Title:Revisiting the Debate on Inequality: A longitudinal study using the British Cohort Study 1970
Author(s):PENSIERO, NicolaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation aims at reassessing of impact of family background, education and abilities on the educational and occupational outcomes of a British cohort sample (British Cohort Study 1970). This is pursued in three ...
Title:Ricercando nella rete: stili democratici dei siti web del movimento per una giustizia globale
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Notwithstanding a growing interest on online politics in social research, Internet use for making social movements more democratic received little attention. When social movement organizations (SMOs) create their websites, ...
Title:The rights and duties of external citizenship
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:What are the rights and obligations of citizens who live outside their country? Political theory has so far focused on immigrants' access to citizenship in countries of settlement and has had little to say about their ...
Title:The Rights of Others and the Boundaries of Democracy
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Benhabib argues that the tension between universal human rights and democratic self-determination cannot be resolved. Distinguishing between the principle of rights, on the one hand, and context-specific `schedules of ...
Title:The Riots: A dynamic view
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; GBIKPI, BernardDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Most social science concepts are contested—but some more so. This is the case for riot, that (as terrorism or Nimby), derives from everyday language, and is used in a stigmatizing way to single out irrational and deviant ...