This article deals with the relationship between science and politics and in particular with the
reciprocal legitimation process involving research schools and political regimes. It focuses …

This article deals with the consequences of World War II on the study of national income and
the changing approach to economic planning in Italy. It concentrates on Corrado Gini's …

There is broad consensus that Italian Fascism addressed the middle classes–through its
rhetoric, privileged policies of social protection and trade union organization–with a view to …

Regio decreto (Décret royal, ci-après Rd), 11 oct. 1875, no 2742. Les cours obligatoires
étaient alors:«Encyclopédie et éléments philosophiques du droit»;«Institutions du droit …

This chapter, after analysing the cultural and political reasons that led the new Catholic
University of Milan to invest in the autonomy of Administrative Science in the 1920s and …

Per gli statistici patriottici del Risorgimento la statistica era un fondamentale strumento di
“civilizzazione” che serviva anche a evocare il “corpo” di quella nazione che essi volevano …

The thesis examines the self-definition of the end of the nineteenth century as 'fin de
siècle'and as an epochal turning point. It investigates the circumstances that generated new …

IMP POPOLAZIONE ES Page 1 Eugenics as Social Observation: Anthropology, Statistics and
the Pursuit of ‘Objectivity’ in Alfredo Niceforo’s Thought (1876-1960)* ANGELOM . CAGLIOTI …

Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning explores the links between Humanities and the Social
Sciences, with theories including, decision and action theory as well as cognitive sciences …

The articles collected in this special section of «Popolazione e Storia» take stock of the
results of previous inquiries in order to explore more in depth new research directions. The …