bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The new inclusive perspective of working psychology: its significance in the Italian context
Authors: Blustein David L. , Di Fabio Annamaria 
Published: June 2021

- The new inclusive perspective of working psychology developed by Blustein is an essential stimulus, in the Italian context, as advancement opportunity both for the realization of intervention to promote a better personal and social quality of life, and for community advancement by recognizing the inclusive working dimension in the individual life. In Italy, one can trace theoretical and intervention foundation, making it now possible to welcome in the new inclusive working psychology as a reference in the 21st century, both at an intervention level, and in areas such as policy making and the defense of social justice. Hence, this article provides an annotated presentation of the principal significance of the new inclusive perspective of working psychology, in an Italian context.Keywords: inclusive perspective, working psychology, Italian context.Parole chiave: visione inclusiva, psicologia per il lavoro, contesto italiano.
Analisi dell'effetto del commitment e del conflitto lavoro-famiglia sul processo di turnover
Authors: Portoghese Igor , Battistelli Adalgisa , Saiani Luisa , Galletta Maura 
Published: June 2021

- Many studies focused on the relationship between extra-work factors and turnover intention. The aim of the present research is to verify the mediation effect of commitment and the direct effect of work-family conflict on the turnover process of workers. The results confirm the mediating effect of affective commitment on job satisfaction-turnover intention relation. Furthermore, we show the effect of work-family conflict on this nucleus of variables: a worker who is experiencing a long-term imbalance between work and family life will perceive him/herself as having less job satisfaction and will show greater turnover intention.Keywords: turnover, work-family conflict, work satisfaction, affective commitment.Parole chiave: turnover, conflitto lavoro-famiglia, soddisfazione lavorativa, commitment affettivo.
Il delitto in Adriano Tilgher: tra utilitarismo e moralismo
Authors: Tracuzzi Gianluca 
Published: June 2021

- Coming back to the nature of the crime means to reassert, especially today, the inalienable necessity of understanding the reasons that support and justify what we aren't allowed to do. In fact it permits to grasp the fallacy of some nowadays dangerous absolutisms according to which, human condition, in order to regain its fullness, must be able to get rid of any condition so as gaining happiness, intended as the real aim, common to everybody. All this happens when, on the other hand, autonomy still has reason to exist but only as dependence.Key words: Crime; Adriano Tilgher; Coexistence.Parole chiave: Delitto; Adriano Tilgher; Coesistenza.
Amministrazione sammarinese: agenzia culturale e di sviluppo economico?
Authors: Gasperoni Domenico 
Published: June 2021

In ogni momento di crisi e di grandi cambiamenti politici, sociali ed economici del mondo esterno, la Repubblica di San Marino subisce un attentato alla sua identitŕ. Per sopravvivere si trova ogni volta costretta a ripensarsi e a riposizionarsi. L'autore illustra l'appuntamento storico di oggi, che si gioca con tre soggetti: la grande crisi economico-finanziaria mondiale, la nascita dell'Europa e un mutato e difficile rapporto con l'Italia. Fa rilevare che si č alla ricerca di un nuovo modello Paese, mediante il superamento dell'attuale "non modello economico". Per questa prospettiva, secondo l'autore, essenziale diventa il ruolo dell'Amministrazione pubblica, ma di una amministrazione post-burocratica. Viene approfondita l'analisi delle attuali criticitŕ e sono indicate le strade del rinnovamento: la ricerca di unanuova, la ritaratura delle funzioni stesse dello Stato, la riprogettazione di un nuovo modello di welfare. L'autore propone un'ipotesi di lavoro secondo cui l'Amministrazione sammarinese, da problema puň essere parte della soluzione e da consumatrice di Pil, diventerŕ produttrice, anche di conoscenza.
Il principio di inclusione nei nuovi processi deliberativi. Il caso della legge n. 69/2007 della Regione Toscana
Authors: Corchia Luca 
Published: June 2021

Il concetto di "inclusione" fa riferimento alla domanda "chi partecipa?", ovvero alla questione cruciale di come vengono determinati in astratto e selezionati concretamente i soggetti della societŕ civile a cui viene demandata la deliberazione su taluni aspetti dei processi decisionali delle amministrazioni pubbliche. L'autore affronta i principali aspetti teorici e metodologici, confrontando le risposte della letteratura critica con le norme della legge n. 69/2007 della Regione Toscana. Dalla disamina emerge un insieme di scelte pregiudiziali che specifica cosa significhi democrazia deliberativa, come essa si realizzi nei processi partecipativi e quali misure vadano prese per evitare il consolidarsi di meccanismi sociali selettivi.
Innovation, Technological Diffusion and Regional Development
Authors: Ciciotti Enrico 
Published: June 2021

