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Приморскіе торговые порты Европейской Россіи: Бѣлое, Балтійское, Черное и Азовское моря [Приморские торговые порты Европейской России...]
1908
Содержание: 1) Введение. I. Очеркъ развитія приморскихъ торговыхъ портовъ Европейской Россіи ; II. Строительные и эксплоатаціонные расходы въ портахъ ; III. Мѣстныя Управленія приморскими торговыми портами ; 2) БѢЛОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. Архангельский портъ ; 3) БАЛТІЙСКОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. С.-Петербургскій портъ ; III. Ревельскій портъ ; IV. Рижскій портъ ; V. Виндавскій портъ ; VI. Либавскій портъ ; 4) ЧЕРНОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. Одесскій портъ ; III. Днѣпровско-Бугскій лиманъ, Николаевскій и Херсонскій порты ; IV. Ялтинскій портъ ; V. Ѳеодосійскій порт…
The Protection of the Weaker Parties in the Platform Economy
2018
Known by many names – platform, sharing, peer-to-peer (p2p), collaborative economy, and so on - entirely new business models have emerged in recent years, whereby online platforms use digital technologies to connect distinct groups of users in order to facilitate transactions for the exchange of assets and services. This dramatic shift in business organisation and market structure has opened an intense debate on the persisting need for those regulatory measures that typically protect the weaker party in bilateral business-to-consumer transactions. Widespread calls for a more “levelled playing field” makes a strong argument for reconsidering the scope of regulation and delegating regulatory …
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…
Economic and technical feasibility of a photovoltaic system in university building
2009
The use of renewable sources for electric power production can compensate the ever increasing energy demand in buildings. This article shows a study on the feasibility – both from the economic and technical point of view, of a photovoltaic system to be built on the premises of a university faculty. After a historical analysis on the building’s consumption – both on a yearly and monthly base, which highlights the need for an autonomous electric power production system, the difficult task of the technical optimization was undertaken with the aim of minimizing the impact or visual interference of the plant. A series of simulations allowed estimating the right compromise between producibility o…
The Polarizing Impact of News Coverage on Populist Attitudes in the Public: Evidence From a Panel Study in Four European Democracies
2017
This study explores how news messages carrying parts of the populist ideology contribute to a polarization of public opinion about populism. It combines a content analysis of news coverage on two policy areas (N = 7,119 stories) with a two-wave panel survey (N = 2,338) in four European metropolitan regions (Berlin, Paris, London, and Zurich). In three regions, unopposed media messages with a populist stance have a conditional effect on populist attitudes that depends on prior convictions. A higher dose of exposure to populist news coverage enhances both prior agreement and disagreement with populism. Although the observed interaction patterns vary between regions, the general picture sugges…
Vote Transfers, Thwarted Voters and Newcomers in the 2009 Presidential Runoff in Romania
2011
Abstract This article investigates the role of thwarted voters and newcomers in setting the result of the December 6th, 2009 presidential runoff in Romania. For this purpose it employs panel survey data from the Romanian Election Studies, collected across three waves: pre-election, between the two rounds, post-election. Initially, it draws a picture of the main evolutions in turnout and vote between the first and the second round, with a special emphasis on vote transfers and risks associated to turnout and pro-winner overreporting. Then it analyzes the thwarted voters and their rationalities of making second-order electoral choices in the presidential runoff. The influence of campaign deve…
Touristification, Sharing Economies and the New Geography of Urban Conflicts
2018
The aim of this study was to address the highly controversial problem of the increasing touristification of urban centers, analyzing the case of Valencia. The paper begins with a theoretical reflection to disambiguate the term &ldquo
Europe and Euroscepticism on Twitter During the 2019 European Parliament Elections
2022
The purpose of this research is to analyse the activity on Twitter of the eight main candidates who stood in the 2019 European election in Spain. The analysis was developed throughout the electoral campaign and established based on two methodological perspectives. First, the content analysis allowed to observe which topics each candidate spoke about and from which perspective (pro-European or Eurosceptic). Second, the discourse analysis allowed to further explore the political communication strategies developed. This analysis is based on two hypotheses. The first (H1) is that European issues and approaches will not be a priority in candidates' discourses for the European Parliament, given t…
Ara es l’hora? The Approach of the Catalan Political Scene to Independence Issues
2016
The political situation in Catalonia during the last months is changing almost daily. Catalan nationalist movements consistently continue their efforts to create an independent state. As a result, every vote – an unofficial plebiscite, local elections or elections to the Catalan parliament – is treated like a referendum on the matter of independence. The Catalan actions that are ever more faster and further-reaching meet with a growing opposition of the central government, threatening the Catalan authorities with a number of sanctions in case of taking further, concrete steps to break away from Spain. Although, from the outside, the Catalan independence parties seem to be a monolith, the si…
Gender Inequalities and Social Sustainability. Can Modernization Diminish the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge?
2020
The gender gap in political knowledge is a classical problem of Western democracies. In the 21st century, political knowledge is still unequally distributed between men and women, as many cross-section studies have shown. This is an indicator of women’s disempowerment and the distance which remains to be covered to achieve an inclusive and sustainable society. Could public policies and gender equality laws change the situation? Using a longitudinal database in which 600,000 survey responses are analysed from 1996 to 2017, this case study of Spain aims to shed some light on this question. It combines sociological and political approaches in line with the development theory of the gender gap …