Scienze Sociali

Aut Dedere, aut Judicare: The Extradite or Prosecute Clause in International Law

di Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

The aut dedere aut judicare, or “extradite or prosecute” clause is shorthand for a range of clauses that are almost compulsory in international treaties criminalizing conduct, obliging a State to either...

The SWIFT Affair

di Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

The story broke in 2006: Since 9/11, US intelligence services have had access to practically any international money transfer data by infiltrating the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)...

WikiLeaks, a true account

di Olivier Tesquet

Is the founder of WikiLeaks the ministering angel of press freedom as his pale appearance might suggest? Or is he the demonic leader of the most dangerous hacker collective on the web? As one outspoken critic...

JULIAN ASSANGE WIKILEAKS WARRIOR FOR TRUTH

di Valérie Guichaoua

December 7th, 2010: Julian Assange, an Australian citizen and Internet activist, is arrested in London, England. The story becomes a global media sensation. The man is held in custody, awaiting possible criminal...

The triumph of an idea

di Graves, Ralph Henry & Graves Ralph Henry

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1934): The advent of the automobile brought a clash of industrial ideas. Should the new vehicle be high priced, obtainable only by the wealthy? Or should it be a vehicle of service to all...

Europe and problems of marketization: from Polanyi to Scharpf

di Colin Crouch

The author uses the theory of the 'Great Transformation' of the industrialisation of England developed by Karl Polanyi to describe the current situation in Europe. There is a strong marketisation of the economy...

The Case Study as Research Method

di Yves-Chantal Gagnon

The main advantages of case research are that it can produce an in-depth analysis of phenomena in context, support the development of historical perspectives and guarantee high internal validity, which is to...

Science & Governance - Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously

di Various

“This report is the product of an expert working group acting under mandate from the European Commission Directorate General for Research (DG RTD), on the topic of European science and governance. We interpreted...

Irish Nationality

di Alice Stopford Green

Ireland lies the last outpost of Europe against the vast flood of the Atlantic Ocean; unlike all other islands it is circled round with mountains, whose precipitous cliffs rising sheer above the water stand...

50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law

di Michael F. Cannon

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and the Supreme Court have granted each state the power to veto major provisions of the law before...

A Glance at Work . Educational Perspectives

di Vanna Boffo

The topics of work flexibility, precarious jobs, and the relationship between work, the market and production are subjects that are widely debated in the sociological, philosophical, economic and political spheres....

Italian Superstitions

di Andrea Malossini

We are all superstitious, even those who affirm the opposite. Superstition is natural, it resides in all of us: it represents the human answer to rare, singular, and mysterious phenomena. All that cannot be...

A Brief History of the Future of the United States of Europe

di Gianni Pittella & Elido Fazi

2012 will be remembered as a turning point in the history of European integration. Somewhat reluctantly, after flirting for years with dangerous and probably unviable alternatives, Angela Merkel’s Germany...

Death Wish

di Chris Sorrentino & Sean Howe

Deep Focus is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history: midnight movies,...

The cremationist evolution

di Stefano Boscolo & Marcello Alberto Porro

We could assert, that the cremation is an high moral act, free and very personal choise, autonomus and aware choise, decision unique and rich of history, with endless sense of life! In Turin, the fantastic progress...

Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies

di Micah Zenko

Micah Zenko analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.

Uranium Frenzy

di Raye Ringholz

Now expanded to include the story of nuclear testing and its consequences, Uranium Frenzy has become the classic account of the uranium rush that gripped the Colorado Plateau region in the 1950s. Instigated...

Returning to Political Parties?

di Myriam Catusse & Karam

Are Arab parties facing a predicament? Are they paying the price of repression and limited pluralism? Have they become obsolete to the benefit of other political groups and mobilization modes such as communities,...

Methodologies Applied to Archaeological Potential Predictivity

di Francesca Anichini

An Italian Lady Goes to the Bronx

di Marianella Sclavi

A field-research and contribution for the de-bronxification of ordinary social life. “The Art of Listening, reduced to the most essential terms, is an art for the transformation of pains and anxieties into...