Search results for "Politic"

Multilingualism and Ethnic Prejudice

2021

Abstract. This study explored the relationship between the ability to talk to others in more than one language and ethnic prejudice, considering the quality and quantity of intergroup contact. A structural equation model analysis was carried out on a sample of 631 Italian citizens. The results showed that multilingualism led to an increase of acceptance of intergroup differences and positive attitudes toward Moroccans and that the quality (but not quantity) of intergroup contact-mediated those relationships. The mediating role of the quality of intergroup contact extends previous results on the relationship between multilingualism and positive attitudes toward ethnic out-groups. These find…

The European Regional Convergence Process, 1980-1995: Do Spatial Regimes and Spatial Dependence Matter?

2002

International audience; The authors show that spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity matter in the estimation of the ß-convergence process among 138 European regions over the 1980 to 1995 period. Using spatial econometrics tools, the authors detect both spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity in the form of structural instability across spatial convergence clubs. The estimation of the appropriate spatial regimes spatial error model shows that the convergence process is different across regimes. The authors also estimate a strongly significant spatial spillover effect: the average growth rate of per capita GDP of a given region is positively affected by the average growth rate of …

Cittadini e cittadinanza. Prospettive, ruolo e opportunità di Agenda 21 Locale in ambito urbano

2008

PENSARE ALTRIMENTI. ANARCHISMO E FILOSOFIA RADICALE DEL NOVECENTO

2011

POLITICHE DI CONCORRENZA: DALLO STALLO AL RILANCIO

2012

Outer suburbs, car dependence and residential choice in France, In: Planning After Petroleum: Preparing Cities for the Age Beyond Oil

2016

In a discussion of the findings of extensive research of everyday household practices, this chapter suggests effective policy responses to increasingly more expensive petrol prices. Our research involved interviews, observations and analyses of low-income households adapting their mobility practices and residential locations within highly car-dependent urban environments. The chapter examines two main types of practices of households in car-dependent outer suburbs: either households opt 'to stay', forgoing sustained mobility and a varied range of activities, or they choose 'to go' and relocate in areas where travel costs are less of a burden on their budgets. Our research analyzed statistic…

Abortion in Latin America. More Than Criminalization, Not Yet Women’s Constitutional Right

2018

Latin America abortion law is often categorized as seriously restricted. And this is so, partially. Abortion is criminalized if it does not fit in the legal indications (e.g. health risk, rape) contemplated. These indications have not only been one of the most innovative areas to expand access to legal abortion in the region in the last years – including rulings of high courts – but they also question the typical classification of Latin America as an extremely legal constrained setting. In fact, if we look closely at the world legal map, we find that only two countries have absolutely ruled out the use of criminal law to deal with voluntary abortion (Canada and few jurisdictions in Australi…

Not So Much Societal: The Catholic Church in Poland as a Veto Player

2021

George Tsebelis distinguished two forms of veto players’ actions: institutional and partisan. In a democracy, the Church is not able to play either role because it is not an element of the state’s institutional structure. This was the source for Simon Fink’s proposal to look at the Church as a societal veto player (VP). The case of Poland shows, however, that such an approach becomes inadequate in numerous situations. The Church’s influence on political parties, and particularly the state’s institutions, may be exerted outside society. Performed on the basis of the existing literature and political debates conducted since 1989, the analysis of the social and political reality of Poland all…

Rapport pour l'Assemblée nationale sur l'abstention

2021

Analyse du phénomène de l'abstention électorale après l'envolée de celle-ci aux élections régionales de 2021. Cela dit, en France, ce phénomène est enregistré depuis déjà longtemps. La poussée de l’abstention est le résultat d’un grand nombre de facteurs politiques et sociaux. Ainsi, le déclin du clivage partisan gauche/droite marque l’effacement des élections à la fois disputées et polarisées qui jouaient fortement en faveur de la participation. Cette étude rassemble données et réflexions permettant d’éclairer la compréhension de l’abstention et de nourrir les propositions visant à favoriser le regain de la participation électorale. Rapport accessible en ligne sur le site de la Fondation p…

Les élections professionnelles, autre visage de la société abstentionniste

2021

International audience; Les élections départementales et régionales de 2021 ont été marquées par une abstention massive que les commentateurs ont expliquée par l’absence d’enjeux clairs, les inégalités sociales ou le désintérêt des jeunes, la crise sanitaire... En revanche, on a généralement ignoré l’anomie – soit le déclin des formes de régulation et des valeurs collectives – qui frappe la société française. Les élections professionnelles en apportent une illustration. Le même phénomène abstentionniste s’y manifestait déjà avant la crise sanitaire. Une analyse détaillée en est proposée dans "Anatomie du syndicalisme" (PUG). Différents éléments sont repris dans cet article, soulignant la mo…