bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Partenariato pubblico-privato ed investimenti infrastrutturali: opportunitŕ per uno sviluppo sostenibile
Authors: Troisi Angela
Published: June 2021

L'indagine analizza l'ambito delle operazioni di partenariato pubblico-privato volte alla realizzazione di progetti di significativa utilitŕ sociale e, dunque, ad elevato valore aggiunto in termini di benessere della collettivitŕ di riferimento. L'obiettivo avuto di mira č la valutazione del ruolo assunto dagli investimenti di interesse pubblico nel superamento della situazione di stallo che, al presente, caratterizza il nostro sistema economico-finanziario e, piů in generale, i mercati internazionali. Specifica attenzione, inoltre, č dedicata alla tematica concernente l'utilizzo della finanza di progetto nell'implementazione delle grandi opere infrastrutturali; mediante un approccio di natura economico-aziendalistica vengono approfonditi gli effetti dei recenti interventi normativi del legislatore italiano (d.l. 201/2011, convertito nella legge 22 dicembre 2011, n. 214, e d.l. 1/2012, convertito nella legge 24/3/2012, n. 27). Si ha riguardo, in particolare, alla regolamentazione del "contratto di disponibilitŕ" (art. 160-ter, codice dei contratti pubblici, d. lgs. 12 aprile 2006, n. 163), nonché all'introduzione dei c.d. "project bonds", la cui disciplina č stata inserita nel disposto dell'art. 157, cod. contr. pubbl., per effetto delle modifiche recate dall'art. 41, comma 1, del d.l. 1/2012 (c.d. decreto "Cresci-Italia").
Apprendere dalle emozioni. La funzione dell'hic et nunc e dell'insight in psicosocioanalisi
Authors: Mazzolari Laura
Published: June 2021

L'obiettivo di questo articolo č di cercare di capire come le emozioni agiscono e interagiscono nel processo di apprendimento della psicosocioanalisi. All'interno dei processi di apprendimento proposti da Ariele č stato evidenziato che, indipendentemente dalla motivazione che portava ad iscriversi, nel gruppo spesso "avviene qualcosa" che improvvisamente provoca, fa emergere una forte emozione individuale, positiva o negativa, ma comunque generativa. Questo turbamento emotivo implica un passaggio di apprendimento cognitivo sia individuale che gruppale per rendere le emozioni sostenibili e riconoscibili e per riuscire a rielaborarle in un pensiero accettabile. L'articolo arriva a proporre un possibile modello psicosocioanalitico di apprendimento attraverso le emozioni. La metafora dell'apprendimento emotivo che emerge da queste riflessioni č quella di una nave sul mare che č potenzialmente nel caos, deve attraversare una tempesta, puň affondare o navigare alla ricerca di un approdo, affrontando il rischio.
L'apprendimento e le sue triangolazioni. Un modello e un punto di vista filosofico
Authors: Mori Luca
Published: June 2021

Come nell'immagine "Mani che disegnano" di Escher, in cui Varela trovň un esempio della circolaritŕ che ci permette di evolvere, chi apprende "ridisegna" il proprio punto di vista e le proprie relazioni: con esempi ricavati dalla storia della filosofia, l'articolo propone la nozione di "triangolazione" per descrivere il processo di apprendimento quando un soggetto (gruppo, organizzazione) si trova alle prese con "figure ambigue" o "figure-rebus" che generano ansia e conflitto, sfidano il "sense-making".
La Bomba. Fornari e la speranza futura
Authors: de Polo Renato
Published: June 2021

La ricerca di Fornari ha utilizzato i concetti di negazione e proiezione sul nemico per "spiegare" la guerra. Lo schema kleiniano delle due posizioni difensive legittima sia l'attacco all'altro come nemico (posizione schizoparanoide) sia la sua impossibilitŕ (posizione depressiva) a causa dei conseguenti, inevitabili, sensi di colpa. Nel setting individuale tramite l'elaborazione transferale e contro-transferale tale schema interpretativo sembra funzionare. Il suo trasferimento nell'analisi dei rapporti internazionali rivela tutta la sua impotente problematicitŕ. La soluzione fornariana di superare le difficoltŕ indicate con la relazione tra il livello di significazione infantile e quello adulto (doppia referenza) non č del tutto adeguata se si riflette sui limiti di sense making universale. Si puň avanzare una nuova prospettiva: il desiderio č minacciato dal timore di perdere "la primordiale armonia" depositata nella memoria nostalgica della relazione intrauterina. Un'ipotesi salvifica č connessa al linguaggio: attraverso esso scovare il conflitto e dare spazio alla costruzione di un discorso sul trauma e generare spazi nei quali il desiderio possa trovare soddisfazione piů facile nel mondo quotidiano.
Incentivi economici per la protezione della biodiversitŕ e degli ecosistemi di proprietŕ privata
Authors: Perali Federico , Cooper Joseph , Veronesi Marcella
Published: June 2021

