I am Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Bergamo. I was Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute from 2017 to 2019.
The present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the ... more The present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the public sphere, employing a case-study conducted in Italy. The author argues that different conceptualisations of Europe are related to diverse " uses " of the media, familiarity with international cultural resources and participation in the transnational public sphere and civil society. These variables affect the construction of Europeans' sense of belonging.
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-esp-10.1177_0958928720951111 for Industrial relations and migrant... more Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-esp-10.1177_0958928720951111 for Industrial relations and migrant integration in European cities: A comparative perspective by Gemma Scalise and Luigi Burroni in Journal of European Social Policy
After some promise in the 1990s, European unions have grown increasingly disillusioned with regar... more After some promise in the 1990s, European unions have grown increasingly disillusioned with regard to the results of EU social policy and EU social dialogue. The paper analyses the extent and reasons of this disillusion by looking at the impact on social dialogue of the Active Inclusion Recommendation launched by the European Commission at the outset of the economic crisis in 2008. The Recommendation led to a tripartite framework agreement at the EU level in 2010 (the only such agreement in a decade), which was then to be implemented at national and regional levels. With a multilevel governance approach, the paper looks at the extent to which social dialogue on Active Inclusion at the EU level, in six EU countries (France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK) and six regions (Rhône-Alpes, Lombardy, Lower Silesia, Catalonia, West Sweden and Greater Manchester) within those countries was somehow revitalised. The analysis, looking at both top-down and bottom-up processes and based...
Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research pu... more Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.
Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level ... more Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level and cities have increasingly taken a proactive stance in delivering their own policies for integration. The literature on the topic has focused particularly on the cooperation between local political institutions and civil society organizations, underestimating the key role played by social partners. This paper demonstrates the participation of social partners in the local governance of migrant integration in three European cities: Barcelona, Lyon and Gothenburg. Drawing on process tracing analysis and qualitative interviews, the article illustrates the different responses of local unions and employers’ organizations to immigration and the variety of approaches to supporting migrant integration into employment and society. The article argues that these approaches, which take place within different institutional and structural contexts, shape different patterns of migrant inclusion and al...
Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level ... more Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level and cities have increasingly taken a proactive stance in delivering their own policies for integration. The literature on the topic has focused particularly on the cooperation between local political institutions and civil society organizations, underestimating the key role played by social partners. This paper demonstrates the participation of social partners in the local governance of migrant integration in three European cities: Barcelona, Lyon and Gothenburg. Drawing on process tracing analysis and qualitative interviews, the article illustrates the different responses of local unions and employers’ organizations to immigration and the variety of approaches to supporting migrant integration into employment and society. The article argues that these approaches, which take place within different institutional and structural contexts, shape different patterns of migrant inclusion and al...
SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2016
The political and economic crisis of Europe and the austerity programs within EU countries have b... more The political and economic crisis of Europe and the austerity programs within EU countries have brought back to center the issues of inequality and social justice in Europe that during the Twentieth century have been addressed through the institutionalization of social citizenship. Europeanization and globalization challenge social cohesion and alters the basic institutions on which social citizenship was constructed in welfare societies. Starting from the results of an empirical study, the aim of this article is to give new impulses to the theoretical reflection on social citizenship as a distinct issue, although related with the concept of citizenship. The focus of the analysis is on members of transnational civil society organizations and their ideas and practices enhancing new forms of a more inclusive and sustainable social citizenship. Conclusions discuss how social bonds and solidarity are reframed transnationally across national, regional, European and global borders, and th...
This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political de... more This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political defini-tion, as the result of social mechanisms and practices, and it assumes the cosmopolitan perspective as a conceptual tool for the interpretation of changes in its principles and structure as related to Europeaniza-tion and globalisation. It starts from the heuristic value of the concept, grounded in modern industrial so-cieties and built on its institutions and forms of social solidarity. Then it draws on the debate about the challenges of the welfare state and capitalism’s transformations, as well as on the impact on social citizen-ship of the European integration process. It proposes cosmopolitanism as a lens for catching cosmopolitan ideas, narratives and values that contribute to creating new practices of solidarity and mutual recognition, which are the basis for the construction of new kinds of sustainable social citizenship in Europe. The Euro-pean social forum of 2012 has been...
