The essay is an attempt to construct another perspective on modernity from the Caribbean. Seeking to understand a long-term history - in which the Haitian Revolution and the Cuban Revolution emerge as interpretive keys - ...

The Western sociological thought has conceived “individuals” as the product of Modernity. Indeed, the category of individual is placed at the core of the transition from the traditional social order to the modern ...

The Directive 2014/41/EU, regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters, introduces into the field of judicial cooperation a new and necessary instrument of mutual recognition for the transnational acquisition ...

This article investigates the unequal treatment of asylum seekers across the European Union (EU). In particular, this article explores the way in which Directive 2013/33/EU (the “Reception Conditions Directive”) itself ...

Why is the political system of the EU not able to respect, within its borders, the principles and values that are in the spirit of the treaties - the same principles and values that it has so soundly advocated outside them, ...

EU migrants’ access to social assistance appears still strongly and incrementally related to the duration of their residency in the host Member State. In the US legal order, the mere bona fide simple residence is sufficient ...

Le forme di solidarietà sociale, la cooperazione internazionale e le strutture dei processi transnazionali che molti commentatori hanno individuato come le basi di un’‘Europa cosmopolita’ sono oggi messe a dura prova. Il ...

Are Germans still pro-Europe? And, even more, may the current behaviour of German Government be called pro-Europe? This work deals with this interesting topic analyz-ing, on one hand, the European policy of German govern-ment, ...

Is there a link between economic crisis and disaffection toward European citizenship? This paper raises this re-search question, investigating the behavior of Italian cit-izens as a particularly interesting case study. For ...