- (Paper first received, March 2009; in final form, June 2009) The paper reviews the contributions made by Italian regionalists to the debate on the role of knowledge, technical change, and innovation in regional development in the last thirty years. The results show that Italian scholars have given seminal contributions from the theoretical point of view, as well as providing strong empirical evidence in support of their theses. Many topics have been analysed and successfully developed by Italian regionalists (among others, functional deficit, innovative milieux, collective learning, and territorial competition). However, their most original contribution has been to draw a clear-cut distinction between space and territory, with material factors, more than physical proximity alone, playing a significant role in innovation at regional level.Keywords: knowledge, innovation and territorial developmentJEL Classification: R10, R11
Knowledge Economy and Service Activities
Authors: Cappellin Riccardo 
Published: June 2021

- (Paper first received, May 2009; in final form, July 2009)This paper identifies some paths in the evolution of the international and mainly European literature on service activities, and it seeks to relate them to the emerging interest in the cognitive dimension of innovation processes. In particular, it indicates the contributions of Italian researchers who have actively participated in this international debate and in some cases anticipated new perspectives which have then been adopted by other researchers. A characteristic of these contributions is the link between the analysis of services sectors and the spatial characteristics of Italy, such as the diffusion of industrial districts made up of SME specialized in medium technology sectors and the evolution of the Italian urban system consisting of numerous small and medium-sized cities.Keywords: services, KIBS, innovation, knowledge economy, urbanization economiesJEL Classification: R3, L8, O3
Rule of law. Argomenti di una teoria (giuridica) istituzionale
Authors: Palombella Gianluigi 
Published: June 2021

- This article aims to offer an interpretation of the potential of the Rule of Law in the present day. By conducting an historical reconstruction and comparative analysis, among other things, the notion of the Rule of Law is explained in terms of a specific normative standard, i.e. of an ideal objective, an institutional model against which existing laws can be compared critically. The normative significance is expressed here in terms of the concepts of institutional balance, not of the dominance and duality of law. Celebrated extensively in the more famous national constitutions and international charters, the ideal of the Rule of Law is defined here asa) coherent with the historical constants through which its institutional meaning comes to different forms of expression,b) extendible to the transformations of contemporary legal institutions, also beyond the state, andc) conceptually sustainable in theoretical terms, where it is expressed so as to avoid falling into the partly connected, though different, controversies about morality or about the conditions under which law is valid.
Valutazione sociale delle occupazioni, femminilizzazione e effetti di genere
Authors: Gambardella Dora , De Feo Antonietta 
Published: June 2021

- In this essay the authors propose some reflections about the impact of gender on the social representation of the occupational structure: the change in social perception of the occupations has been analysed through an integrated perspective, that takes into account feminization effects and the broader changes in work and institutions over the last twenty years.Key words: Gender, Feminization of labour market, Skilled professions, Social stratification, Occupational Stratification Scale, Social desirability
Sociologia, economia e politica economica
Authors: Trigilia Carlo 
Published: June 2021

- Economic sociology and economics have encouraged, since their intellectual origins, a different relationship with public economic policies and this diversity is still very much alive in today's debate. This is particularly true in the last decades, when economic sociology has developed strongly and when it get involved in public policy related issues. The paper argues that, with regard to public economic policies, the economic science has a stronger "influence" than economic sociology, despite the scant soundness of economic analysis would not justify it. At the same time, the paper goes on, today's influence of economic sociology on public economic policy has grown rapidly, especially because of the social and relational embeddeness of economic life. These opportunities will be exploited by economic sociology if few conditions will be realized: first, a closer attention to development and innovation issues is needed and, second, a stronger relationship with research centres and think tanks should be supported.Key words: economics and economic sociology, rethoric of economics, economic sociology and public policies, innovation, local development, embeddeness
Quale flexicurity? Studi e politiche su flessibilitŕ e sicurezza nel lavoro
Authors: Pedersini Roberto 
Published: June 2021

- The paper presents the origins and transformation of the concept of flexicurity and stresses the problems with the implementation of the flexicurity model adopted by the European Union. He then proposes some research lines to make it more apt to guide labour market reform.Keywords: labour market policies, work flexibility, flexicurity, industrial relations, Europe, social research
Il ruolo della simulazione nella esplicitazione e condivisione della conoscenza tacita
Authors: Barnabč Federico , Fisher Mathias M. 
Published: June 2021

