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The case of Italy: Between tradition and Modernity

Franco Ferrarotti · Prof. Emeritus of La Sapienza University, Italy. Founde…
If it were possible, just for an instant, to forget the sufferings and worries of the everyday, if, in other words, it were possible to distance ourselves and somehow see ourselves from outside, I think we should have to agree with Goethe’s confession: «I have the great advantage of being born in an…
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On the strained relationship between philosophy and sociology

Franco Ferrarotti · Prof. Emeritus of La Sapienza University, Italy. Founde…
The main contention of this article is the following: sociology, like all the modern sciences, was born out of philosophy. But, ungratefully enough and perhaps because of a deepseated inferiority complex vis-à-vis the older well established sciences, sociology tends to forget or at least to blurr it…
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Max Horkheimer: The struggle against total Bureaucratization

Franco Ferrarotti · Prof. Emeritus of La Sapienza University, Italy. Founde…
In July 1973, at the age of 78, Max Horkheimer passed away In the Swiss town of Montagnola. If not the founder, he has at least the most important director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Frankfurt, from which the famous name “Frankfurt School” is derived. Actually, if we ca…
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Relations between organizational commitment and demographic factors: a research in banking sector

Nizamettin Doğar · Çukurova University, Turkey
Aim of this research is to answer if organizational commitment changes according to demografic factors. Inputs gained from 200 person sample group from banking sector. According to the analysis it is found that affective and continuance commitment increases with age and job experience, and all compo…
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A Critique of the Philosophical Underpinnings

Seth Oppong · University of Botswana: Gaborone, South-East District, …
The progress of the social science disciplines depends on conducting relevant research. However, research methodology adopted and choices made during the course of the research project are underpinned by varying ontological, epistemological and axiological positions that may be known or unknown to t…
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Economic crisis impact on Remittances and Migration level in Albania

Adela Shera, Ardita Shehaj · Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana, Albania
Remittances of international migrants as the second largest flow of incomes contribute to the well-being of their households of origin and also have an impact at macro-economic level. Out-migration is an effective means for low-income households to quickly overcome shortages of income. The sustenanc…
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What should Marxism propose to International Relations?

Egni Malo · Metropolitan University, London, UK
To argue for the acknowledgment of the importance of historical materialism today when the cold-war and communism have for more than two decades ceased to exist it might create the perception of appearing dejected. Yet such a task which we attempt to take in this work is possible, if only because of…
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Economic overview of the international state-building of Kosovo in the light of liberal peace thesis: Development trends of the economic system of Kosovo, through UNMIK administration, actuality and the future.

Bardhok Bashota, Ylber Sela, Fisnik Ismaili · Iliria College, Pristina, Kosovo
In the aftermath of Cold War, the system of United Nations (UN) Peace Missions assumed new proportions, by adjusting the nature of political developments, which characterized the international relations stage in this period. In the peace-keeping agenda of these missions, special focus was given to i…