- Researcher in Sociology, University of Bergamo; Associated researcher: Groupe Societés, Religions, Laïcités (CNSR-EPH... moreResearcher in Sociology, University of Bergamo; Associated researcher: Groupe Societés, Religions, Laïcités (CNSR-EPHE, Paris); POLICREDOS (CES, Coimbra), CRAFT – Contemporary Religions and Faiths in Transition (University of Turin). Board membership: Political Sociology (ESA); PArticipation and COnflict http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco).
Recent research projects:
GRASSROOTSMOBILISE – Directions in Religious Pluralism in Europe (ERC – Effie Fokas - http://grassrootsmobilise.eu/).
‘Is Secularism Bad for Women? Women and religious change in contemporary Europe’ (ISSR - https://womenreligionandsecularism.wordpress.com/); Religious and political mobilisations in a multi-scalar perspective: comparing Portugal and Italy (FCT)edit
“Religious freedom” has many different meanings, and its social perceptions vary depending on different factors, including different understandings of the role of religion in society. In this paper, we contribute to the analysis of the... more
“Religious freedom” has many different meanings, and its social perceptions vary depending on different factors, including different understandings of the role of religion in society. In this paper, we contribute to the analysis of the intersections between the institutional definitions and the social perceptions by comparatively analyzing the practices and discourses on religious freedom in the fields of healthcare and school canteens through regional and municipal case studies in Italy. Results allow exploring the role of individual actors and local and sectoral cultures in enforcing specific practices in the broad area of “religious freedom”.
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Digital media studies on gender and religion have steadily grown in the last decade, showing that digital platforms: (1) contribute to the visibility and voice of marginalized actors, including religious women and LGBT+ people, and offer... more
Digital media studies on gender and religion have steadily grown in the last decade, showing that digital platforms: (1) contribute to the visibility and voice of marginalized actors, including religious women and LGBT+ people, and offer a place for the expression of the complex nuances of gender performances of religious individuals; (2) are spaces of development of "alternative" forms of religious authority, that challenge, negotiate or complement traditional ones; (3) constitute a safe space for marginalized or minority voices to cope with exclusionary processes they may have suffered within their communities, and to activate forms of re-plausibilization of religion, to make it possible to reembed oneself in the religious community; (4) open up spaces to unpack, discuss and criticize religious norms and conventions. This article explores Catholic masculinities by means of digital ethnography, focusing on Instagram posts that use two hashtags: #thosecatholicmen and #dignityusa. The first hashtag performs and renovates traditional Catholicism, praising fatherhood and brotherhood, while the second celebrates LGBTQI Catholics. Both hashtags are related to specific groups; however, focusing on hashtags rather than groups' accounts allows exploring whether and how the hashtag is appropriated and experienced, broadening its scope beyond its initial launch. Differently to what occurs on Twitter, in fact, Instagram hashtags are used to specify the image content and to connect to ad hoc communities. Three main elements emerge from the analysis, contributing to the research on gender, digital media, and religion. First, the research shows the differences in the visual representations and expressions of masculinity emerging around the two hashtagsmuscular and militant in one case, familiar and nonthreatening on the other. Second, it illustrates the differences in the use of Instagram, which in one case is the place to construct and affirm role models, while in the other it offers the chance of claiming the legitimacy of being both homosexual and Catholic. Third, it clarifies the complex mechanisms of visibility and invisibility that are in play.
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In the Manichaean discourse of the radical-right populist parties, both religion and gender play a role in the discursive process of ‘othering’. At the same time, on some occasions, populist discourse also mobilises Christianity and... more
In the Manichaean discourse of the radical-right populist parties, both religion and gender play a role in the discursive process of ‘othering’. At the same time, on some occasions, populist discourse also mobilises Christianity and gender equality against immigrants, which has been interpreted through the frames of hijacking or instrumentalization. In this paper, I advance two arguments: first, I illustrate the relevance of the literature on secularisation to finetune the analysis of the entanglements of populism, religion and gender, to overcome the ‘hijacking’ frame; second, I make a plea for a socio-constructivist perspective, which pays attention to how the actors make sense of their religiouspolitical engagement and try to avoid paternalistic interpretations. Empirical analysis focuses on the discourse of the supporters of Matteo Salvini, the leader of the Italian radical-right populist party Lega Nord, on Instagram, showing the intersections of religion and gender.
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Catholic women against Churchsplaining. Catholic women's movements, networks and initiatives have a long history of advocating for an equal role in the Church-especially in the North American world. In recent years, their presence and... more
Catholic women against Churchsplaining. Catholic women's movements, networks and initiatives have a long history of advocating for an equal role in the Church-especially in the North American world. In recent years, their presence and visibility has been increasing in Europe too, also in relation to a series of initiatives and events, such as the Mary 2.0 campaign in Germany, which led to the launch of the Catholic Women's Council (CWC) in 2019. This article focuses on the emerging discourse on women and gender promoted by the developing network of initiatives related to the role of women in the Catholic Church in different European countries. After reconstructing the map and history of this network, the contribution explores its emerging discourse, drawing on a triangulation of data: key-witnesses' interviews; the magazine Voices; social network pages and profiles.
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Scholars describe Global North feminisms as mostly ‘secular’ and often opposing religion. Contemporary feminist intersectional movements seem to offer different approaches able to overcome distances and articulate the role of religion in... more
Scholars describe Global North feminisms as mostly ‘secular’ and often opposing religion. Contemporary feminist intersectional movements seem to offer different approaches able to overcome distances and articulate the role of religion in feminist emancipatory practice. This contribution explores the complex role of religion in intersectional feminist movements, drawing on the experiences of religious-feminist and secular-feminist women in Italy. The results highlight that religious women are increasingly part of feminist intersectional movements. Nonetheless, religious inequalities are often overlooked, and religion triggers ambivalent reactions, often resulting in a process of othering minority women.
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Methodological literature dealing with the challenges in sampling, recruiting and engaging research participants for qualitative interviews usually assumes that potential informants are informed. But what happens when the potential... more
Methodological literature dealing with the challenges in sampling, recruiting and engaging research participants for qualitative interviews usually assumes that potential informants are informed. But what happens when the potential informants make it clear that they have little to say because under-informed on the topic? This article explores the challenges in recruiting and engaging under-informed research participants by revisiting my fieldwork experience as a researcher for the ERC-funded project GRASSROOTSMOBILISE – Directions in Religious Pluralism in Europe. The article describes potential interviewees’ claims of under-information as a specific type of reluctance, displaying in both the recruitment and the interview processes, and discusses the potential strategies to overcome this reluctance by paying attention to the role of researchers.
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Introduction to the book symposium on Everyday Europe: Social transnationalism in an unsettled continent.
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Check out the entire journal issue: http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/issue/view/1724
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This paper discusses three challenges that ‘religion’ poses to contemporary feminism, in relation to the assumption of feminist secularity, feminist definitions of individual autonomy and the way in which feminism understands itself as an... more
This paper discusses three challenges that ‘religion’ poses to contemporary feminism, in relation to the assumption of feminist secularity, feminist definitions of individual autonomy and the way in which feminism understands itself as an emancipatory practice. The growing literature on gender and religion sheds light on the multiple intersections between religion and feminism and helps to nuance and develop the analysis of the multiple roles that religion has played and continues to play in the feminist project. In this vein, I suggest exploring the intersections between the material and political conditions and effects of subjectivation. The analysis of the ‘othering’ of religion may provide feminism, as a political project, with alternative ways of conceptualising difference as well as emancipation.
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Over the last decade, many scholars have explored the thesis of the mediatization of religion proposed by Hjarvard and how mediatization has impacted religious authority. While some scholars have underlined the increasing opportunities... more
Over the last decade, many scholars have explored the thesis of the mediatization of religion proposed by Hjarvard and how mediatization has impacted religious authority. While some scholars have underlined the increasing opportunities for marginalized religious actors to make their voices heard, others have explored how mediatization can also result in the enhancement of traditional religious authority or change the logic of religious authority. Against this background, in this paper, I focus on Christian LGBT+ digital voices in Italy to explore how they discursively engage with the official religious authority of the Catholic Church. The analysis adopts Campbell typology of religious authority. It highlights the complex balance between challenging and reaffirming traditional religious authority, and points out the role of the type of digital community in exploring the effects of the mediatization of religion.
