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L'objectif du congres international sur la pensee de Gramsci, organise a Santiago du Chili en mai 1987, etait de rassembler les forces opposees au regime militaire autour de quelques themes majeurs de la doctrine du philosophe italien: le concept d'hegemonie, l'etude de la nature et des fonctions du parti politique, et la distinction entre guerre de "mouvement" et guerre de "position". Les intellectuels chiliens sont persuades de l'importance des idees de Gramsci dans le processus de democratisation au Chili

On the tenth anniversary of the death of Albertini, the School of Political Science of the U of Pavia has chosen to remember his many years as a professor of contemporary history, state doctrine, & political philosophy with an address by Professor Giulio Guderzo on the release of the first two volumes of Albertini's writings, Tutti gli scritti, edited by Nicoletta Mosconi & published by Mulino di Bologna under the auspices of the Center for Federalist Studies & the Luciano Bolis European Foundation. S. Stanton

A new book edited by Giovanna Angelini & Marina Tesoro, De amicitia: scritti dedicati a Arturo Colombo (Of Friendship: Writings Dedicated to Arturo Colombo), was introduced on 18 Dec 2006 at the U of Pavia, Italy. Colombo was professor emeritus of political doctrine & Chair of the School of Political Science at the university. Two tributes to Professor Colombo & the new book were presented as part of the introduction by Fabio Rugge, "Una voce originale e autorevole nella communita degli studiosi" (An Original and Preeminent Voice in the Student Community); & Anna Maria Lazzarino Del Grosso, "Un panorama a piu voci sull'Amicizia" (A Survey of Several Voices on Friendship). S. Stanton

Investigates the events surrounding the bombing of Florence, Italy, in Sept 1943, & the impact on the city's perceived immunity from attack because of its globally recognized cultural & artistic heritage. In 1941, the Prefect of Florence had commissioned a study aimed at declaring the city of Florence a "no-fly zone." But following the attack in 1943, & concerned with the Nazi occupation of the city, the Florentine cultural community mobilized to get German command to officially guarantee the safety of the city. Citing medieval & Enlightenment-era religious doctrine, the final report of the Florentine Open City Committee was published in 1944. Legitimized by Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa's direct intervention at the German consulate, it defined international legal & humanitarian issues during wartime. J. Sadler

This research examines the current institutional structures of the executive-legislative relationship in the EU from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. That is not just examining how the institutions are linked theoretically or even in the formal structural sense, but also their functional political and policy relationship in terms of what they actually do. The character and performance of the EU executive-legislative relationship is analyzed from a comparative perspective in light of the current reforms introduced both in the Lisbon Treaty and in the academic realm among scholars lobbying for institutional reform. The goal of the research is to achieve not just an empirically founded understanding of the current executive-legislative relationship in the EU, but also to obtain an empirical grounding for the current dialog regarding the need for institutional reform in the EU. The goal of this research is to build a bridge between the two parallel empirical and theoretical literatures regarding EU institutions that currently exist. Adapted from the source document.

The war in Iraq uncovers important aspects of the current phase of world politics. The present analysis focuses on the potential impact on the Atlantic coalition made by the American project of introducing important changes in the strategy of global leadership. Hegemonic theory of world politics is the theoretical framework of the analysis. At the same time, the evolutionary world politics model is adopted to understand change in world politics. In the first part, preventive doctrine & the issue of external military intervention to change domestic regimes are analyzed. In the second part, a set of concepts for the analysis of the structure of government of the world political system is presented. In the last part, these concepts are used to analyze the potential effect of the United States project of change on transatlantic relations. 2 Tables, 45 References. Adapted from the source document.