Essays about: "Italian Government"

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  1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

  3. 2. Uncontrollable Bodies : Self-harm behaviour among male undocumented migrants detained in Southern Italian CPR

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Giada Tagliente; [2023]
    Keywords : immigration detention; migrants; Italy; self harm; resistance;

    Abstract : In response to the recent surge in migrants entering Italy, the Italian government has implemented several laws since early 2023 to expand the administrative detention system for migrants - mostly males - pending repatriation, commonly known as Centri di Permanenza per il Rimpatr io (CPR). Despite the large body of evidence provided by national humanitarian organizations and academic research concerning their overall detrimental effect - both on national budgets and detainees’ psychophysiological health –, these centers are still deemed as the best way to deal with the migration phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sharing Economy Accommodation Platforms and their Perceived Effects : A Case Study on Stakeholders in Italian Rural Tourism

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Francesca Papais; [2023]
    Keywords : sharing economy; Airbnb; rural areas; rural tourism; accommodation; perceived effects; stakeholders; Social Exchange Theory; SET; community;

    Abstract : Sharing economy accommodation platforms, particularly Airbnb, influence tourism, generating copious socioeconomic effects in cities, regions and greater areas. However, the impact of this phenomenon remains understudied in rural areas. This study aims to examine the perceived effects of Airbnb in a rural context. READ MORE

  5. 4. Organized Crime and Government Trust under the Covid-19 pandemic. The case study of Sicily.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Cavallo; [2023]
    Keywords : Sicilian Mafia; organized crime; government trust; Covid-19; vaccination campaign.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Do municipalities in which organized crime is strongly established present lower Covid-19 vaccination rates, as a proxy for government trust? This paper aims to answer this question in the specific case of the Italian region of Sicily. Specifically, the analysis exploits a panel dataset of 390 Sicilian municipalities over 107 weeks (between the 27th of December 2020 and the 1st of January 2023) to study if areas with a higher presence of the Mafia, measured through historical sources and more recent data, negatively correlate with the cumulative weekly percentage of Covid-19 vaccinations per municipality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Between Power and Resistance: Viewing the Ethics of AI through the Application of Foucault's Ethical Naturalism to the Power Dynamics Embedded in the Debate over Intimate Human/Chatbot Relationships

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Timothy Andrew York; [2023]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence ethics; Values in Design; chatbot; Foucault; ethical naturalism; technologies of the self; social control; human-AI relationships; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amid rising worry around human and AI alignment and citing concerns for data privacy and content inappropriate for children and the “emotionally vulnerable”, the Italian government recently imposed a complete ban against the Replika chatbot within Italy. Following the issuance of the ban and citing similar concerns over safety, the designer/owner of the technology, Luka, Inc. READ MORE