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Le differenze culturali e, tra queste, le differenze religiose sono un tratto distintivo delle società contemporanee. Per via della sua funzione di socializzazione ed educazione alla cittadinanza, la scuola riveste un ruolo chiave per... more
Le differenze culturali e, tra queste, le differenze religiose sono un tratto
distintivo delle società contemporanee. Per via della sua funzione di socializzazione ed educazione alla cittadinanza, la scuola riveste un ruolo chiave per l’analisi di come tali differenze sono praticate – e rese praticabili – nello spazio pubblico. In particolare, tre sono i nodi chiave: il ruolo delle religioni nel programma di insegnamento, il rispetto del pluralismo religioso
nell’istituzione scolastica, e lo statuto delle scuole d’ispirazione religiosa
nel sistema educativo. In questo contributo analizziamo le scuole cosiddette islamiche in Italia: nel primo paragrafo presentiamo i dati relativi agli alunni stranieri e alle differenze religiose a scuola; nel secondo paragrafo affrontiamo lo statuto giuridico delle scuole islamiche in Italia; nel terzo paragrafo diamo conto dell’assenza di dati – e dell’allarme pubblico – intorno a tali scuole; nel quarto paragrafo presentiamo i risultati di una prima mappatura delle scuole islamiche in Italia; infine, nel quinto paragrafo discutiamo i risultati di tali ricerca alla luce degli interrogativi che emergono nello spazio mediatico e politico intorno alle scuole musulmane in Italia.
distintivo delle società contemporanee. Per via della sua funzione di socializzazione ed educazione alla cittadinanza, la scuola riveste un ruolo chiave per l’analisi di come tali differenze sono praticate – e rese praticabili – nello spazio pubblico. In particolare, tre sono i nodi chiave: il ruolo delle religioni nel programma di insegnamento, il rispetto del pluralismo religioso
nell’istituzione scolastica, e lo statuto delle scuole d’ispirazione religiosa
nel sistema educativo. In questo contributo analizziamo le scuole cosiddette islamiche in Italia: nel primo paragrafo presentiamo i dati relativi agli alunni stranieri e alle differenze religiose a scuola; nel secondo paragrafo affrontiamo lo statuto giuridico delle scuole islamiche in Italia; nel terzo paragrafo diamo conto dell’assenza di dati – e dell’allarme pubblico – intorno a tali scuole; nel quarto paragrafo presentiamo i risultati di una prima mappatura delle scuole islamiche in Italia; infine, nel quinto paragrafo discutiamo i risultati di tali ricerca alla luce degli interrogativi che emergono nello spazio mediatico e politico intorno alle scuole musulmane in Italia.
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In this contribution, we address the everlasting debate on the definition of religion from a multiscalar perspective. Supranational courts – and, especially, the European Court of Human Rights – gained a major legitimising role in this... more
In this contribution, we address the everlasting debate on the
definition of religion from a multiscalar perspective.
Supranational courts – and, especially, the European Court of
Human Rights – gained a major legitimising role in this respect.
One may thus expect that religious minorities with uncertain
status look at supranational courts as attractive and favourable
venues. The ‘local’ must be taken into account, too, in the complex
government of religious diversity: decentralised policies and different
religious profiles make room for adapting the treatment of
religious minorities at the local level, especially in situations characterised
by the absence of a legal national framework. Grounded
on an analysis of national and international case law, and on
interviews addressing the representatives of religious minorities,
our contribution explores the multiscalar repertories of action of
religious minorities in pursuing the official recognition and the
protection of their religious rights.
definition of religion from a multiscalar perspective.
Supranational courts – and, especially, the European Court of
Human Rights – gained a major legitimising role in this respect.
One may thus expect that religious minorities with uncertain
status look at supranational courts as attractive and favourable
venues. The ‘local’ must be taken into account, too, in the complex
government of religious diversity: decentralised policies and different
religious profiles make room for adapting the treatment of
religious minorities at the local level, especially in situations characterised
by the absence of a legal national framework. Grounded
on an analysis of national and international case law, and on
interviews addressing the representatives of religious minorities,
our contribution explores the multiscalar repertories of action of
religious minorities in pursuing the official recognition and the
protection of their religious rights.
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The issues related to the role of religion in the public education system have been a public topic for a long time, and related debates have been cyclically revived by specific events. In this contribution, we explore the reasons why... more
The issues related to the role of religion in the public education system have been a public topic for a long time, and related debates have been cyclically revived by specific events. In this contribution, we explore the reasons why Italian grassroots actors do not tend to size up the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) jurisprudence and the plurality of juridical regimes dealing with religion and education as windows of opportunity. First, we analyze the intertwinement of different juridical regimes dealing with religion and education, and the national case law on the topic. Then, drawing on original semi-structured interviews, we analyze the indirect effects of the ECtHR case law on the mobilizations and advocacy strategies at the grassroots level around religion and education. Finally, we discuss the research outcomes, outlining how the non-interference of the Court in state-religions regimes may result in the limited impact and effectiveness of the Court's protection of religious freedoms.
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When dealing with religious pluralism in European societies, the public and political debates often frame the women’s rights as sites of tension between different religions, and between religious traditions and secular societies. Women’s... more
When dealing with religious pluralism in European societies, the public and political debates often frame
the women’s rights as sites of tension between different religions, and between religious traditions and secular
societies. Women’s conditions then become the proofs of evidence of religious diversity, and women’s bodies
come to personify cultural identities (religious, secular, national). In light of the extensive debate on gender
citizenship and the long-lasting discussion over the relationships between religion and political citizenship,
the focus on religious women offers an interesting site to explore how religious and gender diversities are conceptualized
and combined in the definition of contemporary political citizenship. I focus on the burkini affair,
analysing the political and public discussion in the Italian press (2004-2016), in order to shed light on how
religious and female agencies are variously combined in the representation of ‘Muslim women wearing burkini’.
The results show the differences in the conceptualization of Christian and Muslim religious agencies
in the public construction of religious women as a political subject and highlight the relevance of the studies
focusing on women, religion, and gender.
the women’s rights as sites of tension between different religions, and between religious traditions and secular
societies. Women’s conditions then become the proofs of evidence of religious diversity, and women’s bodies
come to personify cultural identities (religious, secular, national). In light of the extensive debate on gender
citizenship and the long-lasting discussion over the relationships between religion and political citizenship,
the focus on religious women offers an interesting site to explore how religious and gender diversities are conceptualized
and combined in the definition of contemporary political citizenship. I focus on the burkini affair,
analysing the political and public discussion in the Italian press (2004-2016), in order to shed light on how
religious and female agencies are variously combined in the representation of ‘Muslim women wearing burkini’.
The results show the differences in the conceptualization of Christian and Muslim religious agencies
in the public construction of religious women as a political subject and highlight the relevance of the studies
focusing on women, religion, and gender.
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Social Compass - Is Secularism Bad for Women? - http://journals.sagepub.com/home/scp
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This article brings to a conclusion the series of three special sections published in 2015 and 2016 by Religion, State and Society on ‘Religion and local politics in southern Europe’. We set up a research agenda on the interactions... more
This article brings to a conclusion the series of three special sections published in 2015 and 2016 by Religion, State and Society on ‘Religion and local politics in southern Europe’. We set up a research agenda on the interactions between religion and local politics in Southern Europe. In doing so, we focus on the localisation of religion, including religious debates, and on the impact of the recent economic crisis. More specifically, we address the local as a contested concept, the multilevel governance of religion as a scalar opportunity structure – in relation to the transnational dimension of religious actors – the effects of such changes in the welfare landscape and the impact of the economic crisis on the activities and strategies of religious actors in Southern Europe. Our research agenda focuses on the interactions between two main dimensions: the territorial impact of political and economic changes, and the multiscalar schemes of territorial governance.
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La centralità della religione nella vita pubblica delle società contemporanee è dimostrata, nel caso particolare dell’Italia, dal modo con cui si è articolata e sviluppata la discussione sui temi bioetici (inizio e fine vita, aborto,... more
La centralità della religione nella vita pubblica delle società contemporanee è dimostrata, nel caso particolare dell’Italia, dal modo con cui si è articolata e sviluppata la discussione sui temi bioetici (inizio e fine vita, aborto, eutanasia), sui simboli religiosi e i luoghi di culto (con particolare riferimento all’Islam), sui rapporti tra educazione e religione o sul riconoscimento legale delle unioni omosessuali.
