Title:Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized crime, Italian style
Author(s):PAOLI, LetiziaDate:2003Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Relying on previously undisclosed confessions of former mafia members now cooperating with the police, Letizia Paoli provides a clinically accurate portrait of mafia behavior, motivations, and structure in Italy. The mafia, ...
Title:Maggioritario ma non troppo : le elezioni politiche del 1994
Author(s):BARTOLINI, Stefano; D'ALIMONTE, RobertoDate:1995Type of Publication:BookAbstract:L'interesse per le elezioni politiche del marzo '94 appare giustificato: la nuova legge elettorale messa alla prova dei fatti in un sistema politico in fase di profondo mutamento; gli schieramenti caratterizzati "poli" più ...
Title:Maggioritario per caso: Le elezioni politiche del 1996
Author(s):D'ALIMONTE, Roberto; BARTOLINI, StefanoDate:1997Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Alla sua seconda prova il nuovo sistema elettorale è riuscito a produrre una chiara maggioranza di governo? Rispetto alle elezioni politiche del 1994, quando la novità del meccanismo elettorale e l'incalzare degli eventi ...
Title:Mainstreaming Gender in Global Governance
Author(s):HAFNER-BURTON, Emilie M.; POLLACK, Mark A.Date:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we seek to explain both the origins of gender mainstreaming as a 'policy frame' in International Relations, as well as the variable implementation of mainstrearning over time and across various international ...
Title:Majoritarian Miracles and the Question of Party System Change
Author(s):BARTOLINI, Stefano; D'ALIMONTE, RobertoDate:1998Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 1996 elections in Italy may be evaluated using a dual means of inquiry: which novelties (or the absence thereof) appear with respect to 1994? And, how many and in what way (if any) do they contribute to the definition ...
Title:The making of a consumer society: marketing and modernity in contemporary Italy
Author(s):ARVIDSSON, AdamDate:2000Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis, Adam Arvidsson traces the development of Italy's postmodern consumer culture from the 1920s to the present day. In so doing, Arvidsson argues that the culture of consumption we see in Italy today has its ...
Title:The Making of Fianna Fáil Power in Ireland, 1923-1948
Author(s):DUNPHY, RichardDate:1995Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This is the first major study of the origins, development, and strategies of Fianna Fail; showing how the party achieved its central role in Irish politics. Dunphy explores its historical development, looking at its ...
Title:The making of the new EU security order: An organizational study of complex security governance
Author(s):SCHROEDER, Ursula C.Date:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The Organization of European Security Governance investigates what impact the changing nature of security challenges has had on the organization of security governance in Europe. As the most pervasive security challenges ...
Title:Making the new polis : The Practice of Deliberative Democracy in Social Forums
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2009Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Social movements present criticism of representative democracy, developing and experimenting with alternative models of democracy. Using group interviews, triangulated with survey data, the chapter discusses to which extent ...