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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Politics of Affective Societies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Many claim that political deliberation has become exceedingly affective, and hence, destabilizing. The authors of this book revisit that assumption. While recognizing that significant changes are occurring, these authors also point out the limitations of turning to contemporary democratic theory to understand and unpack these shifts.
Bens, Jonas   +13 more
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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
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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

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
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Collective Action Initiatives as a Tool for a Peaceful Energy Transition

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
In recent years, collective action initiatives in the energy field, such as energy communities and cooperatives, have been gaining relevance both in the policy and in the social research domains as primary actors of energy transition. [...]
Osman Arrobbio   +2 more
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‘You Can’t Do Anything Right’: How Adolescents Experience and Navigate the Achievement Imperative on Social Media

open access: yesYoung, 2023
The rise in mental health issues among youth has been linked to an emergence of an achievement imperative, causing a rise in personal expectations and achievement demands, with social media highlighted as a significant contributor to these developments ...
Søren Christian Krogh
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