Diversamente da quanto accade in altri Paesi europei, le posizioni sostenute su questi argomenti dalla Chiesa cattolica sono state ampiamente riprese e strumentalizzate dalle forze politiche e hanno trovato accoglienza e attenzione in settori politici molti diversi tra di loro, mostrando così come in Italia la distinzione destra/sinistra non sia per nulla sovrapponibile a quella cattolici/laici. Ma il dibattito italiano su questi delicati argomenti, peraltro molto altalenante nel tempo, dimostra anche l’esistenza di almeno due diverse declinazioni, anch’esse politicamente trasversali, del cattolicesimo politico: quella ‘centrista’, che accetta il pluralismo e le differenze, almeno finché non si mettono in discussione valori e istituzioni considerate fondamentali come la famiglia, e quella ‘civilizational’, che si muove in un contesto di tendenziale rifiuto del pluralismo e dell’alterità, non solo proponendo politiche di chiusura verso minoranze religiose o di genere, ma anche utilizzando in modo deliberato un linguaggio politicamente scorretto e talvolta aggressivo.
Diversamente da quanto accade in altri Paesi europei, le posizioni sostenute su questi argomenti dalla Chiesa cattolica sono state ampiamente riprese e strumentalizzate dalle forze politiche e hanno trovato accoglienza e attenzione in settori politici molti diversi tra di loro, mostrando così come in Italia la distinzione destra/sinistra non sia per nulla sovrapponibile a quella cattolici/laici. Ma il dibattito italiano su questi delicati argomenti, peraltro molto altalenante nel tempo, dimostra anche l’esistenza di almeno due diverse declinazioni, anch’esse politicamente trasversali, del cattolicesimo politico: quella ‘centrista’, che accetta il pluralismo e le differenze, almeno finché non si mettono in discussione valori e istituzioni considerate fondamentali come la famiglia, e quella ‘civilizational’, che si muove in un contesto di tendenziale rifiuto del pluralismo e dell’alterità, non solo proponendo politiche di chiusura verso minoranze religiose o di genere, ma anche utilizzando in modo deliberato un linguaggio politicamente scorretto e talvolta aggressivo.
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For academic researchers, Europe comes with the job : their intra-European mobility increased in the last decades, and internationalization is the keyword for their careers. On the other side, intra-European mobility also bears... more
For academic researchers, Europe comes with the job : their intra-European mobility increased in the last decades, and internationalization is the keyword for their careers. On the other side, intra-European mobility also bears difficulties : couples living apart, decrease of permanent positions and frequent relocations, problems in accessing local welfare systems and the nightmare of organizing a pension scheme. That is, Ryanair comes with the job, too. In this paper, we firstly discuss intra-European and academic mobility in a context of growing job uncertainty. Then, drawing on an original database of in depth interviews addressing female researchers who experienced intra-European mobility, we explore their life narratives and self-representations, their love relationships, and their concrete life arrangements. Finally we discuss the implications for the “brain drain/circulation” discourse and the literature on mobility.
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The catholic bio-politics, in recent years, addressed a variety of issues. In this contribution I focus specifically on assisted reproduction and stem cell research in order to analyse the Catholic neo-feminist discourse, and the complex... more
The catholic bio-politics, in recent years, addressed a variety of issues. In this contribution I focus specifically on assisted reproduction and stem cell research in order to analyse the Catholic neo-feminist discourse, and the complex interplay of discursive arenas. Namely, I focus the attention on the reconfiguration of religious discourse in terms of attention to feminism and gender rights, on the one side, and discursive opportunity structures in terms of venues' opportunities and constraints on the other. The analysis underlined two main elements. First of all, in relation to the process of judicialization of politics, the analysis pointed out the different opportunities and constraints characterizing the different venues. Namely, judicialization of politics and venue shopping are not favourable the same way for all the actors. Second, a neo-conservative frame of revolutionary maternity gained large room in the Italian political sphere, and it is likely to gain even more resonance in light of the current debate on surrogacy, related to the never-ending discussion on the forms of regulation of same-sex couples in Italy.
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Introduction - Special issue (Gender and Religion)
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Negli ultimi anni la crisi economica ha colpito con forza l’intero Sud Europa, esasperando dinamiche di impoverimento e precarizzazione di lungo periodo. In Italia e in Spagna, tra gli altri, si è assistito a mobilitazioni contro la... more
Negli ultimi anni la crisi economica ha colpito con forza l’intero Sud Europa, esasperando dinamiche di impoverimento e precarizzazione di lungo periodo. In Italia e in Spagna, tra gli altri, si è assistito a mobilitazioni contro la precarietà lavorativa e esistenziale. In questo contributo vengono presi in esame i movimenti contro la precarietà in Italia e in Spagna, allo scopo di analizzarne la genesi, gli sviluppi e le prospettive future. In particolare, il paper si concentra sulle rivendicazioni dei movimenti, l’autorappresentazione, la struttura delle alleanze e le strategie di azione, mettendo in luce i risultati delle proteste e i repertori discorsivi e di azione.
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This contribution focuses on the migrant women’s portraits that emerge in the Italian press. This discursive arena is dealt with by paying attention to what is taken for granted in the discourses about migrant women and their... more
This contribution focuses on the migrant women’s portraits that emerge in the
Italian press. This discursive arena is dealt with by paying attention to what is taken for
granted in the discourses about migrant women and their reproductive rights and
behaviours. The analysis is based on a dataset of 634 newspapers articles, published
between June 2005 and July 2012, and include both partisan, non-partisan, and religious
press. It highlights the culturalization of migrant women, mainly portrayed as victims, and
points to the high risk of xenophobic manipulation and political instrumentalization of migrant
women’s rights
Italian press. This discursive arena is dealt with by paying attention to what is taken for
granted in the discourses about migrant women and their reproductive rights and
behaviours. The analysis is based on a dataset of 634 newspapers articles, published
between June 2005 and July 2012, and include both partisan, non-partisan, and religious
press. It highlights the culturalization of migrant women, mainly portrayed as victims, and
points to the high risk of xenophobic manipulation and political instrumentalization of migrant
women’s rights
For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a new (or... more
For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a new (or renewed) Catholic party has been widely debated. This contribution focuses on how different areas of Italian Catholicism present the issue of a possible unified Catholic political commitment: what is in their opinion the unifying criterion and what shape the Catholics’ political commitment should take. Data are based on the analysis of articles from Catholic magazines and daily newspapers in the period between September 2008 and spring 2012, thus including the Monti cabinet (November 2011–February 2013).
Religion and religious organizations facing the crisis. Problems and perspectives.
On 1st March 2010 a “Migrants’ Strike” took place in Italy as well as in other European countries. In Italy, its organisation relied on a wide network of migrants’ associations. Based on press analysis, participant observations and... more
On 1st March 2010 a “Migrants’ Strike” took place in Italy as well as in other European countries. In Italy, its organisation relied on a wide network of migrants’ associations. Based on press analysis, participant observations and interviews, this paper focuses on the case study of the Italian Migrants’ Strike, aiming at exploring the political side of the migrants’ participation.
After a short description of the event of the 1st March 2010 in Italy, the paper focuses on the migrants’ political and discursive opportunity structure. The analysis indicates that the 1st March event and more recent migrants’ strikes have several elements of similarity with other contemporary political movements. These elements are the search for effective political instruments other than the strike, the process of identity-building and the negotiation between different political cultures.
After a short description of the event of the 1st March 2010 in Italy, the paper focuses on the migrants’ political and discursive opportunity structure. The analysis indicates that the 1st March event and more recent migrants’ strikes have several elements of similarity with other contemporary political movements. These elements are the search for effective political instruments other than the strike, the process of identity-building and the negotiation between different political cultures.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between religious and political involvement in members of Catholic associations today in the northern Italian Region of Lombardy, which in last decades appeared to anticipate Italian... more
The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between religious and political involvement in members of Catholic associations today in the northern Italian Region of Lombardy, which in last decades appeared to anticipate Italian political changes. Right through history religion has been intensely politicized in Italy, with religious associations always playing a prominent social/political role. This study draws on material from an original survey to focus on the associations themselves and their membership in order to flesh out their character and political orientation. It will then go on to use its findings to test the consistency of a hypothesis presuming a growing internal heterogeneity in electoral behaviour.