- This study has the objective to bring to the fore the importance of appropriate incentive schemes for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems on private lands. The analysis describes the effectiveness of the regulations implemented in advanced countries. In particular, first the study presents some examples and discusses the implications of the actual legislation in developed countries for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Then, the study analyses the legal doctrine regarding compensation, and the available economic instruments for ecosystem services protection. Finally, the study presents the best economic tools capable to align private behavior with the social goals of protecting the services offered by the ecosystems and favoring the participation of private owners to projects for sustainable production and conservation. Special attention is paid to the institution of Community Foundations using as models those implemented in the United States. JEL: Q57, Q58 Key words: biodiversity, conservation, ecosystems, community foundations, economic incentives, private lands.
Emission trading e comportamento delle imprese: un'analisi attraverso un Decision Support System
Authors: Esposito De Falco S.
Published: June 2021

- The problem of the influence exerted on the firms behaviour from the introduction of the mechanisms of regulation of the Emissions Trading (ET) - is the heart of this 185 work. In fact, following the approach of the new-institutionalist school of Powell and Di Maggio, we wanted to test how much the business can be influenced by both the action of public and private institutions and the interaction with the socio-economical environment where it acts. In this context we tried to analyse the consequences induced by the dictates of the Kyoto Protocol on the strategic choices of the companies, with reference, above all, to the tendencies to change and innovation. The hypothesis of search is that mechanisms of regulation of the ET may change the competitive behaviour of the companies, for the advantage to pay the emissions permits rather than innovate the technological processes. To sustain such an hypothesis we developed a Decision Support System able to simulate the businesses behaviour after the share allotment. The work ends with a simulation carried out on the energy manufacturing equipment from which it is possible to make some considerations about the limited effectiveness of the mechanisms of regulation of the ET to stimulate virtuous businesses behaviours oriented to innovation.

Key words: new-institutional theory, emission trading, competitive behaviour.

JEL classifications: M51, L51, C15, Q56
Modelli economici di allocazione delle risorse idriche: l'analisi del mercato cileno dei water rights
Authors: Redaelli Chiara
Published: June 2021

Market instruments have been often proposed with the aim of improving the efficient allocation of use rights over natural resources. This article analyzes the potential of market mechanisms in the field of water resources and focuses attention on the experience of Chile, one of the few cases in which water markets have been implemented on a wide scale. Evidence from the Chilean case is discussed in order to verify theoretical hypotheses and to outline the potential benefits but also the many drawbacks of these instruments.

Key words: Water policy, water markets, tradeable permits.

JEL classifications: Q25, Q58.

Parole chiave: Risorse idriche, mercati ambientali, permessi trasferibili.
Beyond the tragedy of the Commons
Authors: Basurto Xavier , Ostrom Elinor
Published: June 2021

- To move beyond Hardin's tragedy of the commons, it is fundamental to avoid falling into either of two analytical and policy traps: deriving and recommending "panaceas" or asserting "my case is unique". We can move beyond both traps by self-consciously building diagnostic theory to help unpack and understand the complex interrelationship between social and biophysical factors at different levels of analysis. We need to look for commonalities and differences across studies. This understanding will be augmented if the rich detail produced from case studies is used together with theory to find patterned structures among cases. In this paper, we briefly illustrate important steps of how we can go about diagnosing the emergence and sustainability of self-organization in the fishing context of the Gulf of California, Mexico. By doing so, we are able to move away from the universality proposed by Hardin and understand how two out of three fisheries were able to successfully self-organize, and why one of them continues to be robust over time.

Keywords: sustainable development; renewable resources fisheries; renewable resources commons

JEL classifications: QO1; Q20; D70

Parole chiave: sviluppo sostenibile; risorse rinnovabili; zone di pesca; proprietŕ comuni
Governing the Environment: the Intitutional Economics Approach
Authors: Vatn Arild
Published: June 2021

- Analyzing environmental governance implies foremost to analyze institutional structures and their implications. In doing so, the present paper utilizes insights primarily from the tradition of classical institutional economics. The paper is divided in three. In the first part I describe the main features of the classical position and compare it briefly with that of neoclassical economics and the tradition of new institutional economics. In the second part I clarify what is considered the main aspects of governance as seen from an institutional perspective. In part three I move to the more specific area of environmental governance. The concept of resource regimes is defined. Moreover I analyze how different regimes influence which environmental problems appear and how they can be treated. I discuss how institutions influence the formation and articulation of knowledge and values, how they form and protect interests, how they influence the level of transaction costs and hence the possibilities for coordination, and finally how they form the motivations underlying human choices in concrete contexts. Given that all these variables are shown to be endogenous to the institutional system, the use of comparative analysis in the assessment of various governance options is emphasized.

Keywords: classical institutional economics, interdependence, resource regimes, value articulation, interest protection, transaction costs, plural rationalities.