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in the field of Po... more Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in the field of Political Sociology. Over recent years, attention has turned increasingly to processes of Europeanization and globalization and the social and political spaces that are opened by them. These processes comprise both institutional-constitutional change and new dynamics of social transnationalism. Europeanization and globalization are also about changing power relations as they affect people's lives, social networks and forms of mobility. The Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology series addresses linkages between regulation, institution building and the full range of societal repercussions at local, regional, national, European and global level, and will sharpen understanding of changing patterns of attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups, the political use of new rights and opportunities by citizens, new conflict lines and coalitions, societal interactions and networking, and shifting loyalties and solidarity within and across the European space. We welcome proposals from across the spectrum of Political Sociology and Political Science, on dimensions of citizenship; political attitudes and values; political communication and public spheres; states, communities, governance structure and political institutions; forms of political participation; populism and the radical right; and democracy and democratization.
The idea of ‘active inclusion’ was embraced by the European Commission in 2008 and supported fina... more The idea of ‘active inclusion’ was embraced by the European Commission in 2008 and supported financially through the European Social Fund, inspiring national and subnational reforms throughout Europe. This article analyses the role played by social partners in its implementation, using three comparative case studies to assess its transposition at the local level in Spain, France and Sweden. Despite convergence in the vocabulary used by actors involved in labour market governance, translation into local measures is different, with significant implications for policy-making. To explain the varieties of active inclusion, I focus on the interplay between structure and the agency of competing local political and social actors who participate in labour market governance.
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the Italian and Spanish models of growth and analyses labour mar... more ABSTRACT This article focuses on the Italian and Spanish models of growth and analyses labour market, human capital and innovation policy reforms since the mid 1990s. The comparison with France and Germany shows the constraints that have hindered the rise of institutional complementarities and the competitiveness of the two Mediterranean countries already before the introd uction of the euro and the outbreak of the 2008 crisis. The analysis highlights both similarities and structural differences between Italy and Spain and demonstrates the long-term institutional conditions that explain why the economic breakdown has had such a deep impact on the two countries.
ABSTRACT This article forms a part of the scientific debate on the change of identities related t... more ABSTRACT This article forms a part of the scientific debate on the change of identities related to the process of European integration. It draws on sociological tools for putting forward the concept of ‘narrative identity’ for the analysis of the European sense of belonging. It assumes that the narratives of Europe shared in the transnational networks, which have developed with Europeanization and globalization, contribute to the construction of European identity. It also presumes that the meanings attributed to Europe are shaped by the social context in which people live and are influenced by the local dimension where everyday life takes place. By presenting a qualitative empirical research conducted in two different Italian local contexts, the article highlights the narratives of Europe shared by Europeans from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, how different stories take shape and what types of European identity they contribute to construct. Results show that the narratives of Europe are multi-level stories, a mixture of values and references coming from local cultural heritages and national history, and linked to the European post-national plot. Both subjective autonomy and structural social conditioning influence the conceptualization of Europe and European identity is embedded in local territories. The dynamics of identity formation and the openness toward Europe in local identities are connected to the ‘habitus’ and related to variables such as education, socio-economic background, media exposure, transnational networking, participation and experiencing Europe.
Since the start of the European integration, many theoretical and empirical approaches have focus... more Since the start of the European integration, many theoretical and empirical approaches have focused on the intricate relationship between the European political project and the social and cultural changes within European borders. I begin recalling the academic debate on European identity and analyzing how the main theoretical perspectives deal with the study of the social dimension of Europe and the European identity construction process: Neofuntionalism, Institutionalism and Constructivism. I then delve into the sociological definition of identity explaining the concepts found in the scientific literature and the sociological contribution to the debate. In the final part I present some findings from empirical researches on this topic and the distinctive features of identity in a transnational context.
ABSTRACT: This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and po... more ABSTRACT: This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political defini- tion, as the result of social mechanisms and practices, and it assumes the cosmopolitan perspective as a conceptual tool for the interpretation of changes in its principles and structure as related to Europeaniza- tion and globalisation. It starts from the heuristic value of the concept, grounded in modern industrial so- cieties and built on its institutions and forms of social solidarity. Then it draws on the debate about the challenges of the welfare state and capitalism’s transformations, as well as on the impact on social citizen- ship of the European integration process. It proposes cosmopolitanism as a lens for catching cosmopolitan ideas, narratives and values that contribute to creating new practices of solidarity and mutual recognition, which are the basis for the construction of new kinds of sustainable social citizenship in Europe. The Euro- pean social forum o...
Whether and under which conditions immigrants should be admitted and obtain access to employment ... more Whether and under which conditions immigrants should be admitted and obtain access to employment and social security is an issue of continuously high political salience across the advanced democracies. Unions and employers, as traditionally influential actors in immigration and social policymaking, have important roles to play in this area, but their exact preferences, strategies and behaviour are theoretically difficult to determine and are still only partly understood. This article outlines a series of research problems regarding the roles of social partners in the social and economic integration of immigrants and discusses how the articles contained in this special issue address these problems.