This paper presents a case study of conflicts among politicians, local residents and civil society organisations about the future of a green open space in the City of Milan (Italy). The city purported to be an exemplar of New Public... more
This paper presents a case study of conflicts among politicians, local residents and civil society organisations about the future of a green open space in the City of Milan (Italy). The city purported to be an exemplar of New Public Administration -the incorporation of commercial business methods and efficiency into the public services, hallmarked by strategic planning and rational decision-making. In practice, it is argued, the organisational model that best fitted the case study was the 'garbage can model'. Decisions and actions by the public administration were best explained in terms of the definitions of the problem being addressed, and proffered solutions, that floated to the top of the can at a particular propitious time.
This article draws on a research on the welfare Lombardy system to discuss the introduction of NPM principles in welfare management and the 'public' character of public policies.
This article focuses on the debate on political secularism in contemporary Italy.
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Drawing on the mobilization of temporary workers in Universities, the article discusses the meaning of strike for temporary workers in academia.
This Special Issue provides diverse multidisciplinary entry points that convey the multi-layered complexity of the interactions between radical right populism, gender issues, and religious questions. It fills a gap in the scholarship... more
This Special Issue provides diverse multidisciplinary entry points that convey the multi-layered complexity of the interactions between radical right populism, gender issues, and religious questions. It fills a gap in the scholarship dealing with the political and social manifestations of radical right populism. From a theoretical point of view, the connections between radical right populism and gender and between radical right populism and religion, respectively, have received growing scholarly attention. The present Special Issue bridges these separate lines of inquiry, concentrating on how issues of gender and religion are jointly addressed in radical right populist discourses. The articles in this Special Issue provide the first in-depth and comparative understanding of the entanglements of gender and religion in radical right populist ideology, explore the active role of religion in the populist discourse, and invite to combine the analysis of the political sphere with the analysis of occurrences in the broader society.
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The invisible politics of religion in southern European territories: preliminary considerations. With this issue of Religion, State & Society, we inaugurate a planned series of special sections focusing on the analysis of the political... more
The invisible politics of religion in southern European territories: preliminary considerations.
With this issue of Religion, State & Society, we inaugurate a planned series of special sections focusing on the analysis of the political involvement of religious associations and organisations at the local level. Without pre-empting the more substantial conclusion that we plan for the last of the special sections, in this short introduction we aim to state briefly the main issues that will be covered by the selected articles.
With this issue of Religion, State & Society, we inaugurate a planned series of special sections focusing on the analysis of the political involvement of religious associations and organisations at the local level. Without pre-empting the more substantial conclusion that we plan for the last of the special sections, in this short introduction we aim to state briefly the main issues that will be covered by the selected articles.
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The aim of this issue is not to answer to the questions of a specific research program. Such a particular goal would be better addressed in a journal with a more narrow scope. Our objective is to enrich the debate that Partecipazione e... more
The aim of this issue is not to answer to the questions of a specific research program. Such a particular goal would be better addressed in a journal with a more narrow scope. Our objective is to enrich the debate that Partecipazione e Conflitto has been developing in the last few years about the broader dynamics of participation and conflict by providing remarkable examples of how religious organizations are influencing the social and political scene, both in Western and in non-Western contexts. This is the reason why the articles of this special issue address different problems, different political and cultural contexts and different theoretical approaches about religion and politics. Even their authors come from different academic disciplines. This heterogeneity allows the readers to have an overview on some of the most important religious actors (movements, associations, groups and, parties in contemporary democracies, such as Christian traditional parties in Europe and the US, Islamist groups in Turkey and in Pakistan. At the same time, this collection of article shows different approaches through which is possible to analyse these movements, such as cross-country comparative approaches, comparison between different cases of religious groups’ collective action within the same national contexts or in the same urban area, or in-depth case studies of the specific role of religious groups in a broader national mobilization. The common element of these different contributions is the objective of looking at the complex relationships between religious organizations (both movements and parties) and political mobilizations, and analysing the religious factor neither as a mere effect of conflicts driven by non-religious factors, such as economic or utilitarian motives, nor as essentialist phenomena driven by non-rational logics of action.
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Il presente contributo pone attenzione a come i simpatizzanti del partito populista della Lega Nord articolino discorsivamente il rapporto tra genere e religione. Dopo un breve inTuadramento degli studi intorno a populismo, genere e... more
Il presente contributo pone attenzione a come i simpatizzanti del partito populista della Lega Nord articolino discorsivamente il rapporto tra genere e religione. Dopo un breve inTuadramento degli studi intorno a populismo, genere e religione, e la presentazione del caso studio e dei risultati dell’analisi, nella sezione conclusiva si mette in luce il ruolo dell’eteronormativitj nel discorso populista dei simpatizzanti della Lega Nord
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This contribution explores whether and how the populist challenge has affected the discussions around religion in the European Parliament. More specifically, it documents whether the increasing presence of populist actors in the European... more
This contribution explores whether and how the populist challenge has affected the discussions around religion in the European Parliament. More specifically, it documents whether the increasing presence of populist actors in the European Parliament has resulted in an increasing attention toward religious matters, or in changes in the frames related to religions. In addition, in light of the increasing concern of the European Union for the rise of populism, it analyses whether the debates around populism include concerns in relation to the role of religion in the populist discourse.
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In this chapter we explore the religious in the city from the perspective of festivals.1 Religious festivals include activities ranging from traditional ritual celebrations to markets with religious gadgets. Unpacking the notion of... more
In this chapter we explore the religious in the city from the perspective of festivals.1 Religious festivals include activities ranging from traditional ritual celebrations to markets with religious gadgets. Unpacking the notion of religious festivals, we focus in particular on what we identify as “festivals of religions,” by which we mean events during which religions are put on display. In what follows, we make a case for the relevance of this category in the study of contemporary forms of urban religion, in between the religious and the secular. Like many other forms of religion in the city, festivals of religions contribute to disseminating information about religions, and they are likely to enhance sensitivity toward religious diversity by promoting knowledge, discussions, and encounters. At the same time, we argue that they may have desacralizing and culturalizing effects.
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Italy presents an interesting case for the analysis of the relationships between religion and political parties: for more than 40 years starting from the beginning of its Republican history, the Christian Democratic party (DC) tightly... more
Italy presents an interesting case for the analysis of the relationships between religion and political parties: for more than 40 years starting from the beginning of its Republican history, the Christian Democratic party (DC) tightly held the government. Despite all its contradictions and complexities, the DC was, in fact, the point of reference for Catholic Italians and the Catholic Church. Considering that Catholicism was actually a ‘religious monopoly’ (Diotallevi 2002), the DC also exemplified the representation of religion in the institutional political field. Its demise triggered a complex reorganisation of the role of religion in politics, calling into question Italy’s unclear secularism. Italian secularism is characterised by the constitutional separation of religion and politics, on the one side, and, on the other side, policy collaboration, the public role of Catholic institutions and organisations, which is taken for granted, and a historically rooted Catholic culture, broader than religious affiliation per se, which permeates the political culture itself (Cipriani 2003; Garelli 2014; Ventura 2014). The absence of a unified channel and model for bringing religious claims into the political sphere, the increasing visibility of religions other than Catholicism, and current developments in political representation have profoundly transformed the relationships between political parties and religions and continue to do so (Giorgi 2018).
The scholarly literature on religion and political parties in Italy has focused mainly on three interrelated aspects: the effects of the religious cleavage (that is, religious affiliation and religiosity rates as predictors of party voting); the relationships between political parties and religious actors (the Pope, the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Conference, religious movements, or religiously-inspired associations); and the role of religion in party ideology and discourse. Since Italy is well known to be a Catholic-majority country, scholars’ attention has overwhelmingly focused on Catholicism, seldom touching upon non-religion and atheism. Other religions have remained virtually undiscussed, and this contribution takes a step towards filling this gap in the scientific literature. The next section is devoted to the first phase of Italian republican history, which was dominated by the DC. The second section discusses the current transformations involving the relationships between political parties and religions. The third section draws attention to the role that other religions are likely to play in Italy’s near political future.
The scholarly literature on religion and political parties in Italy has focused mainly on three interrelated aspects: the effects of the religious cleavage (that is, religious affiliation and religiosity rates as predictors of party voting); the relationships between political parties and religious actors (the Pope, the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Conference, religious movements, or religiously-inspired associations); and the role of religion in party ideology and discourse. Since Italy is well known to be a Catholic-majority country, scholars’ attention has overwhelmingly focused on Catholicism, seldom touching upon non-religion and atheism. Other religions have remained virtually undiscussed, and this contribution takes a step towards filling this gap in the scientific literature. The next section is devoted to the first phase of Italian republican history, which was dominated by the DC. The second section discusses the current transformations involving the relationships between political parties and religions. The third section draws attention to the role that other religions are likely to play in Italy’s near political future.