JEL classifications: B52; Q50; D02; D70.
Un'analisi sulla gestione dei rifiuti urbani nei comuni capoluogo di provincia
Authors: Vergara Caffarelli Filippo
Published: June 2021

- Effectiveness, efficiency and affordability have been among the key criteria for municipal solid waste management in the Italian legal framework since the so-called "Ronchi Decree" of 1997. The paper analyses the economic performance of waste-collection firms in Italy. We construct a dataset that includes almost all the companies performing waste collection in the provincial capitals of Italy. We investigate their capital structure, profitability, value added, productivity, investment and business development by means of a set of financial ratios. The research is developed through the assessment of the effects on firms' performance of specialisation, localisation, temporal evolution, size and legal form of firms and the remuneration system for waste collection. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, given the almost universal nature of the sample under investigation, we describe the economic and financial structure of waste collection firms in Italy; second, we empirically evaluate the extent to which the sector has taken on the industrial characteristics set forward in the legal framework. Hence the analysis is conducted both at sector level and at firm level. At the aggregate level, it is possible to identify a trend for the sector as a whole towards convergence with the rest of the economy. However, waste management still displays clear signs of backwardness, especially due to weaker financial structure, higher incidence of labour costs on value added and lower investment. Firm-level data are analysed with both univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. The results confirm the general backwardness of the sector, with businesses located in Southern part of Italy lagging even further behind. Moreover, firms simultaneously providing multiple utility services are more profitable than those specialized in the waste sector only. However this appears attributable to cross-subsidisation between services, not economies of scope. Both scale of operations and legal form have a positive impact on firms' profitability, thanks in part to a negative correlation with degree of specialisation. Moreover, the economic performance of waste management firms is significantly pro-cyclical. Finally, the new cost-based remuneration system for collection services produces ambiguous results. It has a positive effect on operational efficiency and productivity but does not increase the return on capital. A simple econometric model is estimated to evaluate the simultaneous impact on firms' performance of specialisation, localisation, temporal evolution, size, legal form and remuneration system, confirming the outcome of the univariate analysis. In the light of our results, the successful "industrialization" of the waste management sector appears still far away.

Keywords: local public services, waste management, regulation

JEL classifications: L32, L51, Q53

Parole chiave: servizi pubblici locali, gestione dei rifiuti urbani, regolamentazione
To drive or not to drive? A simple evolutionary model
Authors: Antoci Angelo , Borghesi Simone , Marletto Gerardo
Published: June 2021

Car use is an increasingly serious problem in many modern cities because of polluting emissions, noise, accidents and congestion. To examine this issue, this paper analyzes the individual choice between taking the car and using alternative transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, taking the bus etc.) in the presence of cars' negative impacts on alternative transport modes. Using a simple evolutionary model, we show the existence of suboptimal Nash equilibria characterized by the widespread use of cars and discuss the effects of simple transport policies that reduce cars' negative impacts on alternative transport modes.
Emission savings through a re-scheduling of maritime services: possible implications for the Mediterranean ports
Authors: Ferrari Claudio , Tei Alessio
Published: June 2021

The major aim of the paper is to analyse how growing awareness of environmental impact determined by trade activities can influence maritime transport and how it can facilitate changes in the current structure of maritime routes. In particular, the study compares the emissions concerning two alternatives in current maritime routes to highlight how possible incentives for emission reduction applied to maritime transport could impact the route choice. The analysis focuses on the trade routes from the Far East and South America towards Europe and it compares the emissions in two alternative scenarios: direct services calling at a North European port and shipping services calling at a Mediterranean port. In the latter scenario a significant role could be played by the North-African ports, whose development represents possible transhipment calls for the international shipping trades, mainly on the Europe-Far East route. In this sense they may act as competitors of the North European ports: their favourable geographic position allows for a considerable reduction in nautical distances with an immediate impact on the maritime transport emissions. To analyse the differences of emission impacts, this paper uses some particular statistical tools based on scientific literature and some instruments related to previous analysis in similar fields. The data used in the paper have been collected directly from shipping operators, terminal operators and some specialist databases. The paper is structured in 5 sections. After a brief introduction about transport and the environment (Section 1), Section 2 provides a review of some general methods to calculate the environmental cost of maritime transport, while Section 3 analyses the current trade route system and which ports can have an influence on changing the maritime patterns. Section 4 is focused on the analysis and comparison of the maritime routes alternatives, while Section 5 draws some conclusions and remarks for further analysis.
Energy efficiency in the transport sector: policy evolution and evaluation in some european countries
Authors: Valeri Eva , Stathopoulos Amanda , Marcucci Edoardo
Published: June 2021

