Search results for "CIVIC"

Virtual network, emotional capital and social movements

2019

In the first chapter, I examine the strong impact of social media on the creation of virtual communities and if and how mobile technology and social networks represent elements for relational occasions, in order to and build of bridging social capital. Relational occasions are the bridges that individuals use and “cross” to create sharing on issues of social interest. Social media transform the traditional characteristics of so- cial relationships in the pre-digital age. The way technology is used changes the quality, frequency, availability, selection and exit mechanisms of social relationships. In this way, social re- lationships modify the mechanisms that generate social and emotional ca…

Latvia. Human Development Report 2012/2013: Sustainable Nation

2007

Le cooperative di comunità quali potenziale strumento per ripensare e valorizzare gli usi civici nelle aree rurali. Uno spunto di riflessione

2020

Regolate da frammentate normative regionali, le cooperative di comunità si caratterizzano per inserirsi pienamente nel quadro delineato agli artt. 2511 c.c. ss. e per la tendenziale coincidenza tra i soci di queste ultime e la popolazione insistente in un’area geograficamente limitata. La presenza di gruppi organizzati di individui che svolgono attività di valorizzazione dei territori può rivelarsi potenzialmente capace di stimolare l’attività economica locale e perseguire lo sviluppo comunitario e il benessere collettivo, in un’ottica di relazione sinergica tra interessi pubblici e privati. L’importanza di una dimensione intergenerazionale, tipica dello sviluppo sostenibile e particola…

Farmers' participation in civic agriculture: The effect of social embeddedness

2014

This work investigates how farmers??? attitudes influence their decision to participate in some particular forms of civic agriculture, namely farmers' markets (conventional or organic), solidarity purchase groups, direct selling and box schemes. It also explores whether social embeddedness-related attitudes occur with different intensities within the various types of civic agriculture. To this end, a survey was carried out among farmers participating in civic agriculture in Sicily (Italy). Empirical results confirm the role of social embeddedness whereby personal relations between farmers and consumers are emphasised: a greater presence of community relations fosters a greater role of socia…

Diversity, Music and Social and Civic Competence: contributions of musical experience

2014

Educational legislation is obliged to ensure the curriculum is adapted to enable the full development of the necessary basic skills. Teachers have to differentiate pupils’ curricula according to their cognitive, cultural and social constraints, so that each individual can develop into a socially competent citizen. This article describes how musical experience is affordable, effective and motivating for pupils included classed as requiring “attention to diversity,” and how it can contribute to this group’s acquisition of social and civic competences. In attention to diversity, music in has a vital role in primary schools, boosting self-esteem, independence, initiative, and contributing to th…

Fiducia verso persone e istituzioni: evidenze da una survey sul capitale civico degli studenti

2017

Trust in people and institutions: evidence from a survey on the civic capital of students Objectives: According to economic theory, civic capital is the result of a process of social investment through vertical transmission channels, internal to the family, and horizontal socialization, among peers. The reference context, such as the neighbourhood, plays an important role influencing both of these channels. This paper presents some initial evidence obtained from a statistical survey conducted on students of secondary high schools of the city of Palermo with the aim of measuring the basic dimensions that contribute to the formation of the civic and human capital. In particular, the focus is …

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIZENS’ TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE

2021

The article analyses the relationship between citizens’ trust in local government institutions and participation in local governance. The research results have revealed that citizens’ trust in local government is still low and participation lacks activeness. Civic participation is more active than political participation. According to the research results, the main reasons of absence of participation in local governance are lack of information and knowledge about public participation, lack of information about participation opportunities, lack of communication and response to expressed opinion and suggestions. The results of quantitative research showed that participation and trust dimensio…

Measuring well-being in Colombian departments. The role of geography and demography

2021

This paper provides a composite indicator of well-being for the 33 Colombian departments in the year 2016. The indicator is built by adapting the well-known OECD Better Life Index to the regional level, and includes the dimensions of income, health, education, safety, housing, environment, labour market, and civic engagement and governance. As to the methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making techniques are employed, an approach which enables a comparison of well-being across departments and the construction of rankings. The results yield several take-away messages. First, there are substantial disparities in well-being across Colombian departments. Second, de…

La scuola come comunità educante nella pedagogia italiana del secondo Novecento

2021

The aim of this paper is to present a historical reconstruction of the Italian debate in the second half of the twentieth century about the community as the destiny of education and school institution. After the reflections of the immediate post-war period, when the notion of community is combined with the idea of a substantial democracy, there is the idea of a school as educating community suggested by the Faure Report in the seventies. The educational debate on the school as an educating community is very rich of different voices that interpret, during the second half of the twentieth century, a need that is not always satisfied, but that is the sign of a constant attention to the communi…

Preface

2019