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Mobility represents a powerful factor of change. It redefines the structures of society and stimulates the reorientation of identities, the feelings of belonging and the individual social networks. Indeed, mobility provides chances of... more
Mobility represents a powerful factor of change. It redefines the structures of society and stimulates the reorientation of identities, the feelings of belonging and the individual social networks. Indeed, mobility provides chances of life improvement but also brings about new risks and produces new inequalities. The EU represents an extraordinary laboratory of mobility and transnationality. This contribution focuses on a particular category of mobile Europeans: precarious situation of academic researchers. Young mobile researchers are part of the " Erasmus Generation " but they are also part of the " Precarious generation " carrying out their work with little security. Both these factors encourage mobility, acting as " pull " and " push " forces. We critically revise the theories on mobility and the governance of research mobility in EU policies, we analyse the available data on researchers' mobility and finally, and drawing on an original database of interviews with female researchers, we explore the consequences of mobility in the realm of social and romantic relations. We focus, in particular, on the concept of 'Living Apart Relationships' (LAR), that sheds light on an often-overlooked aspect in the 'brain drain/circulation' narratives, which is the fact that researchers, besides brains, have bodies too. We conclude outlining a new research agenda on academic researchers' mobility in Europe that aims to overcome the neoliberal rhetoric on mobility and draw attention to the fact that both brains and bodies are on the move.
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All'interno del volume - Italia civile. Associazionismo, partecipazione e politica da Tangentopoli a oggi.
In this short paper we focus on how ‘religious pluralism’ is constructed by political actors by comparatively analyzing controversies around religion-related issues that took place in Italy between 2001 and 2013. The paper draws on the... more
In this short paper we focus on how ‘religious pluralism’ is constructed by political actors by comparatively analyzing controversies around religion-related issues that took place in Italy between 2001 and 2013. The paper draws on the results of four years of research on the Italian ethical-religious debates, based on the analysis of a wide database of printed media. It pays particular attention to how the debates have been framed by the different actors and how their coalitions changed over time and according to the various issues. In relation to the meaning of religious pluralism in contemporary Italy, the research shows on the one hand that political actors have different views of issues related to pluralism according to the values founding their worldview; on the other, they are ready to shift their allegiances and seek a compromise or rather frame the debates as struggles between nonnegotiable values according to their perception of short-term political interests. In other words, it is clear that the setting influences the forms of political debates and their outcomes. In addition, we identify three meanings of religious pluralism that emerge in the Italian public sphere: pluralism within the majority religious tradition; pluralism in relation to the dichotomy religion v secular; and pluralism in relation to the growing pluralization and hybridization of the religious landscape.
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For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a new (or... more
For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a new (or renewed) Catholic party has been widely debated. This contribution focuses on how different areas of Italian Catholicism present the issue of a possible unified Catholic political commitment: what is in their opinion the unifying criterion and what shape the Catholics’ political commitment should take. Data are based on the analysis of articles from Catholic magazines and daily newspapers in the period between September 2008 and spring 2012, thus including the Monti cabinet (November 2011–February 2013).
The chapter analyzes the contemporary mobilizations of art workers in Italy, mainly drawing on interviews, and discusses their focus on the commons.
This book chapter focuses on the Lombardy welfare system. It discusses the NPM and its consequences on local welfare.
This book chapter focuses on the timeframe and localization of the university protests in Italy (Onda), by adopting a comparative perspective.
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This chapter addresses the relations between research and political commitment, paying attention to opportunity and constraints, as well as to methodological implications.
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This chapter analyses the University protest in Milan (interviews, participant observation).
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This chapter gives an overview on the role of religion in contemporary European societies.
This chapter addresses the political dimension of local governments - in the frame of a research on medium-small cities.
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Co-research and ethnography are the data sources for this chapter that discusses the role and the claims of temporary workers in academia.
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Questo libro parla di religione, e allo stesso tempo non parla solo di religione. L’oggetto del volume riguarda il posto delle religioni di minoranza in Italia sullo sfondo dei processi di cambiamento che caratterizzano le società... more
Questo libro parla di religione, e allo stesso tempo non parla solo di religione. L’oggetto del volume riguarda il posto delle religioni di minoranza in Italia sullo sfondo dei processi di cambiamento che caratterizzano le società contemporanee – secolarizzazione, laicizzazione, europeizzazione,
immigrazione – e delle tensioni che innescano o mettono in luce. Il processo di secolarizzazione ha gli stessi effetti per le diverse comunità religiose – per la loro organizzazione interna, per il modo di intendere la fede e il religioso, per il modo in cui sono trattate a livello pubblico e politico? Come si configura la laicizzazione, nel senso di separazione tra le istituzioni religiose e politiche, alla luce delle trasformazioni del religioso contemporaneo? E qual è l’impatto del processo di europeizzazione?
In particolare, come incide la redistribuzione delle competenze di governo a livello sovra- e sub-nazionale sulle geometrie di laicità? L’europeizzazione ha un effetto secolarizzante? Come si configura la dimensione ‘religiosa’ dell’immigrazione, in un’ottica intersezionale?
immigrazione – e delle tensioni che innescano o mettono in luce. Il processo di secolarizzazione ha gli stessi effetti per le diverse comunità religiose – per la loro organizzazione interna, per il modo di intendere la fede e il religioso, per il modo in cui sono trattate a livello pubblico e politico? Come si configura la laicizzazione, nel senso di separazione tra le istituzioni religiose e politiche, alla luce delle trasformazioni del religioso contemporaneo? E qual è l’impatto del processo di europeizzazione?
In particolare, come incide la redistribuzione delle competenze di governo a livello sovra- e sub-nazionale sulle geometrie di laicità? L’europeizzazione ha un effetto secolarizzante? Come si configura la dimensione ‘religiosa’ dell’immigrazione, in un’ottica intersezionale?
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Questo volume raccoglie ed estende il progetto Ricerca Precaria che nel 2015 ha rilanciato un dibattito fruttuoso sul nesso tra precarietà e accademia attraverso una serie di seminari itineranti. Riflette sulla precarietà nell’università... more
Questo volume raccoglie ed estende il progetto Ricerca Precaria che nel 2015 ha rilanciato un dibattito fruttuoso sul nesso tra precarietà
e accademia attraverso una serie di seminari itineranti. Riflette sulla precarietà nell’università italiana soffermandosi sulle condizioni economiche ed esistenziali di chi fa ricerca. I nodi affrontati sono molteplici: le carriere scientifiche, la mobilità internazionale, la dimensione di genere, l’insicurezza sociale. Emerge come la precarietà accademica sia un tema di ricerca rilevante e pregnante, che interroga l’accademia nel suo complesso oltre che i sindacati, le istituzioni e i movimenti politici e sociali.
Sommario
Introduzione: Francesca Coin, Alberta Giorgi, Annalisa Murgia
Tra passione e sopravvivenza. Prospettive, condizioni e aspettative dei lavoratori della conoscenza negli atenei italiani.
Orazio Giancola, Emanuele Toscano
Futuro incerto e felicità a momenti. Tempo, vita, politica nell’università precaria
Alessandro Arienzo
Inside/Out: Storie di precarietà nell’università italiana
Elisa Bellè, Rossella Bozzon, Annalisa Murgia, Caterina Peroni, Elisa Rapetti
Cosmopoliti dispersi: La mobilità dei ricercatori precari tra retoriche e pratiche
Luca Raffini
La fabbrica della conoscenza e delle precarietà: Riflessioni da un’autoinchiesta nell’università al tempo della crisi
Emiliana Armano, Paola Rivetti, Sandro Busso
Confusi confini: O dei frastagliati margini tra ‘dentro’ e ‘fuori’ l’accademia
Chiara Martucci
Alle origini di un trentennio insubordinato: Autobiografia di sommovimenti cognitari indipendenti
Giuseppe Allegri
Lavoro gratis e a pagamento nella ricerca universitaria in Italia
Roberto Ciccarelli
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e accademia attraverso una serie di seminari itineranti. Riflette sulla precarietà nell’università italiana soffermandosi sulle condizioni economiche ed esistenziali di chi fa ricerca. I nodi affrontati sono molteplici: le carriere scientifiche, la mobilità internazionale, la dimensione di genere, l’insicurezza sociale. Emerge come la precarietà accademica sia un tema di ricerca rilevante e pregnante, che interroga l’accademia nel suo complesso oltre che i sindacati, le istituzioni e i movimenti politici e sociali.