In the last years Energy Efficiency (EE) has become an important issue in the public policy makers' agenda due to ambitious objectives of the European Commission to reduce energy consumption by 20% in 2020. Many countries have adopted state-level EE programs targeted to include Energy Saving (ES) policy mixes in different sectors including transportation that is among the most energy intensive ones. The aims of this paper are to: i) report briefly the macroareas of state-level transport EE policies related to the transport sector, ii) verify the level of implementation of these policies among some European countries, iii) highlight, for each country considered, the EE measures adopted up to 2007 and compare the results obtained, iv) evaluate the implementation of EE transport successful measures adopted by each respective National Energy Agency (NEAs), and finally v) compare the main results deriving from EE policy implementation. In particular, in this last objective we adapted the good practice policy mix framework for car passenger transport proposed by the AID-EE Project at the information obtained from countries' National Energy Programmes (NEPs) updated to 2007.
Transport and the environment in Italy (1950-2006)
Authors: Paolini Federico
Published: June 2021

Historians - and not only in Italy - have begun only in recent years to address in detail the environmental problems caused by transport. In recent years we have seen an attempt at creating a new interdisciplinary study sector (environmental mobility studies) with the aim of studying, from the environmental point of view, the many topics concerning mobility. This article aims at putting forward a brief survey of the development of transport in Italy (taking into consideration the time span between the end of the Second World War and the early part of the 21st century) with a perspective which stands between environmental history and environmental mobility studies. The chief objective of this paper is to analyze, and possibly assess the environmental impact of transport, utilizing indicators referring to the driving forces (extension of infrastructures, traffic volume) to environmental pressures (emissions of carbon dioxide, PM10, NOx, waste production per worker) and to environmental impacts (energy resources consumption). In particular, in the article the author uses the notion of virtual water, an easily applicable indicator for industrial production (it does not require the necessary complex calculations, used for example to assess the ecological footprint) useful for quantifying the environmental impact caused by the production and utilization of means of transport.
l'Italia hub euromediterraneo del gas naturale: politiche, infrastrutture, collaborazioni europee e internazionali
Authors: Garribba Sergio
Published: June 2021

Natural gas is to remain a fundamental energy commodity in Italy and in the European Union during the coming decades. With a view to an increasing market integration, Italy and countries from Central and Eastern Europe could be interested in building a single regional market, implying a convergence towards a regional gas trading hub as a first step, then leading to a full-fledged market hub where the Italy would be the center. As a result of such a Euromediterranean hub countries of the region would improve their security of supply, reduce natural gas prices, and facilitate investments in new infrastructures. Necessary prerequisites for the establishment of this Euromediterranean hub are a stable alliance between governments and companies of consuming countries, collaboration agreements with producing and transit countries, the independence of the grids and a shared system of rules for grid access and use. The ownership separation of Snam, the Italian gas grid operator, from Eni as proposed by the Italian Government may represent a unique opportunity towards these goals.
Willingness to pay for more sustainable e-waste management: a contingent valuation study in greece
Authors: Achillas Charisios , Vlachokostas Christos , Karagiannidis Avraam , Sartzetakis Eftichios Sophocles , Moussiopoulos Nicolas
Published: June 2021

Management of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE also called e-waste) has become an issue of critical importance recently also in the frame of industrial ecology besides waste management per se, mostly due to their content in hazardous materials and the extensive implications of any intervention in a broad industrial spectrum. The effectiveness of any landfill diversion scheme depends on its acceptance by the local community and the industry, as well as adequate funding. This paper presents a contingent valuation approach in order to examine public environmental awareness and to assess the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for the environmentally sound management of WEEE in Greece, based on a suitable, customized and easy-to-comprehend questionnaire. The survey revealed a still relative public ignorance on the subject and a reluctantly limited WTP. The latter is mostly triggered by the fact that respondents believed that associated expenses should be covered either by authorities or manufacturers (protest votes). However, based on the responses of those declaring a positive WTP, the average fee respondents are willing to pay exceeds the current recycling fee. Thus, existing recycling fees could be potentially increased in order to cover additional expenses for the development of infrastructure in areas not currently included in the national WEEE recycling program, as well as to provide the public with a dense network of disposal sites/bins in an effort to boost participation and WEEE recycling rates.
Il processo di induzione di domanda sanitaria: un'analisi macro-sociologica presso l'asl di Varese
Authors: Belbusti Sonia Maria , Pisani Salvatore , Banfi Fabio
Published: June 2021

- The match between demand and offer of sanitary services in the Italian health system is governed by a lot of factors that induce health consumer variability. Part of the health economics literature identifies an unidirectional and induced relationship between supply and demand of sanitary services, labelled offer-induced demand. This hypothesis states that an increase in the health care supplied automatically generates a health demand increase. This hypothesis will be tested by a linear regression macro-analysis using empirical data collected from the province of Varese in 2003, using the spss software. The data are analysed with a dependence methodology, analysing the dependence of demand from the various structural factors of health supply. The analysis shows no evidence of the existence of offer-induced demand on the Varese data. The only existing significant correlation links health consumption with the financial indicators; this relationship is a direct consequence of the organizational and institutional context of the Italian health system.
Analisi della distribuzione dell'esclusione sociale in Italia
Authors: Poggi Ambra
Published: June 2021

