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Sailing against the Law Tides

open access: yesComparative Population Studies, 2022
Over the past decade, asylum seekers and refugees arriving in Italy were accommodated in reception facilities located not only in large metropolitan centres but also in Small-medium Towns and Rural Areas (STRAs).
Magda Bolzoni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Gender Inequality in National Academic Contexts. An Introduction to the Symposium “Don’t Fix Women, Fix Academia?”

open access: yesSociologica, 2023
Despite the progress made in recent years, achieving gender equality in academia is still a major challenge. In general, studies have revealed that women progress more slowly up the academic ladder, that they tend not to attain essential leadership roles,
Ester Cois   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the Glass Ceiling in Italian Academia. Women’s Strategies and Barriers to Career Advancement

open access: yesSociologica, 2023
The underrepresentation of women in academia at the top levels, the so-called “glass ceiling phenomenon”, is still an issue also in Italian universities.
Maddalena Cannito   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Pandemic in the Trentino Asylum Reception System: Subjectivities Lost Within the “Health of the Facility”

open access: yesDve Domovini, 2022
This contribution results from research conducted during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores how the restrictions imposed for safety reasons impacted the everyday routines of a group of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of protection ...
Noemi Filosi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tertiary time: The precariat's dilemma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Progressive politics has always been about the struggle to reduce social inequities and inequalities. What takes priority depends on the type of society we live in.
Appadurai   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Intercultural policy in times of crisis: theory and practice in the case of Turin, Italy

open access: yesComparative Migration Studies, 2017
In this article we analyse how interculturalism, intended as a new paradigm of immigrant integration policies, has been taking shape in an Italian city, i.e. Turin, in the context of the current economic crisis. We argue for the necessity of going beyond
Tiziana Caponio, Davide Donatiello
doaj   +1 more source

Community Cooperative: A New Legal Form for Enhancing Social Capital for the Development of Renewable Energy Communities in Italy

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
This paper investigates the suitability of the community cooperatives (CC) model for the implementation of renewable energy communities (REC), as prescribed by art. 22 of EU Directive 2018/2001, and temporarily transposed into the Italian law by art.
Anna Grignani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religious Authority in Public Spaces: The Challenge of Jurisdictional Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The new significance of religion in Australian politics raises serious questions about how our politics is conceived and conducted. Liberal theorists have proposed three successive approaches to resolving the problem of religious disagreement in a ...
Aroney, Nicholas
core   +3 more sources

Social policy in a future of degrowth? Challenges for decommodification, commoning and public support

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires radical changes to production and consumption beyond technology- and efficiency-oriented solutions, especially in affluent countries. The literature on degrowth offers visions and policy paths
Kristian Kongshøj
doaj   +1 more source

In the balance? Civil society and the peace process 2002-2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As Sri Lanka slid back towards open hostilities in 2006, existing patterns of civil society engagement in peace negotiations came under widespread criticism on the grounds that they had failed to broaden participation and that they had largely excluded ...
Saravanamuttu, Pakiasothy   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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