Sommario
Introduzione: Francesca Coin, Alberta Giorgi, Annalisa Murgia
Tra passione e sopravvivenza. Prospettive, condizioni e aspettative dei lavoratori della conoscenza negli atenei italiani.
Orazio Giancola, Emanuele Toscano
Futuro incerto e felicità a momenti. Tempo, vita, politica nell’università precaria
Alessandro Arienzo
Inside/Out: Storie di precarietà nell’università italiana
Elisa Bellè, Rossella Bozzon, Annalisa Murgia, Caterina Peroni, Elisa Rapetti
Cosmopoliti dispersi: La mobilità dei ricercatori precari tra retoriche e pratiche
Luca Raffini
La fabbrica della conoscenza e delle precarietà: Riflessioni da un’autoinchiesta nell’università al tempo della crisi
Emiliana Armano, Paola Rivetti, Sandro Busso
Confusi confini: O dei frastagliati margini tra ‘dentro’ e ‘fuori’ l’accademia
Chiara Martucci
Alle origini di un trentennio insubordinato: Autobiografia di sommovimenti cognitari indipendenti
Giuseppe Allegri
Lavoro gratis e a pagamento nella ricerca universitaria in Italia
Roberto Ciccarelli
Profili bio-bibliografici
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Questo volume raccoglie ed estende il progetto Ricerca Precaria che nel 2015 ha rilanciato un dibattito fruttuoso sul nesso tra precarietà e accademia attraverso una serie di seminari itineranti. Riflette sulla precarietà nell’università... more
Questo volume raccoglie ed estende il progetto Ricerca Precaria che nel 2015 ha rilanciato un dibattito fruttuoso sul nesso tra precarietà e accademia attraverso una serie di seminari itineranti. Riflette sulla precarietà nell’università italiana soffermandosi sulle condizioni economiche ed esistenziali di chi fa ricerca. I nodi affrontati sono molteplici: le carriere scientifiche, la mobilità internazionale, la dimensione di genere, l’insicurezza sociale. Emerge come la precarietà accademica sia un tema di ricerca rilevante e pregnante, che interroga l’accademia nel suo complesso oltre che i sindacati, le istituzioni e i movimenti politici e sociali.
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L’interesse verso il tema “Donne, Religioni, Relazioni di Genere” ha acquisito risonanza soprattutto a partire dalla metà degli anni ’90 in Europa e, più recentemente, anche in Italia, sviluppandosi al di fuori dei confini disciplinari... more
L’interesse verso il tema “Donne, Religioni, Relazioni di Genere” ha acquisito risonanza soprattutto a partire dalla metà degli anni ’90 in Europa e, più recentemente, anche in Italia, sviluppandosi al di fuori dei confini disciplinari della sociologia della religione e degli studi di genere. Tre fattori hanno contribuito, in particolare, al riemergere di tale interesse nell’accademia e alla sua risonanza nella sfera pubblica. Il primo fattore riguarda le migrazioni e la pluralizzazione del campo religioso. Di fronte a tradizioni non cristiane, ed in particolare in relazione all’accresciuta visibilità della religione islamica e alle controversie connesse ai simboli religiosi, il ruolo delle donne nella religione e i rapporti tra uomini e donne diventano temi importanti nel dibattito europeo. Qual è il ruolo – o, meglio, quali sono i ruoli – delle donne nelle religioni? Quali le possibilità di azione e di leadership? Quali i rapporti di genere? Il secondo fattore riguarda, invece, le controversie che vedono donne e religioni ai fronti opposti – come i dibattiti che mettono al centro le questioni riproduttive (aborto, fecondazione assistita, per nominarne due). Partire dal genere per indagare il rapporto tra religioso e secolare mette quindi in luce come molti dei conflitti siano fondati sul corpo della donna e su diverse idee di femminilità. Qual è il ruolo della religione nella sfera pubblica? Come si conciliano i diritti delle donne e la fede? Quali idee di femminile e di maschile emergono nelle diverse tradizioni religiose e come mutano nel tempo e nei contesti? Infine, la progressiva privatizzazione del sacro lontano dalla sfera secolare, pubblica e maschile, ha portato ad una “femminilizzazione” della religione. Come incidono queste trasformazioni sulle diverse tradizioni religiose? Come si esplicano, nelle società contemporanee, la fede e le pratiche religiose? Come donne e uomini vivono la dimensione sacrale e spirituale dell’esistenza? Ci sono delle differenze?
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Negli ultimi anni la crisi economica ha colpito con forza l’intero Sud Europa, esasperando dinamiche di impoverimento e precarizzazione di lungo periodo. In Italia e in Spagna, tra gli altri, si è assistito a mobilitazioni contro la... more
Negli ultimi anni la crisi economica ha colpito con forza l’intero Sud Europa, esasperando dinamiche di impoverimento e precarizzazione di lungo periodo. In Italia e in Spagna, tra gli altri, si è assistito a mobilitazioni contro la precarietà lavorativa e esistenziale. In questo contributo vengono presi in esame i movimenti contro la precarietà in Italia e in Spagna, allo scopo di analizzarne la genesi, gli sviluppi e le prospettive future. In particolare, il paper si concentra sulle rivendicazioni dei movimenti, l’autorappresentazione, la struttura delle alleanze e le strategie di azione, mettendo in luce i risultati delle proteste e i repertori discorsivi e di azione.
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ABSTRACT For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a... more
ABSTRACT For more than the half of its republican history, the Italian political landscape was dominated by the Christian Democrats – a religiously inspired conservative political party. After its collapse, the possibility of creating a new (or renewed) Catholic party has been widely debated. This contribution focuses on how different areas of Italian Catholicism present the issue of a possible unified Catholic political commitment: what is in their opinion the unifying criterion and what shape the Catholics’ political commitment should take. Data are based on the analysis of articles from Catholic magazines and daily newspapers in the period between September 2008 and spring 2012, thus including the Monti cabinet (November 2011–February 2013).
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La crisi che a partire dagli anni '70 ha coinvolto i sistemi di welfare dei paesi industrializzati ha dato avvio a profondi processi di riorganizzazione dei servizi e delle politiche. Questi processi presentano un forte... more
La crisi che a partire dagli anni '70 ha coinvolto i sistemi di welfare dei paesi industrializzati ha dato avvio a profondi processi di riorganizzazione dei servizi e delle politiche. Questi processi presentano un forte orientamento verso i dettami del «new public management». Ma i ...
Il dibattito sulla laicità in Italia : possibili strumenti di analisi / A. Giorgi. - In: Per la filosofia. - ISSN 0394-4131. - (2007). ... There are no files associated with this item. ... Items in AIR are protected by copyright, with all... more
Il dibattito sulla laicità in Italia : possibili strumenti di analisi / A. Giorgi. - In: Per la filosofia. - ISSN 0394-4131. - (2007). ... There are no files associated with this item. ... Items in AIR are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
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The emergence of an economy based on the production and the diffusion of knowledge is one of the main features of contemporary societies, according to many scholars. This contribution focuses on the relationship between society and... more
The emergence of an economy based on the production and the diffusion of knowledge is one of the main features of contemporary societies, according to many scholars. This contribution focuses on the relationship between society and enterprises within the «knowledge economy» and its main ambivalences and tensions: market – cooperation, participation in the decisional processes and verticalization of power, autonomization of labour and neotaylorism. Also, it addresses the main features of knowledge workers’ protests that took place in Italy in recent years. Indeed, workers are the key element of the current knowledge economy – the connection between traditionally knowledge-intensive economic fields and other sectors.
The analysis of the relationship between society and enterprise in contemporary knowledge economy by means of the analysis of the «knowledge workers» – and, more specifically, of university and art workers – shows that the claims, the self-narrative, and the frames indeed involve a specific analysis of the role of knowledge in the dynamics of production of contemporary society. In other words, they are at the cross-road of the main ambivalences and tensions of the contemporary model of production.