Page 1. 1 European Identity in Times of Crisis Sociological perspectives on identification with E... more Page 1. 1 European Identity in Times of Crisis Sociological perspectives on identification with Europe in turbulent times Workshop, June 11-12, 2012 Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana Martin Kohli Jeroen Moes European University Institute (EUI) Department of Political and Social Sciences Laura Leonardi Gemma Scalise University of Florence (UniFi) Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Monday 11 June 09:15 Welcome by the organisers. Session 1: Identity and Euroscepticism in survey research. Chair: Martin Kohli ...
Building on what has been said in Chapters 2 and 3, this chapter focuses on the developments in t... more Building on what has been said in Chapters 2 and 3, this chapter focuses on the developments in terms of labour market and welfare regulation at a national level in three countries: Spain, France and Sweden. This allows us to reconstruct the background against which the local case studies developed in Chapters 5 and 6 can be placed. The focus on three national cases helps us to understand the national socio-economic context in which the processes of local interpretation of active inclusion policy paradigm take place. As we will see, while in Spain active inclusion has advanced in a framework of labour market flexibilization and deregulation of employment protection, in France and Sweden—although in a different way in each case—it found welfare systems characterized by a long-standing tradition of social inclusion policies.
The present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the ... more The present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the public sphere, employing a case-study conducted in Italy. The author argues that different conceptualisations of Europe are related to diverse " uses " of the media, familiarity with international cultural resources and participation in the transnational public sphere and civil society. These variables affect the construction of Europeans' sense of belonging.
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-esp-10.1177_0958928720951111 for Industrial relations and migrant... more Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-esp-10.1177_0958928720951111 for Industrial relations and migrant integration in European cities: A comparative perspective by Gemma Scalise and Luigi Burroni in Journal of European Social Policy
After some promise in the 1990s, European unions have grown increasingly disillusioned with regar... more After some promise in the 1990s, European unions have grown increasingly disillusioned with regard to the results of EU social policy and EU social dialogue. The paper analyses the extent and reasons of this disillusion by looking at the impact on social dialogue of the Active Inclusion Recommendation launched by the European Commission at the outset of the economic crisis in 2008. The Recommendation led to a tripartite framework agreement at the EU level in 2010 (the only such agreement in a decade), which was then to be implemented at national and regional levels. With a multilevel governance approach, the paper looks at the extent to which social dialogue on Active Inclusion at the EU level, in six EU countries (France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK) and six regions (Rhône-Alpes, Lombardy, Lower Silesia, Catalonia, West Sweden and Greater Manchester) within those countries was somehow revitalised. The analysis, looking at both top-down and bottom-up processes and based...
Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research pu... more Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.
Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level ... more Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level and cities have increasingly taken a proactive stance in delivering their own policies for integration. The literature on the topic has focused particularly on the cooperation between local political institutions and civil society organizations, underestimating the key role played by social partners. This paper demonstrates the participation of social partners in the local governance of migrant integration in three European cities: Barcelona, Lyon and Gothenburg. Drawing on process tracing analysis and qualitative interviews, the article illustrates the different responses of local unions and employers’ organizations to immigration and the variety of approaches to supporting migrant integration into employment and society. The article argues that these approaches, which take place within different institutional and structural contexts, shape different patterns of migrant inclusion and al...
Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level ... more Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level and cities have increasingly taken a proactive stance in delivering their own policies for integration. The literature on the topic has focused particularly on the cooperation between local political institutions and civil society organizations, underestimating the key role played by social partners. This paper demonstrates the participation of social partners in the local governance of migrant integration in three European cities: Barcelona, Lyon and Gothenburg. Drawing on process tracing analysis and qualitative interviews, the article illustrates the different responses of local unions and employers’ organizations to immigration and the variety of approaches to supporting migrant integration into employment and society. The article argues that these approaches, which take place within different institutional and structural contexts, shape different patterns of migrant inclusion and al...
SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2016
The political and economic crisis of Europe and the austerity programs within EU countries have b... more The political and economic crisis of Europe and the austerity programs within EU countries have brought back to center the issues of inequality and social justice in Europe that during the Twentieth century have been addressed through the institutionalization of social citizenship. Europeanization and globalization challenge social cohesion and alters the basic institutions on which social citizenship was constructed in welfare societies. Starting from the results of an empirical study, the aim of this article is to give new impulses to the theoretical reflection on social citizenship as a distinct issue, although related with the concept of citizenship. The focus of the analysis is on members of transnational civil society organizations and their ideas and practices enhancing new forms of a more inclusive and sustainable social citizenship. Conclusions discuss how social bonds and solidarity are reframed transnationally across national, regional, European and global borders, and th...
