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In recent years, thousands of foreign fighters have left over 100 countries to join armed groups, especially jihadist groups, in Syria and Iraq and in other theaters of war. The phenomenon has also affected Italy, although to a much lesser extent than in other European countries. The foreign fighters of Italy are, in fact, about 130. What are the socio-demographic characteristics of these individuals? Where did they live before they left? Were they part of extremist networks in Italy and in Europe? What role did they play in the conflict area? How many have already returned? Are there common profiles? These are just some of the questions that this ISPI Report tries to answer. Through a detailed analysis of the profiles of foreign fighters linked to Italy, on the basis of original data, the peculiarities of the entire national contingent are highlighted for the first time, also thanks to the comparison with other Western countries.

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This report develops a framework of social unrest within a complex understanding of systemic risk.  The goal is to  try to identify triggers (events that lead to social unrest) and drivers (causal roots) for the emergence of social unrest and, based on this functional analysis, to design policy options on how to avoid, mitigate or handle unrest. The framework should enable a better understanding of the circumstances that may trigger social unrest, how intensely that unrest is likely to materialize and what interventions promise  to de-escalate the conflict or even prevent social unrest in the first place.   Since social unrest is more a process of escalation than a finite state of the world, the term has been conceptualized in a step-by-step escalation scheme.   Each step makes social unrest more severe. It is a gradual framework that identifies the different stages that make social unrest more and more probable. In order to identify relevant drivers and cluster of drivers, three case studies are investigated:  pandemics, cyber-related risk and financial crises. The main question is how did or could these events cause social unrests.  In a second step, an analytic model is used to capture the combined effects learned from the case study analysis. In a third step,the IRGC risk governance model for explaining the risk of social unrest or predicting the consequences of social unrest is applied. Finally , guidelines for normative governance with respect to social unrest are developed.

Social conflict --- Research. --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology

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Catholic project of the Good Press and its impact on Chilean society of the early twentieth century.

Civil rights --- Human rights --- Catholic Church. --- catholic press --- ideological struggle --- religion

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Cet ouvrage porte sur la période de révolution, du renversement de Hayle Sïllasé à la mise en place d’une dictature militaire d’inspiration marxiste. L’auteur examine les causes et les conséquences de ce changement de régime à travers le cas des Afar, un peuple semi-nomade transfrontalier de basses terres. Les possibilités d’investissement agricole sur le cours de l’Awash, fleuve qui traverse le territoire Afar, les ressources minières ainsi que la protection des frontières nationales représentaient des enjeux importants pour intégrer à l’État éthiopien cet espace historiquement hors de sa domination. En réponse aux excès de l’administration impériale éthiopienne du temps de Hayle Sïllasé, notamment la confiscation des terres communales fertiles, la révolution éthiopienne proposait une réallocation des ressources au peuple par l’État et une plus grande autonomie de chaque territoire, impliquant des structures administratives nouvelles. Les hommes politiques représentant les Afar, soit par leurs statuts de chefs traditionnels soit par leurs qualités personnelles révélées par les bouleversements de l’époque, ont tenté de se saisir les opportunités offertes par la situation révolutionnaire. Ils ont dû faire face à plusieurs options qui les ont unis ou divisés. Ce sont ces choix politiques, les raisons qui les ont motivés, les incohérences qui n’ont pas été évitées, les dissidences qu’ils ont entrainées, les objectifs qui n’ont pas été atteints, et les conséquences économiques, écologiques et sociales, qui sont l’objet de cet ouvrage. L’auteur y décortique également les rapports complexes des Afar avec la Junte militaire au pouvoir et les mouvements de guérilla qui s’opposaient à celle-ci, surtout les mouvements érythréens et le Front de libération des peuples du Tigray (FLPT).

History --- Political Science --- histoire --- Afar --- Derg --- nationalisme --- lutte armée --- révolution éthiopienne --- history --- Ethiopian Revolution --- nationalism --- armed struggle --- land issues

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Fighting for marriage and family rights; protection from discrimination in employment, education, and housing; criminal law reform; economic justice; and health care reform: the LGBT movement is engaged in some of the most important cultural and political battles of our times. Seeking to reshape many of our basic social institutions, the LBGT movement's legal, political, and cultural campaigns reflect the complex visions, strategies, and rhetoric of the individuals and groups knocking at the law's door. The original essays in this volume bring social movement scholarship and legal analysis tog

Homosexuality --- Gay rights --- Homosexualité --- Homosexuels --- Law and legislation --- Droit --- Droits --- LGBT. --- These. --- community. --- essays. --- highlight. --- make. --- relevant. --- responsive. --- struggle.