- Managers and operators working in complex and dynamic domains usually take their decision upon incomplete information and a relevant role is played by personal expectations and beliefs, as well as by their own mental models. In such contexts tacit knowledge becomes crucial, being the basis on which individuals take decisions and carry out actions. Therefore, it becomes essential to explicit, formalize and share tacit knowledge among all the employees and within the organization. In this regard, over the past few years many methodologies and techniques have been mentioned as useful for tacit knowledge management purposes but further evidence is still needed. Starting from these considerations, this paper suggests that simulation models can play a fundamental role, being instruments to support strategic thinking, group discussion and learning in teams, and providing the bases for meaningful learning experiences relying on the use of computer based management flight simulators. In more detail, the paper presents the outcomes and the main features of a group model-building project at a chemical company. The process of knowledge elicitation and knowledge sharing, the gaining of a better common understanding about the production process and the development of the different mental models of the operators are some of the goals the project aimed to pursue. Among its findings, the paper shows that the method described in this work could be used in a variety of production processes in order to sustain processes of individual and organizational learning.Keywords: Simulation, system dynamics, tacit knowledge, learning.
L'organizzazione della vita monastica nel XXI secolo
Authors: Palmisano Stefania 
Published: June 2021

- This article aims to analyse the foundation of ‘new' monastic communities that have recently emerged in Italy since the second Vatican Council. These communities differ from traditional ones. Unlike classical monastic orders they are self-sufficient, thanks to the work done by monks inside or outside the monastery; they may be mixed-sex groups of men and women, either ordained or secular, single or married, or even from different branches of Christianity. After examining the influence of the Council on the development of these organizations, I present the main findings of an empirical research on the ‘new' monastic communities founded in Piemonte (Italy). The analysis focuses on three communities which I term ‘widespread' because some of their members (both ordained and secular) live outside the borders of the monastery, in private houses. I analyse the differences between traditional monasteries ("total institutions", "strict", "vertical") and these newer ones ("open", "widespread", "flexible"). In the conclusion I discuss some new theoretical questions that arise in the empirical research: primarily, the problem of legitimizing the ‘new' communities the institutional Church.Keywords: Monastery, "widespread" monasteries, organizational change, legitimation, liability of newness.
Religioni nell'epoca secolare
Authors: Berzano Luigi 
Published: June 2021

- The permanence of religion, or the return of the sacred, is today a common consideration in every research about advanced modern societies. In the first place, this paper will consider the limits of the weberian theory, which is at the base of every model of secularization and, as such, is now less significant for interpreting the present religious transformations. Secondly, it will discuss the concept of postsecular age, recalling Durkheim's theory of "transfer of the sacred". The term post-secular here does not imply that secularization processes are finished. On the contrary, these processes are such that they highlighted relevant cultural phenomena capable to connect world and experience, history and knowledge of religions, precisely on the very ground of disenchantment and secularization. Finally the author shows an example of classification of fields in which we find new religious needs that, paraphrasing classical theology, could be defined as "preambula fidei" of the post-secular time.Keywords: modernity, secularism, post-secular society, sacred, preambula fidei
Ragione e religione nella societŕ post-secolare
Authors: Romera Luis 
Published: June 2021

- Contemporary society and religion are facing the challenge to overcome the inherent reductionism of the sociological theories which conceive secularity as secularism. This task requires to rethink the nature, importance and mutual links of both reason and faith. In order to do this, the author examines the proposals made by C. Taylor, J. Habermas and P. Donati. Contemporary society has to rethink its modern legacy, acknowledging the positive elements that deserve to be encouraged and developed. Religion needs to reflect on its essence with regard to its task in society and the conditions for presenting itself authentically in a contemporary context. Romera underlines the need for a concept of reason which is not limited to Zweckrationalität, but remains open to the contribution made by religion. In so doing, two important requirements must be met: the essential accessibility of reason to all members of civil society and the capability of faith to provide reasons for its own belief without abandoning its transcendental foundation.Keywords: enlightenment, reason, transcendence, post-secular, metaphysics
La Riforma sociale nella formazione di Nitti economista
Authors: Magnani Italo 
Published: June 2021

