Search results for "comparative"

Surveying and Observing Political Elites

2017

Surveys and observation are two strategies of inquiry that gather rich amounts of data about political elites’ opinions, attitudes, and behavior. These research techniques have experienced advances benefitting from the development of the Internet and new technological tools. Survey research has evolved from country studies to comparative research with greater amounts of units and cases. However, such studies face important challenges regarding questionnaire design, sampling, interviewing, and data analysis. In particular, problems of representativity and lack of control may threaten comparative analysis. On their side, observation techniques raise the question of accessibility, of potential…

Intégration des enfants de migrants à l'école : analyse comparative des approches de l'égalité en France et en Norvège

2018

International audience; Les systèmes éducatifs français et norvégien ont en commun, comme bien d'autres, de se réclamer des principes d'égalité et d'inclusion, et ils ont de plus retravaillé leurs principes de justice méritocratique au profit d'une certaine visée de l'équité. Cependant les situations de la France et de la Norvège et leurs politiques contrastent sur de nombreux plans : démographique, économique, institutionnel, culturel, sans compter le plan des relations internationales. Les legs historiques sont très différents, les situations géopolitiques aussi. Différentes, enfin, sont les expériences passées et présentes de réception et d'intégration des flux migratoires. La communicat…

European expert opinion on the management of invasive candidiasis in adults

2011

Item does not contain fulltext This report discusses the present status of antifungal therapy and treatment options for candidaemia, considered by experts in the field in Europe. A conference of 26 experts from 13 European countries was held to discuss strategies for the treatment and prevention of invasive candidiasis, with the aim of providing a review on optimal management strategies. Published and unpublished comparative trials on antifungal therapy were analysed and discussed. Commonly asked questions about the management of candidaemia were selected, and possible responses to these questions were discussed. Panellists were then asked to respond to each question by using a touchpad ans…

Body size increase in insular rodent populations: A role for predators?

2002

Insular mammalian populations living in areas of small size are often characterized by a drastic change in body mass compared to related continental populations or species. Generally, small mammals (less than 100 g) evolve into giant forms while large mammals (up to 100 g) evolve into dwarf forms. These changes, coupled with changes in other life, behavioural, physiological or demographic traits are referred to generally as the insular syndrome. We tested in this study the relative contribution of three factors - area of island, numbers of competitor species and number of predator species - to changes in body size of the woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Our …

Questo non è un flashback: frontiere della metalessi

2018

Se Gérard Genette ha contribuito in modo determinante all’annessione della metalessi dagli studi di retorica agli studi di narratologia, è stato ancora più responsabile della marcata deriva cinematografica di quegli stessi studi. Tra tanti suggerimenti ampiamente accolti dagli studiosi, forse alcune provocazioni sono però rimaste nell’ombra: il modo in cui parola e immagine interagiscono nella visualizzazione di racconti e ricordi sono stati riletti come altrettanti giochi metalettici. A poco a poco la metalessi ha finito per espandere i suoi confini, colonizzando i più insospettabili territori della rappresentazione filmica. Non sarà forse il caso di accettarne la sfida per disegnare una p…

Path Dependence and Paradox in Harmonizing Out-of-court Procedures across Europe. The Evidence from Italy

2018

This paper focuses on the impact that the ‘new approach to business failure’ has had on Italian out-of-court procedures. It will demonstrate that in 2005 Italian law started to embrace the rescue culture of out-of-court procedures by means of a series of reforms; initially, this movement facilitated the incorporation of the ‘new approach to business failure’, but – and this is the paradox – the more law makers and courts remove the old paradigms and introduce new ones, which in principle could make the procedures smoother, cheaper and more efficient, the more the law in the book and the law in action appear to be overloaded with additional prerequisites which make the procedures cumbersome…

A short Introduction to the Italian Legal System. Vol. I - Historical Background and Modern Legal Thought

2014

This book is the first in a series of volumes describing the Italian legal system. The plan of the work involves separate volumes dedicated to the “Italian style” and to the sources of the law, the analysis and description of the fundamental elements of the system, and the critical exposure of specific institutes of private law. The choice to use, for all the work, the English language with a simple and plain presentation of subjects, is justified by the desire to disseminate this work to the Italian and especially foreign students of the new university courses in cooperation and development, international relations, economic and political sciences as well as law courses. With this first op…

Influences, Translations, Settings: an Evaluation of the literary Relations between Ireland and Italy

2011

A comparative study of the reputation and the teaching quality of higher education departments, and their effects on graduate employment

2003

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The Nordic difference: Job quality in Europe 1995–2010

2012

Previous empirical research has pointed out that Nordic countries are distinguished from the rest of Europe in terms of job quality. On the other hand, it has been debated whether, in the longer run, the Nordic welfare state is able to insulate workers from globalization effects. This article investigates whether Nordic countries have retained their advantageous position concerning job quality compared with other EU countries. Empirical analyses are based on the European Working Conditions Survey collected in 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. We use data on employees in the 15 member states of the EU prior to enlargement in 2004 (n = 61,457). The results partly confirm previous findings of high j…