Tracking the Political Scope of Ultraconservative Christian-Right Movements in Italy: Strategies, Mobilizations, and Narratives

The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the strategies that ultra-conservative Christian-Right movements have been using in recent years. In the first section we focus on the new path of Italian ultraconservative Catholic activism and the emergence of the anti-gender issue and its politicization. In the second and third sections, we briefly highlight the main frame of the dis-courses mobilized by the actors in both the religious and political fields. We conclude by examining the political effect of the Christian Right in Italy, indicating the particular relation that this particular kind of religious-based move-ment seems to have with the Catholic Church in Italy and, of course, with the Vatican

Uchwały TTIP w sektorze spożywczym

Poniższa praca skupia się na analizowaniu i badań statystycznych w sektorze spożywczym. Istotnie, głównym zaproponowanie tej tezy jest do analizy możliwego wpływu gospodarczego w Unii Europejskiej, jeśli transatlantyckiego handlu i Inwestycji Partnerstwa jest życie. Międzynarodowy handel nazwie TTIP ma również potencjał do zmiany geopolitycznej równowagi na świecie. Rzeczywiście, jest to prawdopodobnie jeden z najbardziej ambitnych umów, które nigdy nie zostały osądzone wcześniej, z eliminacją barier taryfowych i non-taryf między Unią Europejską a Stanami Zjednoczonymi Ameryki. Moim celem jest wyjaśnienie użyteczność umów o wolnym handlu, wprowadzenie zasadniczych tematów, takich jak historycznego sporu między liberalizmu i protekcjonizmu oraz głównych procesów integracji gospodarczej. Druga część charakteryzuje się obrazem najważniejszych inicjatyw o wolnym handlu między Unią Europejską a Stanami Zjednoczonymi, wszystkich rund negocjacji TTIP i główny powód, dla którego Unia Europejska i Stany Zjednoczone powinny dochodzić zasięg porozumienia. Następnie druga część koncentruje się na analizie europejskiej struktury bezpieczeństwa żywności, a następnie podstawowym oceny między amerykańskich i europejskich regulacji w czterech kluczowych punktach: genetycznej organizmów zmodyfikowanych; Hormony; Identyfikowalności; Oznaczenie pochodzenia i fałszerstwa. Eliminacja barier taryf w sektorze spożywczym może zagwarantować korzyści dla wszystkich zainteresowanych stron. Rzeczywiście, jest to możliwe do przeprowadzenia analizy przepływów handlowych transatlantyckiego handlu i hipotetycznej konsekwencją obowiązków eliminacji na ceny. Nie zostaną przeanalizowane trzy konkretne sektory: Mięso z bydła, zamrożone; Warzywa strączkowe, suszone, łuskane, nawet bez skórki lub dzielone; Skorupiaki, mięczaki i pozostałe bezkręgowce wodne, przetworzone lub konserwowane. A potem, punkt włoski i polski widzenia w ich najważniejszych eksportu i importu z USA: Wino ze świeżych winogron, włącznie z winami wzmocnionymi; Pozostałe orzechy, świeże lub suszone, nawet łuskane lub obrane; Alkohol etylowy nieskażony o objętościowej mocy alkoholu wynoszącej 80% obj; Tytoń nieprzetworzony.The following work is focused in analysing and statistical research in foodstuffs sector. Indeed, the main propose of this thesis is to analyse the possible economic effect in European Union if the Trade transatlantic & Investment Partnership is into force. The international trade named TTIP has also the potentiality to change the geopolitical balance of the world. Indeed, this is probably one of the most ambitious agreements that have never been tried before, with the elimination of tariffs and non-tariffs barriers between the European Union and the United States of America. My purpose is to clarify the utility of free trade agreements, introducing the principal topics, such as the historical dispute between liberalism and protectionism and the main processes of economic integration. The second part is characterised by the picture of the most important free trade initiatives between the European Union and the United States, all rounds of TTIP negotiations and the main reason for which the European Union and the United States shall assert the reach of an agreement. Then, the second part is focused with the analysis of European structure of food safety and then a fundamental evaluation between the American and the European regulations in four crucial points: The Genetic Modified Organisms; The Hormones; The Traceability; The Designation of origin and counterfeiting. The elimination of tariffs barriers in foodstuffs sector might guarantee advantages for all stakeholders. Indeed, it is possible to analyse the commercial flows of transatlantic trade and the hypothetical consequence of duties elimination on prices. There will be analysed three specific sectors: Meat of bovine animals, frozen; Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split; Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates prepared or preserved. And then, the Italian and Polish point of view in their most important exports and imports with the United States: Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled; Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; Unmanufactured tobacco

Restoration of Sovereignty? Interpretative Lectures of Sovereignism beyond Nationalism and Populism

Sovereignism has been lately widely used in the public debate, particularly in the context of the European Union, often misused as a plain synonym of nationalism or populism and paying little attention to the different levels of analysis. In this article we attempt to explore the concept by proposing interpretative lectures based on several theoretical approaches, including discourse theory and cleavage theory. In particular, we seek to better understand the concept of “sovereignism” through a comparison of articulations and linkages with the concepts of populism and nationalism. We also show the different nuances that the concept of sovereignism has acquired in some specific contexts, for example in Italy, where it has become a buzzword for far-right parties and movements, such as Matteo Salvini’s Lega and CasaPound. In conclusion, we acknowledge the important elements of continuity with populism and nationalism, but also stress the elements that would characterise sovereignism as an ideology in its own right, such as the narratives based on the return to a past where sovereignty would be the exclusive preserve of the people and the nation

