This chapter reviews the history of, and contemporary discussions on, comparison in the
study of religion/s. It shows that all prominent early scholars in the emergent discipline or …

Contemporary challenges related to economic development and environmental protection
require simultaneous attention, yet economic policy decisions within the European Union …

Social movements have often played an important role in emergencies, mobilising in
defence of those rights that they perceive as being at risk or more urgently needed than …

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social
movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived by recent events of the Arab …

This paper addresses the global phenomenon of anti-Soros conspiracy theories, focusing
on the Central European region between 2017 and 2019. It surveys how these theories …

This article discusses two of the most used methods of comparative case study research,
namely, John Stuart Mill's (Millian) method of agreement and the method of difference. In …

Rilevare dati e notizie su un target di persone selezionate e restituire il mondo descritto
attraverso gli occhi dell'intervistato: questo l'obiettivo principale dell'intervista qualitativa …

Originally developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting is widely recognised as democratic
innovation yet its concrete results vary greatly. Collating evidence from empirical and …

This article explores the notion and method of discourse and frame analysis in social
movement studies. Different cases of frame analysis applied to various types of social …

On 14 December 2010, I participated in a massive demonstration in Rome against the
university reform, in the occasion of the vote of confidence towards the Berlusconi …