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Is political interference in science unavoidable? A look at the situation in Italy highlights what can happen if scientists do not defend their independence and their science.
CORBELLINI, Gilberto, Elena Cattaneo
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Gender Gap in Political Science: An Analysis of the Scientific Publications and Career Paths of Italian Political Scientists [PDF]
ABSTRACTThis article assesses whether a gender gap in political science, identified in the international literature, also is present in the context of Italian political science. The literature has mostly centered on the comparison of female publication rates in international journals with the academic workforce in the United States, but this raises an ...
Cellini, Marco
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Early-Career Gender Inequalities in Ital-ian Political Science in the context of neoliberal academia
Gender disparities persist as a prominent issue in academic careers, reflecting systemic biases and structural barriers that hinder advancement and contribute to the marginalization of women in precarious academic positions.
Camilla Gaiaschi +2 more
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This article examines gender inequality in Italian academia, focusing on Political Science (SPS/04) compared with the broader Area 14 (Social and Political Sciences) and General Sociology (SPS/07), between 2005 and 2020.
Camilla Gaiaschi, Selena Grimaldi
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The impact of Electoral Rules on Political Particularism. Highlights from the Italian Chamber of Deputies [PDF]
Candidate-centered electoral systems make it more convenient for politicians to cultivate a personal reputation. In order to cultivate personal followings, candidates provide goods and services to narrow segments of society in exchange for votes.
S. Decadri
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Special issue: The Gender Equation in Italian Political Science: Gaps, Barriers and Routes Forward [PDF]
Gender inequality in academia has long been a central issue in higher education and a sustained field of inquiry. Yet, despite the growing international literature on the topic, Italian political science has largely neglected it. With few exceptions, analyses of the discipline’s development have seldom addressed gender, while research on the academic ...
Bosco, Anna
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Continuity and change in party positions towards Europe in Italian parties: an examination of parties' manifestos [PDF]
This paper analyses Italian parties' manifestos for national and European elections from 1979 to 1999 with the 'Wordscore' programme in order to gauge whether party positions with regard to the European Union have changed and whether the salience of the ...
Raj S. Chari +5 more
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has emerged as one of the most dramatic health crises of recent decades. This paper treats mainstream news about the current pandemic as a valuable entry point for analyzing the relationship between science and politics in the public sphere, where the outbreak must be both understood and confronted through appropriate public ...
Crabu, Stefano +3 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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