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Dalla missione «civilizzatrice dell’uomo bianco» all’unificazione politica dell’Africa (II)

La prima parte di questo articolo è qui L’unità dell’Africa e la nascita di un nuovo attore mondiale All’epoca della decolonizzazione l’euforia generalizzata che si espandeva negli stati di nuova indipendenza nel continente africano era dettata da una convinzione profonda che fosse (…)

Wednesday 8 October 2008

Dalla missione “civilizzatrice dell’uomo bianco” all’unificazione politica dell’Africa (I)

Africa: quale povertà? Può sembrare un’ovvietà, ma spesso le ovvietà risultano ovvie solo dopo averle affermate: l’Africa, come soggetto a sé stante, non esiste. L’Africa dovrebbe essere un termine da usare esclusivamente al plurale, come spesso si usa per “le Americhe”, in quanto i problemi, (…)

Saturday 27 September 2008

Union Européenne et Société Civile : une relation à parfaire

Chaque jour nous devons faire face aux limites de la démocratie représentative qui ne nous intègre dans la gestion de la chose publique (res publica) que tous les 4 ou 5 ans seulement. La distance entre les citoyens et les institutions grandit chaque jour un peu plus, la confiance en ceux qui (…)

Sunday 22 June 2008

The European Union and Civil Society: Work in Progress

Every day we are obliged to face the limits of representative democracy, which involves us in the management of the res publica only once every four or five years. The distance between citizens and institutions is growing every day, confidence in those who govern us drops, daily needs seem not (…)

Monday 9 June 2008

European Integration: A Model for Africa?

The elected representatives of the European and African people have stressed the importance of supra-national integration for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states, drawing on the experience of the European integration process. The EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created in the (…)

Sunday 25 May 2008

Italy’s 62nd Government: Berlusconi’s tris

The Italian elections held on April 13 and 14 have in many ways yielded more than their fair share of surprises. The foremost result that one notices is the striking majority of votes garnered by Berlusconi’s coalition. This coalition, comprised of Berlusconi’s Popolo della Libertà, Lega Nord (…)

Wednesday 16 April 2008