L’emergere di un’economia basata sulla produzione e sulla circolazione di conoscenza è
considerato uno dei fatti fondamentali della società attuale. Il contributo approfondisce
il rapporto tra impresa e società che si configura nel «capitalismo della conoscenza» e le
sue ambivalenze principali: quelle tra mercato e cooperazione, tra partecipazione e verticalizzazione
dei processi decisionali, tra autonomia del lavoro e neotaylorismo. In secondo
luogo analizza le caratteristiche principali delle mobilitazioni nell’ambito dei settori
della conoscenza avvenute in Italia in questi anni, ponendole in relazione con queste
ambivalenze. Se la conoscenza è un elemento rilevante del capitalismo contemporaneo,
infatti, i lavoratori della conoscenza ne sono l’elemento chiave, la cerniera tra settori
tradizionalmente ad alto contenuto di conoscenza e gli altri settori.
L’analisi del rapporto tra impresa e società nell’economia della conoscenza declinato attraverso
i «lavoratori della conoscenza» – e in particolare i lavoratori dell’università e
dello spettacolo – mostra che le rivendicazioni, l’autonarrazione e i frame proposti incorporano
una specifica analisi del ruolo della conoscenza nelle dinamiche produttive
delle società contemporanee, e si collocano al centro delle ambivalenze di tali dinamiche.
The analysis of the relationship between society and enterprise in contemporary knowledge economy by means of the analysis of the «knowledge workers» – and, more specifically, of university and art workers – shows that the claims, the self-narrative, and the frames indeed involve a specific analysis of the role of knowledge in the dynamics of production of contemporary society. In other words, they are at the cross-road of the main ambivalences and tensions of the contemporary model of production.
L’emergere di un’economia basata sulla produzione e sulla circolazione di conoscenza è
considerato uno dei fatti fondamentali della società attuale. Il contributo approfondisce
il rapporto tra impresa e società che si configura nel «capitalismo della conoscenza» e le
sue ambivalenze principali: quelle tra mercato e cooperazione, tra partecipazione e verticalizzazione
dei processi decisionali, tra autonomia del lavoro e neotaylorismo. In secondo
luogo analizza le caratteristiche principali delle mobilitazioni nell’ambito dei settori
della conoscenza avvenute in Italia in questi anni, ponendole in relazione con queste
ambivalenze. Se la conoscenza è un elemento rilevante del capitalismo contemporaneo,
infatti, i lavoratori della conoscenza ne sono l’elemento chiave, la cerniera tra settori
tradizionalmente ad alto contenuto di conoscenza e gli altri settori.
L’analisi del rapporto tra impresa e società nell’economia della conoscenza declinato attraverso
i «lavoratori della conoscenza» – e in particolare i lavoratori dell’università e
dello spettacolo – mostra che le rivendicazioni, l’autonarrazione e i frame proposti incorporano
una specifica analisi del ruolo della conoscenza nelle dinamiche produttive
delle società contemporanee, e si collocano al centro delle ambivalenze di tali dinamiche.
Research Interests: Sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Movements, Labor Economics, Sociology of Work, and 14 moreKnowledge Management, Digital Culture, Capitalism, Precarity, Work and Labour, Labor History and Studies, Sociologia, Sociología Económica, Movimientos sociales, Sociología, Capitalismo, LAVORO, Flessibilità Lavoro Intermittente, and Precarious work
The chapter analyzes the contemporary mobilizations of art workers in Italy, mainly drawing on interviews, and discusses their focus on the commons.
I discorsi sulla laicità in Italia. Analisi di un caso studio / Alberta Giorgi ; Tutor: G. Procacci, M. Maraffi, coordinatore: A. Chiesi. - Milano, 2008. ((20. ciclo . - Aa 2006/2007. - Descrizione basata sul front.. The word laicité,... more
I discorsi sulla laicità in Italia. Analisi di un caso studio / Alberta Giorgi ; Tutor: G. Procacci, M. Maraffi, coordinatore: A. Chiesi. - Milano, 2008. ((20. ciclo . - Aa 2006/2007. - Descrizione basata sul front.. The word laicité, translated as "laicity", has a growing importance in national ...
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This chapter proposes a critical overview of the literature, the studies and the researches dealing with the social and political changes that impacted upon the status of migrants in Europe. The first section presents data on European... more
This chapter proposes a critical overview of the literature, the studies and the researches dealing with the social and political changes that impacted upon the status of migrants in Europe. The first section presents data on European citizens' attitudes towards migrants, showing how hostility is related to policies set up by the states, and reduced by migrants' inclusion and effective welfare provisions. In the second section, attention is paid to the factors that have an influence on the making of policies on migration, underlining the importance of the processes of transformation of politics – especially the increased relevant role of the mass media sphere. The third section deals with the question how migration is framed in the public domain and in policy. The fourth section asks the question how migrants are imagined as members of society (framing their integration).
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Join us at Maynooth University - for the 6th interim conference of Political Sociology Network (European Sociological Association) - the call is open. Keynote speaker: Professor Johanna Kantola Tampere University; Plenary speaker:... more
Join us at Maynooth University - for the 6th interim conference of Political Sociology Network (European Sociological Association) - the call is open. Keynote speaker: Professor Johanna Kantola Tampere University; Plenary speaker: Professor Ruth Wodak Lancaster University
CALL: Much attention has been paid to the rise of populist forces, challenges to democratic systems and practices and the undermining of established political, economic and social norms and institutions. These trends have often been framed as having 'retrogressive' effects on democracy, secularism and a wide range of formal and substantive rights. At the same time sociologists are observing emerging forms of resilience, resistance and reconfiguration in state and society. These 'progressions' are generating uneven, unpredictable and uncertain consequences for people and politics across Europe. Political sociology is well placed to interrogate the continuities and discontinuities in ideas, interests and institutions historically constituted through empire, market and state. These historical developments are currently typically articulated through political projects that are ambivalent, supportive or contesting of permanent austerity, increasing securitization, immigration, and climate change. In this conference we seek to offer a space for colleagues to reflect on the role and function of Political Sociology in generating innovative analyses that can grasp the multiple and complex challenges posed by the interacting regressions and progressions in contemporary societies.
Please submit to rn32esa[at]gmsil.com proposals for panels by January 31st 2020 and proposals for papers by March 30th 2020.
CALL: Much attention has been paid to the rise of populist forces, challenges to democratic systems and practices and the undermining of established political, economic and social norms and institutions. These trends have often been framed as having 'retrogressive' effects on democracy, secularism and a wide range of formal and substantive rights. At the same time sociologists are observing emerging forms of resilience, resistance and reconfiguration in state and society. These 'progressions' are generating uneven, unpredictable and uncertain consequences for people and politics across Europe. Political sociology is well placed to interrogate the continuities and discontinuities in ideas, interests and institutions historically constituted through empire, market and state. These historical developments are currently typically articulated through political projects that are ambivalent, supportive or contesting of permanent austerity, increasing securitization, immigration, and climate change. In this conference we seek to offer a space for colleagues to reflect on the role and function of Political Sociology in generating innovative analyses that can grasp the multiple and complex challenges posed by the interacting regressions and progressions in contemporary societies.
Please submit to rn32esa[at]gmsil.com proposals for panels by January 31st 2020 and proposals for papers by March 30th 2020.
Research Interests: Religion, Political Sociology, European Studies, Gender Studies, Political Economy, and 11 moreSocial Policy, Political Participation, Political Parties, Human Rights, Political Ecology, Identity politics, Political communication, Urban Studies, Political Elites, Intersectionality, and Civil Society
The workshop aims to explore the complex intersections between extreme-right populism, gender and religion. Together with the rise of extreme-right and the populist discourse, scholarly attention to the topic has been flourishing in the... more
The workshop aims to explore the complex intersections between extreme-right populism, gender and religion. Together with the rise of extreme-right and the populist discourse, scholarly attention to the topic has been flourishing in the last years. Accurate empirical research and rigorous theorizations built solid literature and nourished the burgeoning academic debate. With the relevant exception of some excellent research, though, less attention has been paid to the role of religion in populism-as a politicized tenet of people's identity, for example, or in terms of charisma. Likewise, mainstream analyses of populism often marginalized the gender aspect-in terms of populist gendered representation, for example, or in terms of populism supporters. The workshop aims at addressing these topics-we encourage the submission of empirical or theoretical contributions which address one or more of the following issues: • What is the role of religion in the populist discourse? Is politics appropriating religion? Are populist politicians challenging religious authorities? How do religious communities react? How does populism change the contexts and opportunity structures for religious groups? Does populism affect all the religious groups in the same way? • What is the role of gender in populist discourse? Can we identify a gendered populist discourse? Is populist discourse challenging women's and LGBT+ rights? What is the impact of the populist discourse on intersectional feminist politics? • Considering that populist discourse includes an anti-minority approach, what is the impact of the populist challenge to the complex entanglements of gender and religion? How and to what extent religion and gender are intertwined in the populist discourse? Please, send a 500 words abstract to the workshop email porege@unibg.it by September 30th, 2019. The workshop includes a special section for showcasing current collective research on populism, religion and gender-if you are interested in this section, let us know.
