Introduction This work concerns the analysis of the role of the power elite in the processes of urban governance, through the study of decision-making mechanisms related to the development of Milan. The main aim of this work is to deepen the analysis of characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, and logics that steer the socio-economic transformations currently …
Political and economic measures taken so far to face the ongoing global economic and financial crisis show a general tendency to remain anchored to a pre-crisis economic paradigm, tied to the idea of economic development as unlimited growth of production and income (Krugman 2011, Greenspan 2007, Latouche 2004, Stiglitz 2010, Wallerstein 2009). This cultural paradigm …
The Democratic deficit in Europe. A wide debate is currently ongoing about the problem of democratic deficit in the European Union (Azman 2011), concerning the issue of political representation at the European level. The problem is generally focused on two possible causes, one institutional and another socio-psychological: the institutional design of EU and the lacking …
Mario D'Andreta 