Browsing by Subject "Italy"

Title: North African Migration and Europe’s Contextual Mediterranean Border in Light of the Lampedusa Migrant Crisis of 2011 Author(s): MCMAHON, Simon Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: In the opening months of 2011 thousands of migrants arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. In their responses, national governments in Europe appeared to self-interestedly close their national borders, rather ...

Title: The Englaro Case: Withdrawal of treatment in Italy from a patient in a permanent vegetative state Author(s): MORATTI, Sofia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In 2009, the international media reported the case of Eluana Englaro, a 38-year-old woman in a Permanent Vegetative State (PVS) who died following the withdrawal of her feeding tube. By the time of her death, she had been ...

Title: Beyond Bilateralism: Spanish-Italian relations and the influence of the major powers, 1943-1957 Author(s): DEL HIERRO LECEA, Pablo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The aim of this work is to study Spanish-Italian diplomatic relations in the period 1943-1957. However, and in spite of the fact that the question of Spanish-Italian diplomatic relations between 1943 and 1957 will remain ...

Title: Storia di una sconfitta: le Brigate Rosse e la Gauche Prolétarienne di fronte alla globalizzazione Author(s): ALBANESE, Matteo Antonio Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Perché due gruppi dal background simile come le Brigate Rosse e la Gauche Prolétarienne che condivisero molte scelte politiche e di repertori d'azione quali il sequestro politico ebbero una storia così divergente? Perché ...

Title: Reforming Italy: Institutional Change and the Federal Option Author(s): KEATING, Michael; WILSON, Alex Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Edinburgh Europa Paper Series Abstract: The reform of regional government has been a key element in efforts to reform the Italian state. The aims are administrative modernization; national integration; coherent regional development; fiscal responsibility and ...

Title: Comments on the paper by Michelangelo Vasta Author(s): FEDERICO, Giovanni Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Italy in the age of Pinocchio: children and danger in the liberal era Author(s): JENSEN, Helle Strandgaard Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Saranno Rispettati Come Per il Passato. Italian Colonial Policy towards Libyan Religious Endowments Author(s): GAZZINI, Claudia Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper offers a survey of Italian colonial policy towards Muslim religious endowments (waqf, pl. awqaf) in Libya from 1911 to 1943. Through an analysis of 41 lawsuits presented to the colonial Court of Appeals and a ...

Title: From Public to Private: Privatization in 1920's Fascist Italy Author(s): BEL, Germà Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Italy’s first Fascist government applied a large-scale privatization policy between 1922 and 1925. The government privatized the state monopoly of match sale, eliminated the State monopoly on life insurances, sold most ...

Title: German volunteers in the armed conflicts of the Italian Risorgimento 1834-70 Author(s): GÖHDE, Ferdinand Nicolas Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Between 1834 and 1870, Germans participated in the armed conflicts of the Italian Risorgimento in the ranks of both Mazzini and Garibaldi and of the Pope and Francis II of Naples. While acknowledging the difficulty in ...

Title: Effects of Divorce on Children's Educational Attainment in a Mediterranean and Catholic Society Evidence From Italy Author(s): ALBERTINI, Marco; DRONKERS, Jaap Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Previous research has found parental divorce to have negative effects on children's educational attainment; in addition, it has been noted that the effects of divorce are not the same in all western societies. However, ...

Title: Italian colonial policy in Libya and the pious foundations Author(s): GAZZINI, Claudia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Towards socially sensitive corporate restructuring? Comparative remarks on collective bargaining developments in Germany, France and Italy Author(s): BONI, Guido Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Rapidly changing markets in the context of globalization call for increasingly frequent restructuring to sustain the competitiveness of individual firms. To meet this need while minimizing consequent job loss, the social ...

Title: Online networks of the Italian and German extreme right Author(s): CAIANI, Manuela; WAGEMANN, Claudius Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article applies instruments of social network analysis to a study of communication networks within the Italian and German extremist right. Web links between organizational websites are used as a proxy. Indeed, extremist ...

Title: Still Elected Dictators? A study of Executive accountability in multi-party democracies - the issuing of Executive decrees and their treatment in the Legislature in different institutional settings across time: Italy (1947-2006), Argentina (1983-2006) and Romania (1992-2007) Author(s): STINGA, Laurentiu Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The current paper explores the capacity of the Argentine, Italian and Romanian Legislatures to hold the Executive branch of government accountable for its policy initiatives issued by emergency Executive decree, rather ...

Title: Party mergers and vote shifts in Italy Author(s): HANRETTY, Chris Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Using data from exit polls and two different methods of ecological inference, I demonstrate how Italian voters shifted between 2006 and 2008. Newly merged parties (PdL, PD) were successful in retaining their former voters; ...

Title: Popular Perceptions of Europe and the Nation: The Case of Italy Author(s): TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: To date, European identity has not mobilised a feeling of belonging or solidarity that would be comparable to the ways in which national identities stir people's passions and make them ready 'to die for' their nations. ...

Title: Big structures, social boundaries, and identity in Cyprus, 1400-1700 Author(s): DEMETRIOU, Chares Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article examines the transformation of public identity among the Greek-speaking inhabitants of Cyprus during the late medieval period, when the island was ruled first under Western-style feudalism and then under Ottoman ...

Title: From Caporetto to Garibaldiland: interventionist war culture as a culture of defeat Author(s): JONES, Mark William Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article traces the evolution of interventionist war culture during the period beginning with the defeat of Caporetto and ending with the occupation of Fiume. As a result of the invasion of Italy, interventionists were ...

Title: Divided in Diversity: National Legal Scholarship(s) and the European Convention of Human Rights Author(s): HENNETTE-VAUCHEZ, Stéphanie Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The present article looks at the history and features of legal academic discourse on the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). It first establishes that people from inside the Convention system have been the first ...

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