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Innovations, Reinvented Politics and Representative Democracy
2020
"This volume focuses on the issue of change in democratic politics in terms of experimental or actual innovations introduced either within political parties or outside the party system, involving citizen participation and mobilization (...)"
Attivisti 5 Stelle a Palermo
2015
Nel 2005 nasce il primo Meetup palermitano, alla protesta contro i partiti unisce l’impegno ambientalista. Nel 2012 alle comunali la lista civica del Movimento 5 Stelle non raggiunge il 5%, ma diventa primo partito alle regionali (14,9%). Gli attivisti intervistati raccontano le diverse fasi del movimento a Palermo, tra successi e periodi critici. In 2005 the first Meetup arose in Palermo in order to protest against political parties and to support environmental issues. In 2012 the municipal civic list 5 Star Movement did not reach 5%, but it became the first party at the regional elections (14.9%). The interviewed activists illustrate the different stages of the movement in Palermo, descri…
Le “plaisir sucré” de la duchesse : un point sur la production du « galant de Madame » à la fin du Moyen Âge. https://preo.u-bourgogne.fr/crescentis/…
2021
Among the range of products elaborated in the Dukes of Burgundy vineyards at the end of the Middle Ages, the galant is first quoted in 1383. This paper strives to shed new light upon the sources in which the galant appears, i.e. the accountability documentation of the Dukes’ vineyards. Our research focuses on two demesnes located near Dijon: Talant and Chenôve.The study of this rare product (2-4% of total production), which was certainly flavored with gentian, shows that the notion of fortified wine should be reconsidered for the 14th and 15th centuries. The galant was obtained only by heating white grape must in a cauldron, searching to reach a diminution of one- or two-thirds of the basic…
Welfare State Development, Individual Deprivations and Income Inequality: A cross-country analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean
2019
Several scholars have confirmed the role that the welfare state (WS) plays in reducing poverty, promoting equality and ensuring the common wellbeing. One of the limitations of the scholarship has been the conceptualization and operationalization of the WS and poverty as one-dimensional variables. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between welfare state development –as a one-dimensional and multidimensional variable-, single-dimensions deprivations and income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, before and after controlling for demographic and cyclical factors. The WS is operationalized taking into account its multidimensional nature. Three individual deprivat…
Quo vadis, CIUTI?
2012
Le présent article retrace le cheminement de la CIUTI depuis 50 ans, c’est-à-dire son développement en une organisation réputée ayant à son actif 40 membres en Europe et dans le monde. À ses débuts, la CIUTI avait certes comme but essentiel la promotion de la coopération entre ses membres (mobilité des étudiants et des enseignants, échange de connaissances), mais son autre objectif était de promouvoir la traductologie dans les universités en tant que discipline à part entière. L’auteur affirme qu’être membre de la CIUTI a une valeur symbolique qui confère, de ce fait, un capital social valorisant, sur les plans national et international, notamment en ce qui concerne le classement des instit…
Patriotism and pluralism: identification and compliance in the post-national polity
2009
The paper discusses the identity-building power and motivational force of patriotism. The basic idea underlying the discussion is that far from being a mere irrational and destructive force, patriotism is an expression of ‘existing human social identity.’ Thus, it argues that rather than dismissing patriotism altogether as an undesirable and/or irrational phenomenon, we need to understand how to discriminate between alternative forms of patriotism while investigating what constitutional reforms might be required to support those forms of patriotic identification that are morally desirable. I argue that to flourish, desirable forms of patriotism (what I call Ethical Patriotism) r…
Submitting “Alternative Facts” to Debate: A Weberian Perspective on Post-truth Politics
2018
'Oxford Dictionaries' chose “post-truth” as the “Word of the Year 2016”, while the association of German linguists (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache) did the same for '“postfaktische Politik'”. “Alternative facts”, launched by Kellyanne Conway concerning the attendance at Donald Trump’s inaugural, was a third variant in this cluster. In this article, I shall discuss Max Weber’s parliamentary perspective on the critique of given facts and of the powers of science in relation to the debates around post-truth politics. A critical assessment of Leo Strauss’s critique of Weber as a nihilist and relativist introduces the problematic. One aim of the article is to illustrate how even trivial sloga…
Michael Oakeshott through a postmodern looking-glass
1998
A Discussion on the Future of Democracy with Pierre Rosanvallon
2017
Rosanvallon is amongst the many that legitimately moves criticisms against the transformations which have affected democratic western societies in recent decades. His analyses are broad on a historical-descriptive level as much as on a suggestive one, therefore this contribution of mine will focus on some theoretical key aspects which are inspired by his latest publication, but also, when required, contextualising the latter on the trail of his previous works.
Gérer ensemble les territoires. Vers une démocratie coopérative
2010
National audience; Nombreuses, novatrices et souvent pertinentes, ces initiatives méritent d’être mieux reconnues afin de créer plus de synergies entre la gestion territoriale de l’environnement et les pouvoirs publics. Dialogues entre agriculteurs et ostréiculteurs au sujet de la qualité de l’eau, débats autour de la gestion d’un espace naturel ou de l’aménagement d’un quartier : les auteurs s’appuient sur trois cents projets menés en France pour dresser un portrait aux mille visages de la concertation territoriale. Ils montrent comment ces initiatives multiformes instaurent une véritable culture de la concertation indispensable à la dynamique des territoires et introduisent une nouvelle f…