Caselli's work results from a vast and in-depth investigation, both theoretical and empirical,
into the interplay between experts, political-administrative institutions, businesses, and the …

The relationship between expertise and politics has traditionally been described in terms of
science speaking truth to power. Science strengthens governmental effectiveness and …

During recent years, Italian social movements have experienced a period of crisis, in part
due to diffuse antipolitical feelings and latent social conflict. However, environmental issues …

Through an analysis of the 40-year history of conflicts triggered by the repeated attempts to
expand the Malpensa airport in northern Italy, this paper seeks to show the heuristic strength …

By describing the long trajectory of petrochemical industrialization in a Mediterranean area
in southeastern Sicily locally known as the triangle of death, this article discusses how the …

In contemporary societies, territorial conflicts, ie conflicts concerning unwelcome facilities or
LULU (Locally Unwanted Land Use), tend to be more frequent and widespread than social …

Building on recent work in the sociology of intellectual interventions, the study of cultural
boundaries of science, and the role of ideas in politics, the article develops a theory of public …

This chapter deals with the social acceptance of renewable energies in their most visible
and immediate form: the location of production facilities. We start from the critical …

The article provides a review of the literature on environmental justice, aimed at showing the
multifaceted character of the concept and how it has been used since the mid-80s, with …

Eco-territorialism is the mature definition of the long scientific research/action path that the
Italian territorialist school started in the 1990s, putting the territory and its patrimonialisation …