Title:Il carisma politico
Author(s):PAPPAS, Takis S.Date:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper seeks to bring political charisma back into the study of comparative politics by reconstructing the concept and rendering it applicable to empirical research. Unlike previous approaches, the present study examines ...
Title:Images Within the Precarity Movement in Italy
Author(s):MATTONI, Alice; DÖRR, NicoleDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The recent cycle of social struggles against precarity in Italy has been characterized by an extensive use of images representing precarious workers. This contribution explores this in the case of the Euro Mayday Parade ...
Title:Imagining Europe: Internal and External Non-State Actors at the European Crossroads
Author(s):ANDRETTA, Massimiliano; DÖRR, NicoleDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article studies the construction of ideals and images associated with Europe
and the European Union by non-state actors (social movements, trade unions and
NGOs) based outside Europe. First, we analyse the external ...
Title:Immigration, Europe, and the 'New' Cultural Dimension
Author(s):VAN DER BRUG, Wouter; VAN SPANJE, JoostDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Kriesi et al. announced the birth of a new cleavage in contemporary Western Europe, one dividing the winners and losers of globalisation. Their studies in 2006 and 2008 contain analyses of party positions in six countries, ...
Title:The Impact of Formal Adult Education on the Likelihood of Being Employed: A comparative overview
Author(s):KILPI-JAKONEN, Elina; VONO DE VILHELNA, Daniela; KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya; STENBERG, Anders; BLOSSFELD, Hans PeterDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article aims to map formal adult education in terms of the determinants of educational upgrading later in life, relating these back to social inequalities from a comparative perspective, and to labour market outcomes ...
Title:In Defence of Pluralism in the Social Sciences
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:There are five levels in social inquiry: ontology; epistemology; approaches; methodology; and methods, which we see as means of gathering information. There is no determinate relationship such that one school will consistently ...
Title:In difesa del pluralismo. Conclusione: pluralismo sì ma ‘ragionevole’
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2009-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article aims at conceptualizing methodological pluralism, at different levels. The social sciences have been racked by arguments about ontology, epistemology, approaches, methods and methodology. There is a tendency ...
Title:In movimento: 'contamination' in action and the Italian global justice movement
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article we explore the process of `contamination' (namely cross-fertilization) in the development of the Global Justice Movement in Italy during the 1990s. We focus on two specific organizational sectors of this ...
Title:In the Name of the Prophet? Danish Muslim Mobilization During the Muhammad Caricatures Controversy
Author(s):LINDEKILDE, Lasse E.Date:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The twelve Muhammad caricatures published in September 2005 led to unforeseen Muslim mobilization and claim making in Denmark. Several academics, public intellectuals, and politicians have explained this by referring to ...
Title:Individualisation and Fertility
Author(s):EHRHARDT, Jens; KOHLI, MartinDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper, we discuss individualisation theory as a parsimonious framework concept to describe and explain core points of fertility change in Western societies since the end of the 19th century. We emphasise two ...