agency from without
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Decades of increase in external aid programs sparked a wide range of criticisms pointing to misaligned interests, lack of accountability, and the reproduction of developmental traps. The success of development from without ...
Title:Presentación. Desafíos metodológicos en la investigación de la participación
Author(s):FONT, Joan; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; SINTOMER, YvesDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Participation is a well-established subject in the social sciences. Individual participation, non-governmental organizations, interest groups, and social movements have all been important fields of research for years, at ...
Title:Desperately Seeking Politics: Political attitudes of participants in three demonstrations for worker's rights in Italy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; REITER, HerbertDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Social conflicts tend to take different forms. This article compares three demonstrations on issues of social justice in Italy: a traditional Labor Day demonstration, a march supporting a general strike called by the largest ...
Title:Protest and policing on October 15th, global day of action : the Italian case
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; ZAMPONI, LorenzoDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Fifteenth October 2011, a global day of anti-austerity action called for by the Spanish indignados, saw hundreds of thousands of protestors converging on Rome for a national march. One of the largest, this Rome event was ...