Dataset Far-Right "Truth" Industry

Dataset used for the exploratory study on how xenophobic discourses have been articulated as "truth" by media outlets and think tanks in France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, and United Kingdom Data collection: Using the official twitter account of prominent far-right parties as a point of departure (National Rally, NR - France; Alternative für Deutschland, AfD - Germany; Forum voor Democratie, FvD - Netherlands; Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, LDPR - Russia; and UK Independent Party, UKIP - United Kingdom), media outlets and think tanks explicitly committed to a far-right agenda (displaying overt discriminatory views towards immigrants) were identified in June 2021. News pieces and reports available on their website or YouTube Channel between June and July 2021 had their titles copied and pasted on the dataset, serving as a basis for a critical discourse analysis aiming at identifying similarities in terms of (a) "truths" targeting immigrants and their alleged supporters and (b) legitimation techniques. All data was anonymised. As a joint exploratory study not involving human beings and with fully anonymised data, this research did not require Ethical approval

Populism and Far-Right. Trends in Europe

This book contains important contributions alongside original research that took place during vibrant debates that were held between February-May 2022 at the international research seminars hosted by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. The primary goal of the book and its authors is to offer a lens through which to interpret a complex set of interrelated contemporary political phenomena, sometimes with distant origins that relate to both populism and the far-right in contemporary European Politics. What emerges is the disturbing observation that the European far-right, although in a rich variety of forms, has been capable of increasingly going “mainstream”, in effect normalizing and increasingly integrating into both public debates and political systems alike. This is part of a broader trend that is not just taking place in Europe, but refers to a much broader and worrying picture at the global level. In this important book volume readers will find the online generation of “truths” by media organizations, the pervasive use of social media to mobilize electorates, the association with environmentalist causes alongside the ideological flexibility and opportunism of populist political leaders. Most significantly, all of these elements have contributed to the normalization of features once solely associated with the extreme-right fringes of the political spectrum. This pattern is particularly striking in modern Italian politics at the 2022 Italian General Election, with the increasingly blurred ideological lines between the far-right and the extreme right playing out in real time, allowing a rightwing coalition bloc, composed by two fully-fledged far-right parties, to be labeled as centrodestra

Appropriateness of antiplatelet therapy for primary and secondary cardio- and cerebrovascular prevention in acutely hospitalized older people

Aims: Antiplatelet therapy is recommended for the secondary prevention of cardio- and cerebrovascular disease, but for primary prevention it is advised only in patients at very high risk. With this background, this study aims to assess the appropriateness of antiplatelet therapy in acutely hospitalized older people according to their risk profile. Methods: Data were obtained from the REPOSI register held in Italian and Spanish internal medicine and geriatric wards in 2012 and 2014. Hospitalized patients aged ≥65 assessable at discharge were selected. Appropriateness of the antiplatelet therapy was evaluated according to their primary or secondary cardiovascular prevention profiles. Results: Of 2535 enrolled patients, 2199 were assessable at discharge. Overall 959 (43.6%, 95% CI 41.5–45.7) were prescribed an antiplatelet drug, aspirin being the most frequently chosen. Among patients prescribed for primary prevention, just over half were inappropriately prescribed (52.1%), being mainly overprescribed (155/209 patients, 74.2%). On the other hand, there was also a high rate of inappropriate underprescription in the context of secondary prevention (222/726 patients, 30.6%, 95% CI 27.3–34.0%). Conclusions: This study carried out in acutely hospitalized older people shows a high degree of inappropriate prescription among patients prescribed with antiplatelets for primary prevention, mainly due to overprescription. Further, a large proportion of patients who had had overt cardio- or cerebrovascular disease were underprescribed, in spite of the established benefits of antiplatelet drugs in the context of secondary prevention

Risk factors for three-month mortality after discharge in a cohort of non-oncologic hospitalized elderly patients: Results from the REPOSI study

Background: Short-term prognosis, e.g. mortality at three months, has many important implications in planning the overall management of patients, particularly non-oncologic patients in order to avoid futile practices. The aims of this study were: i) to investigate the risk of three-month mortality after discharge from internal medicine and geriatric wards of non-oncologic patients with at least one of the following conditions: permanent bedridden status during the hospital stay; severely reduced kidney function; hypoalbuminemia; hospital admissions in the previous six months; severe dementia; ii) to establish the absolute risk difference of three-month mortality of bedridden compared to non-bedridden patients. Methods: This prospective cohort study was run in 102 Italian internal medicine and geriatric hospital wards. The sample included all patients with three-months follow-up data. Bedridden condition was defined as the inability to walk or stand upright during the whole hospital stay. The following parameters were also recorded: estimated GFR <= 29 mL/min/1.73 m(2); severe dementia; albuminemia << 2.5 g/dL; hospital admissions in the six months before the index admission. Results: Of 3915 patients eligible for the analysis, three-month follow-up were available for 2058, who were included in the study. Bedridden patients were 112 and the absolute risk difference of mortality at three months was 0.13 (CI 95% 0.08-0.19, p << 0.0001). Logistic regression analysis also adjusted for age, sex, number of drugs and comorbidity index found that bedridden condition (OR 2.10, CI 95% 1.12-3.94), severely reduced kidney function (OR 2.27, CI 95% 1.22-4.21), hospital admission in the previous six months (OR 1.96, CI 95% 1.22-3.14), severe dementia (with total or severe physical dependence) (OR 4.16, CI 95% 2.39-7.25) and hypoalbuminemia (OR 2.47, CI 95% 1.12-5.44) were significantly associated with higher risk of three-month mortality. Conclusions: Bedridden status, severely reduced kidney function, recent hospital admissions, severe dementia and hypoalbuminemia were associated with higher risk of three-month mortality in non-oncologic patients after discharge from internal medicine and geriatric hospital wards