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  • Global Modernity from Coloniality to Pandemic

    A Cross-disciplinary Perspective

    Edición de Hatem Akil, Simone Maddanu ...
    Global Modernity from Coloniality to Pandemic explores issues related to the global crises of our time: reason, science, and the environment by revisiting the notions of modernity, modernism, and modernization, which can no longer be considered purely Western or strictly secular. The book poses questions about viewing modernity today from the vantage point of traditionally disparate disciplines – ... Leer más

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  • Occupying Island

    Resisting Militarization in a No-War Zone

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers an analytical perspective of the unfolding militarization in the Italian island of Sardinia, grounded in extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and using in-depth documentation analysis. Since the late 1950s, the island, which is the second largest in the Mediterranean, has been one of the main hubs for weapons testing and interforce training for the Italian armed forces and NATO. The ... Leer más

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  • Inequalities, Youth, Democracy and the Pandemic

    Edición de Simone Maddanu, Emanuele Toscano ...
    Series series The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
    This book brings together studies from various locations to examine the growing social problems that have been brought to the fore by the COVID-19 outbreak. Employing both qualitative, theoretical and quantitative methods, it presents the impact of the pandemic in different settings, shedding light on political and cultural realities around the world. With attention to inequalities rooted in race ... Leer más

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  • Restless Cities on the Edge

    Collective Actions, Immigration and Populism

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is a sociological description and analysis of urban collective actions, protests, resistance, and riots that started in the 1990s and continue in different forms to this date in Rome, Italy. Through participant observation, ethnographic study, and in-depth qualitative interviews—often occurring during times of protest or even violent action—this book studies a variety of urban realities: ... Leer más

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  • Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene

    Series series Environment and Society
    Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of Anthropocene addresses three imminent challenges to human society in the age of the Anthropocene. The first challenge involves the survival of the species; the second the breakdown of social justice; and the third the inability of the media to provide global audiences with an adequate orientation about these issues. The notion of the ... Leer más

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  • Tight Knit

    Global Families and the Social Life of Fast Fashion

    The coveted "Made in Italy" label calls to mind visions of nimble-fingered Italian tailors lovingly sewing elegant, high-end clothing. The phrase evokes a sense of authenticity, heritage, and rustic charm. Yet, as Elizabeth L. Krause uncovers in Tight Knit, Chinese migrants are the ones sewing "Made in Italy" labels into low-cost items for a thriving fast-fashion industry—all the while adding new ... Leer más

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  • The Political Economy of Italy's Decline

    Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits. A rich society served by an advanced manufacturing economy, where the rule of law is weak and political accountability low, it has long been in downward spiral alimented by corruption and clientelism. From this spiral has emerged an equilibrium as consistent as it is inefficient, that raises serious obstacles to economic ... Leer más

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  • The Creative City

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