This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political de... more This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political defini-tion, as the result of social mechanisms and practices, and it assumes the cosmopolitan perspective as a conceptual tool for the interpretation of changes in its principles and structure as related to Europeaniza-tion and globalisation. It starts from the heuristic value of the concept, grounded in modern industrial so-cieties and built on its institutions and forms of social solidarity. Then it draws on the debate about the challenges of the welfare state and capitalism’s transformations, as well as on the impact on social citizen-ship of the European integration process. It proposes cosmopolitanism as a lens for catching cosmopolitan ideas, narratives and values that contribute to creating new practices of solidarity and mutual recognition, which are the basis for the construction of new kinds of sustainable social citizenship in Europe. The Euro-pean social forum of 2012 has been...
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in the field of Po... more Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in the field of Political Sociology. Over recent years, attention has turned increasingly to processes of Europeanization and globalization and the social and political spaces that are opened by them. These processes comprise both institutional-constitutional change and new dynamics of social transnationalism. Europeanization and globalization are also about changing power relations as they affect people's lives, social networks and forms of mobility. The Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology series addresses linkages between regulation, institution building and the full range of societal repercussions at local, regional, national, European and global level, and will sharpen understanding of changing patterns of attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups, the political use of new rights and opportunities by citizens, new conflict lines and coalitions, societal interactions and networking, and shifting loyalties and solidarity within and across the European space. We welcome proposals from across the spectrum of Political Sociology and Political Science, on dimensions of citizenship; political attitudes and values; political communication and public spheres; states, communities, governance structure and political institutions; forms of political participation; populism and the radical right; and democracy and democratization.
The idea of ‘active inclusion’ was embraced by the European Commission in 2008 and supported fina... more The idea of ‘active inclusion’ was embraced by the European Commission in 2008 and supported financially through the European Social Fund, inspiring national and subnational reforms throughout Europe. This article analyses the role played by social partners in its implementation, using three comparative case studies to assess its transposition at the local level in Spain, France and Sweden. Despite convergence in the vocabulary used by actors involved in labour market governance, translation into local measures is different, with significant implications for policy-making. To explain the varieties of active inclusion, I focus on the interplay between structure and the agency of competing local political and social actors who participate in labour market governance.
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the Italian and Spanish models of growth and analyses labour mar... more ABSTRACT This article focuses on the Italian and Spanish models of growth and analyses labour market, human capital and innovation policy reforms since the mid 1990s. The comparison with France and Germany shows the constraints that have hindered the rise of institutional complementarities and the competitiveness of the two Mediterranean countries already before the introd uction of the euro and the outbreak of the 2008 crisis. The analysis highlights both similarities and structural differences between Italy and Spain and demonstrates the long-term institutional conditions that explain why the economic breakdown has had such a deep impact on the two countries.
ABSTRACT This article forms a part of the scientific debate on the change of identities related t... more ABSTRACT This article forms a part of the scientific debate on the change of identities related to the process of European integration. It draws on sociological tools for putting forward the concept of ‘narrative identity’ for the analysis of the European sense of belonging. It assumes that the narratives of Europe shared in the transnational networks, which have developed with Europeanization and globalization, contribute to the construction of European identity. It also presumes that the meanings attributed to Europe are shaped by the social context in which people live and are influenced by the local dimension where everyday life takes place. By presenting a qualitative empirical research conducted in two different Italian local contexts, the article highlights the narratives of Europe shared by Europeans from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, how different stories take shape and what types of European identity they contribute to construct. Results show that the narratives of Europe are multi-level stories, a mixture of values and references coming from local cultural heritages and national history, and linked to the European post-national plot. Both subjective autonomy and structural social conditioning influence the conceptualization of Europe and European identity is embedded in local territories. The dynamics of identity formation and the openness toward Europe in local identities are connected to the ‘habitus’ and related to variables such as education, socio-economic background, media exposure, transnational networking, participation and experiencing Europe.
Since the start of the European integration, many theoretical and empirical approaches have focus... more Since the start of the European integration, many theoretical and empirical approaches have focused on the intricate relationship between the European political project and the social and cultural changes within European borders. I begin recalling the academic debate on European identity and analyzing how the main theoretical perspectives deal with the study of the social dimension of Europe and the European identity construction process: Neofuntionalism, Institutionalism and Constructivism. I then delve into the sociological definition of identity explaining the concepts found in the scientific literature and the sociological contribution to the debate. In the final part I present some findings from empirical researches on this topic and the distinctive features of identity in a transnational context.