- Social exclusion can be defined as a process leading to a state of multiple functioning deprivations. The aim of this paper is to analyze the social exclusion distribution in Italy from 1997 to 2000. Our purpose is to better understand the factors affecting the extent to which individuals change place in the social exclusion distribution. The focus is on both mobility and persistence; we identify population sub-groups at risk of experiencing severe deprivations for longer periods. JEL I3, J6
Sintetiche considerazioni qualificatorie in ordine alla dismissione dei beni immobili pubblici mediante cartolarizzazione ai sensi del D.L. 25 settembre 2001, n. 351
Authors: Vacca Antonio
Published: June 2021

- The securitization of governmental real estate is the object of a renewed and intense interest, mainly on the plan of economical and financial policy, as it is a fundamental instrument in order to find liquid assets for public finance. Nonetheless this particular structured finance process sets intricate problems of qualification, which necessarily influence the concrete configuration of the process of securitization de quo and, at the same time, the modality and typologies of legal actions which can be undertaken by the subjects of securitization. The present essay analyses in detail the ontology of the securitization of governmental real estate, assessing the fiduciary nature of the property right upon the real estate, sold to SPV (special purpose vehicle) or, better, SPC (special purpose company); then the private or public characterization of this particular kind of companies and, consequently, of the their acts and transactions and, moreover, the disposition of the public interests to conform the ontology and the teleology of the complex process of securitization of governmental real estates. JEL H27, H82, K11, K12
L'effetto dell'esperienza della malattia sulla valutazione degli stati di salute
Authors: Di Mauro Carmela , Giammanco Daniela , Miano Eleonora
Published: June 2021

- The issue of how respondents' characteristics influence preference-based valuations of health states has been addressed by the literature with a particular emphasis on the analysis of the effects of experience of illness. This study investigates the impact of experience of illness and of current health state on valuations provided by patients through three techniques, Standard Gamble, Rating Scale, and Time Trade-Off. This analysis complements the existing literature on the duration of illness and on adaptive behaviour, and sheds light on the way experience may affect health valuation according to the technique adopted. We use responses from 130 interviews administered to consecutively admitted patients of two cardiology units. Results show that the impact of the time elapsed since diagnosis is technique-specific: only in Standard Gamble estimates we find evidence that, the further away in time is the diagnosis, the lower the utility of the state.
L'Environmental Kuznets Curve nel settore dei rifiuti solidi urbani
Authors: Ferraris Matteo
Published: June 2021

This paper provides a specific application of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) theory in order to explain the correlation between income and household waste generation. The model highlights an inverted U-shaped path of income-refuse relationship that verifies the existence of EKC depending on the effort of household recycling and consumption. The existence of delinking can derive by income and other socio economic variables that affect the shape of the curve. This model would be a particular application of the theory of delinking with the intent to be empirically implemented.
La domanda di formazione universitaria in Italia
Authors: Pitti Giovanni , Pipitone Vito , Fultanelli Giovanni , Allegra Mario
Published: June 2021

Over the last decade the Italian university system has been subject to a remarkable reform. The number of courses has increased over time; registrations of new students have been rising more than 13 per cent, despite the Italian unemployment rate of graduates remains above the European average. In this new context, characterized by a growing competitive pressure, this paper tries to understand which today are the main determinants in the demand for academic education in Italy. For this purpose, we use data collected from a national survey by ITD-CNR in the first half of 2008, by means of a web questionnaire (consisting of 44 questions) filled in by students attending their high school final year. These data have been used in order to estimate two binomial logit models, which reveal that inertial factors are the main determinants of the demand for academic education in Italy, both for those students aimed to certainly continue their career, and for those who are irresolute. Families' social and cultural background seems relevant for resolute students, whereas it is not much significant for undecided students. Students' individual skills modestly affect the demand for academic education from students aimed to continue their career, whereas individual skills seem to be very relevant for more perplexed ones. Finally, the economic constraints show an absolute lack of statistic relevance.
Is there teleological order in nature? is there teleological explanation in science?
Authors: Weingartner Paul
Published: June 2021

The paper will be divided into two parts. In the first part concerning teleological order in nature, different types of order will be distinguished: beginning with order as structure and then proceeding to higher and stronger types of order, which include special arithmetical and geometrical relations and eventually also negentropy. It will be shown that certain processes of becoming can possess higher order in such a way that they can have teleological order. In the second part a definition of teleological explanation will be given and the following two questions will be answered: (1) Are there teleological explanations which are logically valid? (2) Are there teleological explanations which are used by scientists?
Sostenere lo sviluppo degli operatori nel settore dello sviluppo giovanile attraverso l'apprendimento critico riflessivo basato sull'azione
Authors: Marsick Victoria J. , Davis-Manigaulte Jacqueline
Published: June 2021

Nelle ultime 28 pagine, l'articolo č in lingua inglese.
Who is Telling the Story? The Critical Role of the Narrator in Reflective and Reflexive writing
Authors: Bolton Gillie
Published: June 2021

