Cultural warfare and trust [[electronic resource] ] : fighting the mafia in Palermo / / Carina Gunnarson
| Cultural warfare and trust [[electronic resource] ] : fighting the mafia in Palermo / / Carina Gunnarson |
| Autore | Gunnarson Carina |
| Edizione | [Online-ausg.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, U.K., : Manchester University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.0945/8231 |
| Collana |
Perspectives on Democratic Practice
Perspectives on democratization |
| Soggetto topico |
Social capital (Sociology) - Italy - Palermo
Mafia - Italy - Palermo Trust Cooperation - Italy - Palermo Civil society - Italy - Palermo Education - Social aspects - Italy - Palermo |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Mafia
Palermo civic education democracy distrust economic development generalised trust non-cooperation public action social capital |
| ISBN |
1-84779-700-8
1-78170-143-1 1-84779-217-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
05; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Cultural warfare; Generalised trust and school; This study; The plan of the book; 2 The origins of generalised trust; The blessings of generalised trust; What are the origins of generalised trust?; Institutional explanations; School factors; Competing explanations; Conclusion; 3 Methods; Selection of level, schools and classes; Composition of the questionnaire; Measuring trust; The samples; The panel; Participation in the survey; 4 The Mafia; The Mafia as a parallel institution to the state
The Mafia and politics The Mafia and territorial control; Weakness of the state -cause or consequence of the Mafia?; The Mafia and mental control; Conclusion; 5 Cultural warfare; Orlando's new policy for Palermo; Orlando's decline; Increased interest in civic education; Conclusion; 6 Students' trust in political institutions; Vertical trust; Are Palermitan students more distrustful than students elsewhere?; Conclusion; 7 Students' perceptions of generalised trust; Generalised trust; Helpfulness; Trust in known people; Trust in unknown people; Conclusion; 8 Explaining generalised trust Institutions and school Formative years; Theory and major hypotheses; Data and method; Levels of trust in 2002 and 2005; Testing the hypotheses; Conclusion; 9 The Letter Project - students' own stories; Description of the Letter Project; Students' motivation; Distribution of assignments; School life; Students' own stories about trust and faith in other people; Students' stories about their neighbourhood; Relating letters to statistics; Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; Describing trust; Explaining generalised trust; The Letter Project; Further findings; Some reflections; The need for further research Cultural warfare Appendix: the distribution of the questionnaires; Reliability; Drop-outs and newcomers; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791919803321 |
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S'adapter au changement climatique : analyse critique des nouvelles politiques de gestion de l'environnement : cas spécifiques de l'agriculture en Inde et du tourisme hivernal en Suisse / / Johann Dupuis
| S'adapter au changement climatique : analyse critique des nouvelles politiques de gestion de l'environnement : cas spécifiques de l'agriculture en Inde et du tourisme hivernal en Suisse / / Johann Dupuis |
| Autore | Dupuis Johann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Neuch, : Editions Alphil Presses universitaires suisses, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Collana | Écologie & Société |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy
Global environmental change |
| Soggetto non controllato |
public policy standards
public action norme de politique publique action publique climate change changement climatique attribution de ressources publiques allocation of public resources |
| ISBN | 9782889300617 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137454903321 |
Dupuis Johann
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| Neuch, : Editions Alphil Presses universitaires suisses, 2015 | ||
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