ABSTRACT: This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and po... more ABSTRACT: This article tackles the issue of social citizenship in Europe, beyond its legal and political defini- tion, as the result of social mechanisms and practices, and it assumes the cosmopolitan perspective as a conceptual tool for the interpretation of changes in its principles and structure as related to Europeaniza- tion and globalisation. It starts from the heuristic value of the concept, grounded in modern industrial so- cieties and built on its institutions and forms of social solidarity. Then it draws on the debate about the challenges of the welfare state and capitalism’s transformations, as well as on the impact on social citizen- ship of the European integration process. It proposes cosmopolitanism as a lens for catching cosmopolitan ideas, narratives and values that contribute to creating new practices of solidarity and mutual recognition, which are the basis for the construction of new kinds of sustainable social citizenship in Europe. The Euro- pean social forum o...
Whether and under which conditions immigrants should be admitted and obtain access to employment ... more Whether and under which conditions immigrants should be admitted and obtain access to employment and social security is an issue of continuously high political salience across the advanced democracies. Unions and employers, as traditionally influential actors in immigration and social policymaking, have important roles to play in this area, but their exact preferences, strategies and behaviour are theoretically difficult to determine and are still only partly understood. This article outlines a series of research problems regarding the roles of social partners in the social and economic integration of immigrants and discusses how the articles contained in this special issue address these problems.
Page 1. 1 European Identity in Times of Crisis Sociological perspectives on identification with E... more Page 1. 1 European Identity in Times of Crisis Sociological perspectives on identification with Europe in turbulent times Workshop, June 11-12, 2012 Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana Martin Kohli Jeroen Moes European University Institute (EUI) Department of Political and Social Sciences Laura Leonardi Gemma Scalise University of Florence (UniFi) Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Monday 11 June 09:15 Welcome by the organisers. Session 1: Identity and Euroscepticism in survey research. Chair: Martin Kohli ...
Building on what has been said in Chapters 2 and 3, this chapter focuses on the developments in t... more Building on what has been said in Chapters 2 and 3, this chapter focuses on the developments in terms of labour market and welfare regulation at a national level in three countries: Spain, France and Sweden. This allows us to reconstruct the background against which the local case studies developed in Chapters 5 and 6 can be placed. The focus on three national cases helps us to understand the national socio-economic context in which the processes of local interpretation of active inclusion policy paradigm take place. As we will see, while in Spain active inclusion has advanced in a framework of labour market flexibilization and deregulation of employment protection, in France and Sweden—although in a different way in each case—it found welfare systems characterized by a long-standing tradition of social inclusion policies.
The European project no longer seems to be able to guarantee and control the integration process ... more The European project no longer seems to be able to guarantee and control the integration process or ensure the expansion of individual and collective life chances, either within or outside the European area. We are in the midst of a profound crisis, which is leading to the emergence of social and political divisions that challenge basic constitutional principles and values, endangering social cohesion and solidarity. This volume is intended to contribute to the scientific and public debate on the challenges Europe is facing, by focusing on four key dimensions: solidarity, identity, citizenship and democracy. Using a multidisciplinary approach, it highlights the contradictions inherent in the project taken forward so far, analysing the empirical phenomena that most seem to undermine the future of Europe: international migration, insecurity linked to the loss of social rights, the emergence of new forms of cultural belonging and identity, populism, new nationalisms and, at the same time, transnational social movements that are urgently calling democracy into question. The result is a rigorous diagnosis of the social change underway, which helps to understand the obstacles to the evolution of the European project and the scope for action to relaunch it on a new social basis.
Il volume presenta la tesi delle radici sociali della crisi europea, sostenuta da una analisi emp... more Il volume presenta la tesi delle radici sociali della crisi europea, sostenuta da una analisi empirica che evidenzia quanto la disuguaglianza tra i cittadini comunitari, cresciuta con la recessione del 2008, pesi sulle idee di Europa che circolano tra gli europei, contribuendo a influenzare il loro senso di appartenenza. L’opera sviluppa un approccio teorico originale che viene sperimentato sul campo attraverso uno studio che mostra, da un lato, lo sconfinato patrimonio narrativo e le diverse forme identitarie che caratterizzano l’Europa; dall’altro, i principali fattori che vanno ad influenzarli: le esperienze, le caratteristiche socio-economiche e culturali individuali e del contesto, l’uso dei media e il ruolo giocato dalle istituzioni sul territorio.
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