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Parliament and the Press : Forging the United Nations in Wartime Britain, 1939–45
2020
During the Second World War, not only the United States but also Great Britain played a leading role in planning and establishing the United Nations (UN) as a new international organisation to replace the League of Nations. While scholarship on post‐war planning is extensive, relatively little exists on how the planning process was discussed and depicted publicly in Britain. The purpose of this article is to fill such lacunae by examining the two most important domains for public discussion at the time, the press and parliament. It will argue, first, that the League of Nations’ experience – its inability to use collective force and its optimistically democratic structure – overwhelmingly sh…
Increasing offensive or defensive efficiency? An analysis of Italian and Spanish football☆
2009
This paper analyses technical efficiency of Italian and Spanish football during three recent seasons, to shed light on the sport performance of professional football clubs. To achieve this we have used mathematical optimisation methods, particularly DEA models, which enable the calculation of the frontiers of efficient production. Some of the most interesting results are the following. Firstly, the Spanish league is clearly more homogeneous and competitive than the Italian league. Secondly, to obtain a better classification in the Italian league, it is much more important to improve defensive, rather than offensive, efficiency. The popular maxim holds in Italy: the best attack begins with a…
Article 2
2015
In questo commento all'articolo 2 del Patto della Società delle Nazioni sono esaminate le questioni della natura giuridica della Società e dei rapporti tra Assemblea e Consiglio. Inoltre, è descritta la struttura della Società nel suo insieme, tenendo conto anche degli altri organi nominati nel Patto e nei Trattati di pace, degli organi sussidiari e degli organi creati mediante accordo tra la Società e uno o più Stati. This article examines the question of the nature of the League of Nations and the relationship between the Assembly and the Council. It also provides an overview of the whole structure of the League.
Evolving Conceptualisations of Internationalism in the UK Parliament : Collocation Analyses from the League to Brexit
2020
This chapter explores a historical distant reading strategy of British Parliamentary discourse. It uses historical collocation analyses of ‘internationalism’ and the ‘international’ in the British Hansard Corpus and a selection of Commons and Lords debates concerning British membership in international organisations as it relates to the League of Nations, United Nations, Council of Europe, EEC and Brexit. The collocates that were deemed to be politically significant are grouped in 13 loose semantic fields. This macro-level analysis of long-term trends of discourse is supplemented with an analysis of the said key debates in their historical contexts, including comparisons between the two Hou…
Lionello Perera: An Italian Banker and Patron in New York
2022
The book presents the long-lost biography of Lionello Perera, principal banker, patron, and philanthropist of the Italian American community in New York at the inception of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Venice, Lionello Perera took over his uncle’s financial activity in Wall Street and developed the family business into a stronghold of the Italian American community. His remarkable career led him to become the Vice President of Bank of America in 1928 as an associate of California born Amadeo P. Giannini, while he also was instrumental to the political success of New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Recognised as a true founding father of the Italian American community of the Eas…
Tiešsaistes videospēļu “Counter Strike” un “League of Legends” spēlētāju interaktīvā komunikācija
2017
Bakalaura darbā „tiešsaistes video spēļu „Counter Strike” un „League of Legends” spēlētāju interaktīvā komunikācija” tiek pētīta verbālās un neverbālās valodas lietošana un tās pielietojums dažādos komunikācijas kanālos. Papildus pēc iegūtajiem datiem un veiktajiem novērojumiem tiek noskaidrots auditorijas (spēlētāju) viedoklis par komunikācijas saturu un nepieciešamību. Darba teorētisko daļu veido daļas par kvalitatīvu komunikāciju, kā arī nodaļas par interaktīvo komunikāciju, tiešsaistes video spēlēm un tiešsaistes spēļu komunikāciju kopumā. Empīriskajā daļā ar kontentanalīzes palīdzību tiek pētīti ar novērojuma metodi iegūti dati par spēlētāju komunikācija tiešsaistes spēļu virtuālajā vi…
Migration in globalized sport : Finnish ice hockey players in Russia
2016
During the last five years the number of Finnish ice hockey players migrating to Russia has significantly increased. Despite this fact scarce research has been done in this field. Moreover, comparing to the progress that has been achieved in other areas of sociology of sport, much more work needs to be done, in sports transnational migration both at a theoretical and empirical level. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine how the migration period in Russia is perceived by Finnish professional ice hockey players by exploring and interpreting their personal experiences. More specifically, it is asked in this study for which reasons Finnish ice-hockey players migrate to Russia. Mor…
Suomen Liigasta idän pikajunaan : jääkiekon KHL-joukkue Jokereiden kotiyleisön sosiodemografia sekä näkemykset kotiottelutapahtumista ja seuran KHL:ä…
2019
Jääkiekko on kasvanut viime vuosikymmenien aikana Suomen seuratuimmaksi urheilulajiksi, ja lajiin on onnistuttu myös rakentamaan maan ainoa täysammattilainen liiga. Lajin suosion nousuun on vaikuttanut niin toimintaympäristössä kuin urheilun seuraamisessa tapahtuneet muutokset. Kansainvälisen menestyksen myötä yleisön kiinnostus jääkiekkoa kohtaan on kasvanut ja jääkiekko-otteluista on muiden urheilutapahtumien ohella tullut viihteellisiä kulutushyödykkeitä. Jääkiekkoyleisöä on tutkittu suhteellisen vähän huolimatta lajin suuresta suosiosta, joten yleisötutkimuksen tekeminen lajin parissa on perusteltua. Helsingin Jokerit on pitkät perinteet omaava jääkiekkoseura, joka kohahdutti suomalaist…
Turnīru rezultātu reģistrācijas sistēma spēlei League of Legends
2019
Kvalifikācijas darba ietvaros ir izstrādāta turnīru rezultātu reģistrēšanas sistēma spēlei “League of Legends”, kas paredz iespēju reģistrēt spēles turnīru administratoriem informāciju par dažādiem turnīriem un to norises rezultātiem, kā arī dot iespēju pašiem turnīru dalībniekiem un citiem cilvēkiem sekot līdzi turnīru norisei. Konkrētā sistēma palīdzēs ne tikai vien visiem, kam interesē kāds turnīrs un tā iznākums, apskatīt svarīgākos turnīra aspektus, neatrodoties tieši paša turnīra norises vietā, bet vēl jo vairāk pašiem turnīru organizatoriem taupīt laiku un naudu, ērti un ātri reģistrējot nozīmīgākos turnīra datus sistēmā, netērējot tam nekādus papīra resursus, kas mēdz ātri kļūt neli…
A European mind? Europeanisation of football fan discussions in online message boards
2021
Across Europe, national professional football leagues have seen increasing numbers of players from other EU states, while the Champions League and the Europa League have become a focal point for ma...