Telling and retelling the stories of our lives is the stuff of reflection and reflexivity. Asking ‘who narrates these stories?', getting beyond thinking of the narrator as ‘just me', and events as ‘just what happened' are what make this process critical. We create narratives rather than regurgitate slices of truth, so we also construct the narrator of each story. This paper discusses and exemplifies the exploration of dynamic narrators, such as variations of the autobiographical ‘I' (eg ‘internal mentor'), or fictional explorations of different perspectives (eg patient or student as ‘I'). Exercises and activities to inspire practitioners to write such narratives exploratively are demonstrated, inevitable confidentiality issues and the dynamic educative element of uncertainty are examined, and an underpinning theory of the self proposed. The particular value of writing (rather than oral discussion) to critical reflexivity is also explained. Focussing upon the perspective from which narratives are written is essential for critical enquiry.
Lifehistories, Educational Autobiographies and Experiential Learning
Authors: Gonzŕlez-Monteagudo José
Published: June 2021

This paper explores contributions from autobiographical approaches to promote experiential and reflective learning. After a presentation on the development and current debates regarding Life History methodologies, I will present my proposal of educational autobiography, a tool rooted from the paradigm Histoires de vie en formation. Subsequently I will focus on genealogical trees as a process to enhance critique, reflection, and sociocultural analysis on history, society, culture, the family and learning. Life histories are useful for the creation of motivating learning processes, centered on the lives of students and favoring an integrating education of cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions.
Le competenze socio-emotive nelle professionalitŕ della cura. Una ricerca esplorativa relativa al personale infermieristico
Authors: Cunti Antonia
Published: June 2021

Understanding and knowing how to act the space of the relation constitutes an area of particular importance in the professions focused on care, but in many working environments, the relation is considered as something "normal" and it requires an interpretation only in problematical situations. This work want to investigate the emotional intelligence of 208 nurses to evaluate the role of the relational component in the working practice and to explore the representation related to their formative experience. Results show that interpersonal and intrapersonal dimensions are under significant indicating a release from their working environment and a gap between formation and work, the first focusing on the study and on the commitment and the second on the practice.
Adolescent Ambitions and Conceptions of Adult Work
Authors: Schneider Barbara
Published: June 2021

Are today's teenagers really slackers, the apathetic, baggy-pants wearing, unmotivated individuals so often portrayed by the media? In this landmark study of 7,000 adolescents two of the nation's foremost education experts provide startling news about our teenagers. Contrary to prevailing notions, today's teens are the most ambitious generation yet - more want to be college graduates and work as professionals than ever before. But because schools and parents sometimes do a poor job of directing them, many take the wrong courses, choose the wrong colleges, and enter college with unrealistic career goals. For many their dreams of success are likely to remain just that - dreams.
History of the Operative Group Technique
Authors: Pichon-Rivičre Enrique
Published: June 2021

- This is the first published article of Pichon-Rivičre in English known to his estate. It is the product of a joint effort of the Latin-American Federation for Analytical Group Psychotherapy (FLAPAG) and FORUM - Journal of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes to make Pichon-Rivičre's work better known to the English speaking community. The present text is the transcription of a class originally given by Dr. Enrique Pichon-Rivičre on 13 May 1970. It was first published by Temas de Psicologia Social, year 4, number 3, September 1980 and later incorporated into the second edition of ‘El Processo Grupal' Ediciones Nueva Visión, Buenos Aires, 1985. It is published here with the authorization of the Pichon-Rivičre family whom we thank deeply. Translated by Pablo de Carvalho Godoy Castanho (FLAPAG) and Teresa von Sommaruga Howard (FORUM) from the Spanish original collated against the French translation by Daničle Faugeras.
A Place to Stand Turangawaewae
Authors: Gladstone Stephen (Teeps)
Published: June 2021

- New Zealand is relatively unique as a ‘new' nation. We enjoy a strong Maori (indigenous) culture and an equally strong Eurocentric influence. Unfortunately, Maori are over-represented in prison by a multiple of five times their number in the general population. In my work, I have observed that there is a need for the clinician to ‘earn the right', from a cultural perspective, to quickly build a strong foundation upon for the clinician to indicate to the client that he (or she) understands the dynamics and values of Maori Culture because they run parallel to the dynamics and values of the clinical practice. It is best explained as follows: Maori will always identify and define themselves by reciting their geographical and familial factors by naming their: Mountain (Maunga), the most significant feature of the landscape River (Awa), which supports all life Canoe (Waka), in which their ancestors travelled here hundreds of years ago Locality (Marae), where local people and guests gather Meeting House (Whare Tupuna), where the ethos of the ancestors is tangible Tribe (Iwi), the larger group which can often be scattered, but united Family (Hapu), their immediate family and support. As a Clinician I arrived at the following understandings: Mountain is their Therapeutic Foundation (Cognitive, Behaviourism, Gestalt or a blending of various disciplines). River is the flow of therapeutic models and knowledge they employ in their practice. Canoe is the means of their learning, e.g. University, school etc. Locality is their place of practice. Meeting House is their Therapeutic Environment wherein abide the ancestors of their practice. Tribe is their therapeutic community, which could be international. Family are those with whom they are closely aligned in practice and supervision.
The Function of Groups at Times of War and Terror / La Función de los Grupos en Tiempos de Guerra y Terror
Authors: Ornstein Anna
Published: June 2021

