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Democrazia, o chi vale cosa (Thuc. II 37, 1)

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Democracy, or what everyone is worth (Thuc. II 37, 1) The paper addresses two exegetical problems in a passage from the speech of Pericles (Thuc. II 37, 1).
Nina Almazova
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The Role of Education in Shaping Political Participation Among Young Voters

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 792-803, December 2025.
Abstract This study investigates how education shapes political participation among young voters in Switzerland's direct democratic system, focusing on the turnout gap between highly and less‐educated individuals. Using registry data from the Canton of Zurich, we analyze participation patterns by educational track, gender, citizenship status, family ...
Lucas Leemann, Tabea Palmtag, Mala Walz
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Dal dissenso alla rivoluzione: satira e potere nel mondo arabo contemporaneo

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2012
The satire against Authority can provide a special understanding of contemporary history of Arab countries, especially exploring humour expressions before, during and after the 2011 revolts. After an historical review of satirical expressions in the MENA
Barbara De Poli insegna Storia contemporanea dei paesi islamici all’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha pubblicato, tra l’altro, I musulmani nel Terzo Millennio (Roma, Carocci, 2007) e Il sorriso della mezzaluna (Roma, Carocci, 2011).
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The Bright Side of Breaking Up: How Territorial Fragmentation Increases Political Engagement in Local Communities

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 4, Page 951-964, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Territorial reforms of administrative boundaries primarily aim at pursuing cost and administrative efficiency objectives, but their impact on the political engagement of local communities remains unclear. Moreover, while amalgamations have been widely studied, little is known about the effects of territorial fragmentation.
Augusto Cerqua, Dante Di Matteo
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Nazionale e globale nella rinascita dell’Internazionale socialista (1945-1951)

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2012
This article focuses on the refoundation of Socialist International after the Second World War (1945-1951). It tackles three elements of socialist history through the archives preserved at the Institute of Social History in Amsterdam: the socialist ...
Enrico Pugliese, laureato nel 2008 in storia contemporanea presso l’università di Roma Tre con una tesi su “Il Movimento di Unità Popolare 1953-1957”, è attualmente dottorando presso l’Università di Reading.
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Democrazia rappresentativa versus democrazia diretta. Riflessioni preliminari su democrazia parlamentare, democrazia partecipativa e democrazia deliberativa

, 2021
L'affermazione negli ultimi anni di strumenti di democrazia partecipativa e di democrazia deliberativa quale risposta alla “crisi della rappresentanza politica” impone di riflettere sul significato reale di tale “crisi” e sulle peculiarità della c.d. “democrazia partecipativa” e di quella “deliberativa”.
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Technology‐Enabled Surveillance as a Regime Characteristic: Re‐Authoritarianization in Central Asia

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 377-388, September 2025.
Abstract Rapidly advancing information and communication technologies, along with the proliferation of artificial intelligence and closed‐circuit television, have profoundly reshaped state‐society relations worldwide. Initially celebrated for their democratizing potential, these technologies have, over the past two decades, ushered in a wave of ...
Josette Baer, Jasmin Dall'Agnola
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West Lothians in the European Parliament? Diverging Vote Choices in Cases of Differentiated Integration

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 472-485, December 2024.
Abstract Territorial differentiation entails challenges for legitimate representation as legislators may be empowered to vote on legislation that does not affect their constituencies. A typical example of this democratic dilemma is the “West Lothian question” in the United Kingdom, where all members of the House of Commons can vote on bills that only ...
David Steinecke, Max Heermann
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I nomi propri e gli uomini medi. Romanzo, scienze umane, democrazia

Between, 2015
The rise of the genre that now we call the novel is contemporary to the development of human sciences and statistics. However, the discoursive formations of the novel and the human sciences are in many respects opposite: the novel justifies itself by ...
Guido Mazzoni
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