Title:Predispositions to discriminatory immigration policies in western Europe: an exploration of political causes
Author(s):MARTINEZ-HERRERA, Enric; MOUALHI, DjaouidaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze citizens' predispositions concerning policies of immigrant selection and models of immigrant accommodation as observed by the 2002-3 European Social Survey. We focus on some of the EU's major countries, namely: ...
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:Prospettive per una democrazia post-sovranista
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Neither in its exercise nor in theoretical debate is the state’s sovereignty absolute any more. Indeed, a certain “fragility” can be observed in the traditional concept of sovereignty based on the definition of an impermeable ...
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 ...
Title:Protest on Unemployement: Forms and Opportunities
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The “return” of poor people movements pushes towards more reflection on the impact of changes in the social structure, the availability of organizational resources, and political and discursive opportunities for collective ...
Title:Protesta transnazionale e controllo
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; REITER, HerbertDate:2006Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Psychosomatic Subjects and the Duty to Be Well - Personal Agency Within Medical Rationality
Author(s):GRECO, MonicaDate:1993Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper compares the epistemologies of psychosomatics and biomedicine and examines their interrelation. In so far as die psychosomatic subject constitutes both the locus and the ultimate responsible agency of preventive ...
Title:Public-Interest Services Revisited
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The provision of utilities for all at an affordable price has long been regarded as a prerequisite for everyday life, generally guaranteed by the state. But in recent years, publicly owned utilities throughout Europe have ...
Title:Putting European political science back together again
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Political science is the product of modernity and the nation-state. A dominant tradition within it has striven for a positivistic and universal form of understanding, based on the individual actor. Developments in recent ...
Title:A Quarter Century of the Europe of the Regions
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Over a period of twenty-five years, we have witnessed the waxing and waning of the idea of a 'Europe of the Regions'. These concluding remarks begin by examining the factors that fuelled interest in, and enthusiasm for, ...