Search results for " Perspective"

Rethinking the risk matrix

2011

So far risk has been mostly defined as the expected value of a loss, mathematically PL (being P the probability of an adverse event and L the loss incurred as a consequence of the adverse event). The so called risk matrix follows from such definition. This definition of risk is justified in a long term “managerial” perspective, in which it is conceivable to distribute the effects of an adverse event on a large number of subjects or a large number of recurrences. In other words, this definition is mostly justified on frequentist terms. Moreover, according to this definition, in two extreme situations (high-probability/low-consequence and low-probability/high-consequence), the estimated risk…

Symbolic Domination and Active Power: Femal Roles in Criminal Organizations,

2007

The article is focused on analysing the role of female figures in the mafia criminal organizations. Starting from a comparative analysis of the ways in which - over time - have changed the forms of manifestation of the female power and the male domination in specific criminal contexts (especially in the Cosa Nostra, but not only), we will consider the dialectic of visibility/invisibility, appearance/reality behind which hides the need to respond to the cliché for which the women must be strong but must appear weak; at the same time we will try to understand what are the forms of materialization of women’s power in these contexts and which are the circumstances that make possible their legit…

Introdution

2014

Introduction to the volume about women's migration presented from several different perspectives.

Spanish/FL in Slovakia. A historical and Methodological Approach

2015

Abstract The present investigation forms part of the draft of study in comparative perspective of the perception of the target language among students of Spanish from different universities and countries in Europe, from the perspective of teaching languages as a cultural fact and the importance of the social, political and economic factors in the evolution and perception of the importance of SFL learning in the European context. We want to carry out an approach to investigation of various authors on the evolution of the study of Spanish as a foreign language in Central and Eastern Europe, and specifically to the teaching of Spanish at Slovak universities. We have taken as a reference the ev…

(Un)Natural and contractual international society: A conceptual inquiry

2011

This article offers a critical perspective on one of the central concepts of IR and the English School of IR in particular, namely the concept of international society. It argues that the moral agency of international society and its ‘naturalness’ were affirmed simultaneously with the marginalization of the concept of societas designating contractual political relations. The article traces the concept of contracted societas back to the work of Hugo Grotius, an acclaimed founder of the ‘international society’ tradition. By placing Grotius’ use of the concept in the context of ancient and early modern discussion of political alliances and partnerships, it demonstrates that politically contra…

Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries

2022

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from mating market and parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also test hypotheses drawn from other influential and non-mutually exclusive theoretical frameworks, from biosocial role theory to a cultural media perspective. Survey data from 93,158 human participants across 93 countries provide evidence that behaviors such as a…

Quality of life of NEET youth in comparative perspective: subjective well-being during the transition to adulthood

2021

In this study, we examine the self-reported subjective well-being (SWB) of youth who are ‘not in employment, education or training’ (NEET) across 24 countries in Europe. Theorizing from a youth tra...

Engaging Bourdieu in a comparative perspective. Social structure and lifestyle in Europe

2019

Digital Technologies for virtual recomposition. The case study of Serpotta stuccoes.

2014

The matter that lies beneath the smooth and shining surface of stuccoes of the Serpotta family, who used to work in Sicily from 1670 to 1730, has been thoroughly studied in previous papers, disclosing the deep, even if empirical, knowledge of materials science that guided the artists in creating their masterworks. In this work the attention is focused on the solid perspective and on the scenographic sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, who is acknowledged as the leading exponent of the School. The study deals with some particular works of the artist, the so-called “teatrini” (Toy Theater), made by him for the San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo. On the basis of archive documents and previous analogica…

Prøver, måling og og evaluering – pedagogiske utviklingsverktøy eller måleredskaper? Et kritisk perspektiv på vurderende og dokumenterende sakprosa i…

2018

Lederartikkelen gir en presentasjon av temanummeret  Evalueringens sakprosa. Seks studier av evaluerende tekster i barnehage og skole  og setter temaet i et kritisk perspektiv. Det slas fast at temanummerets artikler spenner fra det deskriptive til det kritisk-normative, fra det elevorienterte til det byrakratiorientere, og fra fokus pa tekst til fokus pa sosial praksis. The editorial article is a presentation of the theme issue  Evaluation saksprosa. Six studies of evaluative texts in kindergarten and school  and situates the topic in a critical perspective. The editors state that the theme number's articles range from the descriptive to the critical-normative, from the student-oriented to…