This is an edited version of the paper Anne Ornstein presented at 17th International IAGP Congress, ‘Groups in a Time of Conflict' in Rome, August 2009. In this paper, a self-psychological explanation for the formation of groups is offered that indicates that while

of groups may differ, the commitment and devotion with which their goals are pursued is identical due to the exalted position of values and ideals in the psyche. The genocides committed by the Third Reich, the Serbs of Bosnian Muslims and the terrorist acts of religious fanatics are discussed as examples. Also included are descriptions of how small groups in German concentration camps had significance for the emotional survival and recovery of inmates.

Esta es la versión publicada del trabajo de Anne Ornstein presentado en el 17ş Congreso Internacional de la IAGP, ‘Grupos en Tiempos de Conflicto', en Roma, Agosto 2009. En este texto se ofrece una auto-explicación psicológica para la formación de grupos que indica que, mientras que la motivación de los grupos puede diferir, el compromiso y la devoción con que persiguen sus objetivos es idéntica debido a la exaltación de valores e ideales en la psique. Se discuten como ejemplos los genocidios cometidos por el Tercer Reich, los serbios de los musulmanes bosnios y los actos terroristas de los fanáticos religiosos. También se incluyen descripciones de cómo pequeńos grupos en los campos de concentración alemanes tuvieron una importancia para la supervivencia y la recuperación emocional de los internos.
Unresolved Trauma and Japanese Identity after the Second World War / Trauma No Resuelto e Identidad Japonesa Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Authors: Nishimura Kaoru
Published: June 2021

I have never been in war. So, I hesitate to say anything about the injuries of war but the concept of Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma (TTT) helps me to think about the footprints of war surrounding me. I will focus on three types of TTT. First, transmission through unconscious processes in society as a whole; second, transmission through related media; and third, direct and indirect transmission within family. These overlap with one another and develop hand-in-hand.

Nunca estuve en la guerra. Por ello me cuesta decir cualquier cosa sobre las heridas de guerra, pero el concepto de Transmisión Transgeneracional del Trauma (TTT) me ayuda a pensar sobre las huellas de la guerra que me rodean. Me centraré en tres tipos de TTT. Primero, la transmisión por procesos inconscientes en la sociedad global; segundo, la transmisión a través de medios relacionados; y tercero, la transmisión directa e indirecta dentro de la familia. Se solapan entre sí y se desarrollan mano-a-mano.
A Transcultural Workshop in Prague / Taller Transcultural en Praga
Authors: Spreng-Courtney Mary , Larsson Inger
Published: June 2021

A transcultural workshop is offered regularly at conferences as part of the scientific programme arranged by the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP) (www.efpp.org). The article describes experiences from the workshop at the 4th Group Section Conference, ‘Bridging Identities: Clinical Impact of Groups', in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009. The theme of the workshop was ‘Shifting Identi- ties in a Rapidly Changing World' reflecting the experience of the recently shifting borders in Eastern Europe. The authors of this article were the convenors.

En los congresos se suele ofrecer un taller transcultural como parte del programa científico organizado por la Federación Europea de Psicoterapia Psicoanalítica (EFPP) (http://www.efpp.org). El artículo describe la experiencia del taller en el 4ş Congreso de la Sección de Grupos, "Uniendo identidades: impacto clínico de los grupos", celebrado en Praga, República Checa, en 2009. El tema del taller era "Cambiando identidades en un mundo rápidamente cambiante", que refleja la experiencia de los recientes cambios en las fronteras de Europa del Este. Los autores de este artículo eran los convocantes.
Transgenerational Psychotherapy Using Psychodrama / Psicoterapia Transgeracional Usando Psicodrama
Authors: Maciel Manuela
Published: June 2021

The author describes her approach to transgenerational psychotherapy and finshes with a case study from her clinical practice to illustrate the patterns, theories and application of this model of psychotherapy. In particular she describes the main techniques she uses that include genosociogram, family atom, miniatures, sculpting and psychodrama.

