Search results for "INTEGRATION"

Il dibattito internazionale e la (ri)appropriazione locale del confronto sugli spazi autonomi

2014

Da alcuni decenni ormai, le pratiche di (ri)appropriazione e riconversione temporanea a fini “pubblici” di aree in disuso hanno fatto emergere esperienze interessanti, nelle principali città europee (e non solo) e in maniera significativa in alcune tra le più importanti città italiane. Un rinnovato interesse per questi temi ha dato vita, in particolare negli ultimi anni, a una serie di analisi teoriche oggi di riferimento per il dibattito internazionale. In questo contesto sembra oggi più che mai necessario introdurre autori e riferimenti internazionali per legittimare un confronto accademico su temi di pianificazione radicale come quello che riguarda il “diritto all’appropriazione” (Lefebv…

La communication interculturelle des vietnamiens francophones en insertion professionnelle : éthiques culturelles et coopération

2011

This thesis studies the professional integration in Vietnam of French-speakers in terms of communication. The study context involves French recruiters and Vietnamese candidates in authentic recruitment situations. Introduction presents an overview of the problem: if, as declared by E.T. Hall, culture and communication are the same phenomenon viewed under two particular facets, is it possible for French recruiters and Vietnamese candidates to communicate in order to understand, get along with each other, and reach agreement ? How can communication be viewed in the situation of cultural differences? In fact, cultural codes facilitate communication only when they are shared. The paradox is tha…

Analysing software integration scenarios: the case of telecommunications operations software

2008

Telecom operators deploy a vast number of software systems to support their operations. Vendors of this software often integrate in their products several software systems, in order to enable innovations, minimize customer's integration efforts, etc. Different integration scenarios can be envisioned, and the issue of identifying more beneficial scenarios is of a great importance to the vendors. This paper aims at analyzing different software integration scenarios from the viewpoint of their support for innovations, and focuses on the context of telecommunications operations software. For each scenario, the overall modularity of the set of software systems is evaluated, and the expected bene…

How Integrated is Latvian Society? An Audit of Achievements, Failures and Challenges

2010

Municipal Thematical and Territorial Indicator Systems for Sustainable Socio-Ecological Coastal Governance

2017

Abstract . There are recognized in Latvia the lack of locally based coastal socio-ecological research knowledge and its interpretation into municipal safety and development planning from one side as well as also only land-side oriented and separate sectorial development interests based coastal municipalities’ governance/planning practice from other side. Coastal governance practice development problems solution at the local level are to be seen at both ends of governance cycle – coastal situation evaluation (e.g. science) and policy design and implementation . Overall objective is to create, apply/test and use applicable interface system for integrated coastal science transfer into integrat…

Toward a Sociology of EU Politics

2018

In this chapter, the author discusses some of the intellectual tools that sociology can mobilize in the analysis of European Union (EU) politics, and then follows with a closer investigation of some sociological research. To illustrate EU politics, this chapter concentrates on the European Parliament, the most democratic European institution. The author contrasts the sociological approach and its advantages with more traditional research in political science and international relations. European integration has provided new objects of analysis for sociologists. Some focus on the EU as a new polity. Others have developed a more specific approach that has been labeled structural constructivis…

Estilos de aculturación y encrucijadas de la diversidad cultural

2009

La diversidad cultural y su gestión política se han convertido en el tema central de nuestro tiempo. Ello está relacionado con el hecho de que en las sociedades de la modernidad avanzada, inmersas en una radicalización e intensificación de los procesos de mundialización, se generan condiciones de pluralismo etnocultural constitutivo (con diversidad de estilos y estrategias de aculturación y nuevas modalidades de conciencia intercultural), que impugnan las pautas de gestión de la diversidad típicas de sociedades precedentes. El artículo aborda los principales estilos de aculturacion imperantes en dicho contexto, con especial referencia a la sociedad española: la pluralidad de estilos vigente…

The Role of Labour and Associated EU Liberalization Challenges: Insights from the Port Sector

2013

An influential argument holds that labour unions are not likely to succeed in their objectives through current European decision-making processes. In addition, the European Union has extensive leverage to introduce negative integration due to asymmetries towards liberalization in the treaties. Given such arguments it is of interest to study a case, where attempts of EU liberalization reform have failed and labour unions claim this is their victory. An in-depth analysis of the decision-making process of the proposal for a Port Directive highlights that labour unions are most influential when they are able to exploit the division of industry interests to resoundingly oppose policy change. Mor…

High-skilled immigrants in times of crisis. A cross-European analysis

2014

Abstract In times of economic turmoil, do high-skilled immigrants (HSIMs) tremble, or are they better suited than non-immigrants or low-skill immigrants to cope with such instability? This paper sheds some light on HSIMs’ social integration during crisis by considering their life satisfaction, ability to get paid work, and civic participation. European Social Survey (ESS) data are used in multilevel models aiming to disentangle the effect of recession in the host economy from that of living through times of crisis. The existing literature does not point in a clear direction, but the use of acculturation perspective, along with the self-selection hypothesis, help to derive clearer expectatio…

Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda

2021

The diversification of information sources has reignited the controversy on media-induced fragmentation endangering social integration. The media's capability to set the public agenda and create issues as a common core is a pivotal part of the public sphere and contributes fundamentally to society's cohesion. Algorithm-driven sources like social media that personalize content to the preferences of individuals and their social networks are considered agents of fragmentation of the public sphere. Politically extreme individuals relying on them may be particularly vulnerable to losing touch with society's common core. We employ an innovative operationalization of fragmentation on the individu…