The paper attempts to trace the character and work of Francesco Saverio Nitti by reflecting on the economic and social contents of the review he founded: "La riforma sociale". The historical period is the end of the 19th century, by which the "Giornale degli Economisti" of Antonio de Viti de Marco, Ugo Mazzola and Maffeo Pantaleoni had already established as the principal Italian journal of political economy. "La riforma sociale" was born in the February of 1894 under the initiative of Francesco Saverio Nitti with the aim of containing the dominant liberal thought and reviving a way of making research in the field of economics that may be ascribed to the German Historicism. The paper focuses on the roots of the ideals of Nitti's review and on the meaning of the disagreement with the "Giornale degli Economisti", on the ground of method, ideology and economic policy. More in detail, the paper considers Nitti's views on production, distribution and their possible connections; labour protection and social legislation; the relationship between internal social policy and international competition; and lastly, regional imbalances and public intervention.JEL classification: B 3; B 31, B 40.Keywords: Saverio Nitti; Social reform; Production and distribution; Legislation of labor; Protectionism; Regional economics.
Multi-functionality vs food sovereignty?
Authors: McMichael Philip 
Published: June 2021

- This paper examines the conditions under which the two strategic concepts of "multi-functionality" and "food sovereignty" have emerged, refocusing the development narrative toward a politics of sustainability. Both multi-functionality and food sovereignty represent sustainable alternatives to neo-liberal political economy. The author argues about the necessity of a paradigmatic shift regarding the meaning of human development in order to revalue food and agriculture as foundations of civilization, in the epistemological sense, and as vectors both of social and ecological sustainability and of public health.Key words: multi-functionality; food sovereignty; food regime; sustainability; food regime transition.
I movimenti rurali: biopolitica e ingovernabilitŕ
Authors: Vitale Annamaria 
Published: June 2021

- The aim of this papers is to analyze and verify the social effects of the collective practices addressed as rural movements in the European literature about rural development of last decades. The reference is to those practices developing new ways of farming and models of rural development. The evidence of these processes overcomes the theoretical perspectives of the last century about the unavoidable disappearance of peasant world. However, the point is to interpret these new practices considering also the constitution of the processes of governance as the new form of social regulation in the post-fordist restructuring phase. Insofar, this work aims to demonstrate the irreducibility of these new rural practices to the mechanisms of governance.Key words: rural movements; community development; governance; biopolitics; post-fordist restructuring; collective action.
Innovazione sociale e strategie di connessione delle reti alimentari alternative
Authors: Cavazzani Ada 
Published: June 2021

- This paper is discussing the social innovation represented by the alternative food networks in Italy. With reference to the scientific debate, the analysis is foSummaries cussed on three main issues: the diversity of the networks, their common principles and the strategies of inter-connection among the different networks. These networks are based on the development of direct relationships between producers and consumers and on processes of food re-localisation. They counteract the dominant agro-food system by promoting quality products distributed through short chains. The emerging inter-connection between the various collective practices linked to the question of food production is interpreted as an alternative globalization. Initiatives promoted by peasant organizations of Latin American, African and Asian countries tend to be reinforced by the connection with the alternative practices of food producers and reflexive consumers of Western countries.Key words: social innovation; alternative food networks; peasant agriculture; short chains; critical consumers; inter-connection.
Il concetto di comunitŕ: quale spendibilitŕ per la sociologia urbana?
Authors: Castrignanň Marco 
Published: June 2021

- My article makes some questions about the heuristic actuality of community as a concept for the urban sociology. Two meanings of community will be considered, the socio-cultural and the socio-spatial one; however, the first one will be stressed, where community is a quality of social relations. So, my framework will be the Weber distinction between community and association; I think it can be used more than the Toennies one in the current context. In other words, it is a question to insert such concept of community in a reflection about urban sociology, trying to individuate the sociospatial implications of community as a quality of social relations. In this sense, the link between community and natural area is extremely important. So, the concept of natural area is the one to focus on; in particular, I will stress that it can be only partially overlapped to community as a quality of social relations, and such overlapping is more and more problematic today. However, despite the difficulty in speaking about natural areas, I think that community is still useful at a micro-level; in fact, the way in which affectional soSummaries cial actions chart the urban space is a very important field of study. So, a shift from an "area" to an "interstice" logic should be required.Key words: community, natural area, urban interstices, affective action.
Gli effetti delle misure di sicurezza urbana nella vita quotidiana
Authors: Quarta Serena 
Published: June 2021

- Today, fear and security have a more powerful effect on everyday life than in any other moment in history because the factors which should make daily life dependable are no longer reassuring. There is no single cause to provoke the feeling of insecurity, even when it seems to stem from a fear of crime. The causes are hard to recognize. Institutions respond to the demand for security but often concentrate on crime rates which are not always directly proportional to the level of perceived insecurity. Paradoxically, an increase of the perception of insecurity in everyday life can sometimes be the direct consequence of security measures. There is a risk that the citizen becomes used to being under surveillance and delegates responsibility for the urban environment to an external control.Key words: security, everyday life, urban space.