Introduction The issue of globalization has been addressed from different theoretical perspectives (Berry 2008, Martell 2010). The neoclassical approach (Ohmae 1993, Wolf 2005), who first defined the concept and is currently dominant, tended to propose a structural vision, identifying the concept with the material transformations of the economy in a global sense. Different approaches - …
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 …
Mario D'Andreta 