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    Title: Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized crime, Italian style  Author(s): PAOLI, Letizia Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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, ...
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    Title: Maggioritario finalmente? La transizione elettorale 1994-2001  Author(s): D'ALIMONTE, Roberto; BARTOLINI, Stefano Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Book
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    Title: Maggioritario ma non troppo : le elezioni politiche del 1994  Author(s): BARTOLINI, Stefano; D'ALIMONTE, Roberto Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: Maggioritario per caso: Le elezioni politiche del 1996  Author(s): D'ALIMONTE, Roberto; BARTOLINI, Stefano Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: The Making of Fianna Fáil Power in Ireland, 1923-1948  Author(s): DUNPHY, Richard Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: The Management of Uncertainty: Learning from Chernobyl  Author(s): LIBERATORE, Angela Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This investigative analysis studies why key European countries responded differently to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and what can be learned from it. The author details why the accident was defined differently in various ...
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    Title: Managing Mixed Economies  Author(s): CASTLES, Francis Geoffrey; LEHNER, Franz; SCHMIDT, Manfred G. Date: 1988 Type of Publication: Book
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    Title: Managing Mixed Economies  Author(s): CASTLES, Francis Geoffrey; LEHNER, Franz; SCHMIDT, Manfred G. Date: 1986 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The impact of the institutions of party government on the determination of public policy is an area of research which must be regarded as a crucial component of democratic political analysis. Its significance is immediately ...
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    Title: Mani Impunite. Vecchia e nuova corruzione in Italia  Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, Alberto Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Con un tasso di corruzione percepita superiore a quello di molti paesi in via di sviluppo, l’Italia è un caso anomalo tra le grandi democrazie occidentali. Il problema è stato oggetto, negli ultimi anni, di una rimozione ...
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    Title: Marketing Modernity: Italian advertising from fascism to postmodernity  Author(s): ARVIDSSON, Adam Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In Marketing Modernity, 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 ...
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    Title: Marxism and Ecology  Author(s): GRUNDMANN, Reiner Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In this book Grundmann argues that Marx's theory of human nature and his evolutionary thinking are cogent tools for understanding basic traits of industrial countries and the ecological problems they produce. He challenges ...
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    Title: A Matter of Time: From work sharing to temporal flexibility in Belgium, France, and Britain  Author(s): BASTIAN, Jens Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This work argues that labour market policies cannot be seen in isolation from the incentives and constraints that institutions display and the way in which these in turn are basic to our understanding of public policy. ...
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    Title: Media Power and the Transformation of War  Author(s): DE FRANCO, Chiara Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Do the news media have any role in the transformation of war and warfare? This book argues that the news media alter the cognitive and strategic environment of the actors of war and politics and change the way these interact ...
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    Title: Media Practices and Protest Politics: How precarious workers mobilise  Author(s): MATTONI, Alice Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: How do precarious workers employed in call-centres, universities, the fashion industry and many other labour markets organise, struggle and communicate to become recognised, influential political subjects? "Media Practices ...
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    Title: Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, 4th edition  Author(s): CROTEAU, David; HOYNES, William; MILAN, Stefania Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the Internet, iPods and TiVo, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience ...
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    Title: Mediengewalt: Die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle von Gewaltdarstellungen im Fernsehen  Author(s): EISERMANN, Jessica Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In ihrem Buch Mediengewalt begreift Jessica Eisermann das Problem der Mediengewalt als sozial konstruiertes Problem, dessen Deutung und Wahrnehmung von einem „Masterframe der Kausalität“ dominiert werden. Die Soziologin ...
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    Title: Meeting democracy : power and deliberation in global justice movements  Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; RUCHT, Dieter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The concepts of power and democracy have been extensively studied at the global, national and local levels and within institutions including states, international organizations and political parties. However, the interplay ...
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    Title: Metafore della politica  Author(s): RIGOTTI, Francesca Date: 1989 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: I tardi anni '70 e i primi anni '80 sono stati gli anni della «metaforomania». Adesso che, bene o male, è stato raggiunto uno statuto epistemologico comune, che alle metafore sono state riconosciute teoricamente condizioni ...
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    Title: Military rule in Latin America : function, consequences, and perspectives  Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 1973 Type of Publication: Book
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    Title: Minimal Families: Childlessness and intergenerational transfers  Author(s): KOHLI, Martin; ALBERTINI, Marco Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The introduction of the special issue on Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers, first discusses the prior research literature and then overviews the presented contributions. Up to now, childless older adults have ...