La autora describe sua abordagem de la psicoterapia transgeracional e termina con un estudo de caso de sua pratica clinica para ilustrar los padrones, teorias e aplicaciones de este modelo de psicoterapia. Em particular describe las técnicas principales que usa incluindo genosociograma, átomo familiar, miniaturas, esculturas e psicodrama
‘Fundamentalism', ‘Radicalisation' and ‘Terrorism' revisited: Some notes on the application of group psychotherapy to the understanding of terrorism and political oppression
Authors: Blackwell Dick
Published: June 2021

El discurso que formula los conflictos políticos en términos de dinámica de grupos grandes, particularmente el efecto regresivo de los grupos grandes, tal como ilustra Lord Alderdice en "Fundamentalismo, Radicalización y Terrorismo como fenómenos de grupos grandes" (Forum Julio 2010) estructura el problema implícitamente en el plano ideológico. Mientras se presenta como una postura ideológicamente neutral, la utilización de los términos representa la postura de un observador que no logra una observación crítica de las políticas occidentales y sus implicaciones de cara al terrorismo. Se trata de una postura que pasa por alto aspectos más amplios y profundos de la realidad política, dando lugar a una formulación significativamente ahistórica, decontextualizada y aparentemente apolítica de lo que es esencialmente una situación política. Esta perspectiva desde Occidente confabula e incluso siembra el sendero de un discurso Orwelliano de ofuscación y misticismo, que oculta la forma en que el imperio de Occidente mantiene un sistema de dominación, explotación y opresión global. El análisis comprehensivo de los conflictos políticos requiere la investigación de las dimensiones histórica, política, económica, cultural y religiosa, junto con la comprensión grupoanalítica del inconsciente social donde todas estas dimensiones quedan reflejadas en la matriz de la colectividad, que tal vez no constituya necesariamente un grupo. También nos exige comenzar por nosotros mismos y no por ‘el otro' y deconstruir el discurso en el que nos encontramos nosotros mismos y ‘los otros'.
La misura dell'attendibilitŕ dei modelli di previsione e l'unitŕ del sapere
Authors: Bozzo Luciana
Published: June 2021

- The reliability of predictive models is assured by the ability to establish a unity of knowledge, or rather of many branches of knowledge. This is the idea that leads the author to reflect on the prediction derived first of all from the "science café", defined as "a talking shop for scholars from a range of disciplines", who represent many branches of knowledge which are in fact a complete whole - "knowledge". The background for the predictive model discussed here is territorial planning, which encompasses an instrumental-explanatory component, a predictive component and an ideal. The construction of the predictive model and the degree of its reliability are produced by the process of unifying knowledge, and this confluence derives from knowledge of geographers, biologists, chemists, engineers, architects, agronomists, sociologists and private citizens. General Urban Development Plans stand as the instrumental and predictive model in which a certain unification of knowledge - at least operational - is achieved.
Sulla trasformazione del pendolarismo in migrazione. La "Sofferenza demografica-sociale"
Authors: Pacinelli Antonio
Published: June 2021

- This paper presents a study on the transformation of commuting into migration to the same destination, with the aim of predicting its impact on migratory flows and the population's age structure. In banking, the concept of arrears refers to an unpaid debt, and here it is applied to the working environment, where the flow of commuters from one town is considered human capital loaned to another town and the failure of a commuter to return creates a state of "demographic-social arrears" (Pacinelli 1996). The information on commuting and migration involved in this phenomenon constitutes the basis for the calculation of a number of indicators which may be used in prediction. An experiment was carried out in the town of Bellante (Teramo), where over 50% of the population are commuters.
"Multilinguismo istituzionale" e ""multilinguismo personale", per una piena cittadinanza europea e per un'identitŕ europea
Authors: Vergallo Dionigio
Published: June 2021

- Languages are not codes of expression pure and simple, they are also the product of the history and culture of the peoples that speak them. He who speaks of multilingualism is also saying multi-cultural and in political terms, in the final analysis, multi-lateralism. For Europe, the presence of a multitude of languages on its territory is a mark of great cultural wealth and is an integral part of its identity.
Il linguaggio come mezzo di espressione dell'idea di pace
Authors: Bisignani Marzia
Published: June 2021

- This article is not simply a denunciation of the dangers of distorting and mystifying the language of peace, it is an appeal to seek a universal language of peace based on a collective consciousness able to prevail over the diversity of individual and minority entities. It is through the silencing of hatred, rage, vengeance, fear and pride that the language of peace will be universally understood.
La lingua come strumento di conquista
Authors: Chiarelli Lorenzo
Published: June 2021

- In the author's view language is an instrument of conquest, always carrying values, culture and a way of thinking and living. Discussing the differences between language and dialect, he analyses a number of expressions which confirm the identity content of dialects. He concludes with a discussion of the relationship between language and territory.
La politica del multilinguismo e l'apprendimento della lingua
Authors: O'Rian Sean
Published: June 2021

- This paper focuses on a number of developments in macro-level language policies, outlines the background to the new status of the Irish language in the European Union and attempts to examine a proposal designed to improve the teaching of Irish in particular and language learning in general. At the moment the teaching of Irish is undergoing a serious crisis. While almost all primary school children in Ireland are able to speak English and Irish, in English-based schools the majority of students make no progress in Irish. To facilitate learning a second language a proposal is made for a preparatory approach involving the teaching of Esperanto in primary and middle school in Ireland in particular and Europe in general.