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CFP: Catholic mobilizations: religious movements in the public sphere Deadline: May 19/2019 Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce) https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019 Starting in 2012-2013 in France against marriage equality, a... more
CFP: Catholic mobilizations: religious movements in the public sphere
Deadline: May 19/2019
Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce)
https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019
Starting in 2012-2013 in France against marriage equality, a wave of Catholic mobilizations rapidly spread all around Europe. Catholic organizations protested against the possible recognition (or the enforcement) of LGBT+ rights, and, later on, against the so-called ‘gender theory’. A few years later, this wave of mobilization is still in place and
gained new fuel from the electoral and political success of the extreme right, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2018, for example, Hungary banned gender studies at colleges: this testifies for a renewed public legitimacy of religious discourse in the public and political spheres. Furthermore, the development of transnational networks facilitated
the diffusion of mobilization resources and repertories of actions across countries. The 2019 World Congress of Families, organized by the International Organization for the Family to protect the ‘traditional’ family, will take place in Italy where the Minister of the family, a devoted Catholic, is openly anti-abortion.
This panel focuses on the Catholic mobilizations in Europe, to understand cross-country similarities and differences, internal organizations and claims between local actions and transnational networks, patterns of failures and successes, and alliances and opponents.
Conservative and reactionary mobilizations, very visible since 2012, tend to obscure progressive Catholics engaged, amongst others, in the Peace Movement or in the Refugees and Migrant solidarity movements but we would also like to include these groups to the analysis.
Theoretically grounded empirical papers are welcome on the following (but not exclusive) topics:
• Case studies and/or comparative analyses of Catholic mobilizations (conservative and progressive ones)
• Public and media discourse around Catholic mobilization
• Analysis of transnational networking
• Methodology papers on how to study these movements that pose specific
challenges
• Papers addressing social movements theory: what these mobilizations can bring to SM theory, which is built on non-religious mostly progressive case studies?
• How to integrate religion in Social Movement Studies? Is there a Catholic
specificity?
• Papers addressing the gendered agenda of these movements, but also their gendered organization.
Chairs: Martina Avanza, Alberta Giorgi
Deadline: May 19/2019
Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce)
https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019
Starting in 2012-2013 in France against marriage equality, a wave of Catholic mobilizations rapidly spread all around Europe. Catholic organizations protested against the possible recognition (or the enforcement) of LGBT+ rights, and, later on, against the so-called ‘gender theory’. A few years later, this wave of mobilization is still in place and
gained new fuel from the electoral and political success of the extreme right, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2018, for example, Hungary banned gender studies at colleges: this testifies for a renewed public legitimacy of religious discourse in the public and political spheres. Furthermore, the development of transnational networks facilitated
the diffusion of mobilization resources and repertories of actions across countries. The 2019 World Congress of Families, organized by the International Organization for the Family to protect the ‘traditional’ family, will take place in Italy where the Minister of the family, a devoted Catholic, is openly anti-abortion.
This panel focuses on the Catholic mobilizations in Europe, to understand cross-country similarities and differences, internal organizations and claims between local actions and transnational networks, patterns of failures and successes, and alliances and opponents.
Conservative and reactionary mobilizations, very visible since 2012, tend to obscure progressive Catholics engaged, amongst others, in the Peace Movement or in the Refugees and Migrant solidarity movements but we would also like to include these groups to the analysis.
Theoretically grounded empirical papers are welcome on the following (but not exclusive) topics:
• Case studies and/or comparative analyses of Catholic mobilizations (conservative and progressive ones)
• Public and media discourse around Catholic mobilization
• Analysis of transnational networking
• Methodology papers on how to study these movements that pose specific
challenges
• Papers addressing social movements theory: what these mobilizations can bring to SM theory, which is built on non-religious mostly progressive case studies?
• How to integrate religion in Social Movement Studies? Is there a Catholic
specificity?
• Papers addressing the gendered agenda of these movements, but also their gendered organization.
Chairs: Martina Avanza, Alberta Giorgi
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CFP: Post-secularism and post-democracy-focusing on the intersections Deadline: May 19/2019 Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce) https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019 Contemporary European societies have been described as... more
CFP: Post-secularism and post-democracy-focusing on the intersections
Deadline: May 19/2019
Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce)
https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019
Contemporary European societies have been described as 'post-democratic' and 'post-secular'. The rise of the extreme right, political disintermediation, the judicialization of the political sphere, citizens' disaffection towards institutional politics, the personalization of politics, and issues' polarization are some of the processes affecting the contemporary political sphere. At the same time, the relevant political role of religion-related issues, the pervasive voice of religious actors, the diffusion of religiously-inspired mobilizations, the diversification of European societies' religious landscape, and the rise of religiously-motivated hatred characterize contemporary religions' presence and religious experience. In light of these processes, this panel focuses on the entanglement of the 'post-secular' and 'post-democracy' conceptualizations. Does post-democracy intervene on the traditional boundaries of secular societies? Can the analyses on post-secularisation shed light on the changing role of political 'authority'? How do the two concepts interact in the context of contemporary democracies? The panel welcomes both theoretical and theoretically grounded empirical papers (single case studies as well as comparative papers) on the following (but not exclusive) topics: •Extreme right, populism, and religions (religious identity, religious freedom, religious diversity, debates and policies on religion-related issues, relations between parties and religious institutions, etc.) •New religious movements and politics (new issues, new forms of religion/politics entanglements, etc.) •Religion and democratization processes in the 21st century (the role of religion in new authoritarian trends in former democracies, religious actors in democratization movements, etc.) •The post-secular state (role of religious institutions in policy-making, religion and political parties, new kinds of separation between church and state, etc.) Chairs: Alberta Giorgi,Luca Ozzano
Deadline: May 19/2019
Conference: SISP (14-16 September 2019, Lecce)
https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2019
Contemporary European societies have been described as 'post-democratic' and 'post-secular'. The rise of the extreme right, political disintermediation, the judicialization of the political sphere, citizens' disaffection towards institutional politics, the personalization of politics, and issues' polarization are some of the processes affecting the contemporary political sphere. At the same time, the relevant political role of religion-related issues, the pervasive voice of religious actors, the diffusion of religiously-inspired mobilizations, the diversification of European societies' religious landscape, and the rise of religiously-motivated hatred characterize contemporary religions' presence and religious experience. In light of these processes, this panel focuses on the entanglement of the 'post-secular' and 'post-democracy' conceptualizations. Does post-democracy intervene on the traditional boundaries of secular societies? Can the analyses on post-secularisation shed light on the changing role of political 'authority'? How do the two concepts interact in the context of contemporary democracies? The panel welcomes both theoretical and theoretically grounded empirical papers (single case studies as well as comparative papers) on the following (but not exclusive) topics: •Extreme right, populism, and religions (religious identity, religious freedom, religious diversity, debates and policies on religion-related issues, relations between parties and religious institutions, etc.) •New religious movements and politics (new issues, new forms of religion/politics entanglements, etc.) •Religion and democratization processes in the 21st century (the role of religion in new authoritarian trends in former democracies, religious actors in democratization movements, etc.) •The post-secular state (role of religious institutions in policy-making, religion and political parties, new kinds of separation between church and state, etc.) Chairs: Alberta Giorgi,Luca Ozzano
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Panel on minorities and (legal/political) justice, at the international conference "Ethnography and qualitative research'" (Bergamo, June 6-9, 2018). The submission deadline is January 15, 2018. Conference website:... more
Panel on minorities and (legal/political) justice, at the international conference "Ethnography and qualitative research'" (Bergamo, June 6-9, 2018).
The submission deadline is January 15, 2018.
Conference website: http://www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/
The submission deadline is January 15, 2018.
Conference website: http://www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/