https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/issue/feed International Journal of Public and Private Management 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 International Journal of Public and Private Management journal.Libbuu@gmail.com Open Journal Systems International Journal of Public and Private Management https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4406 Using the internet as a tool for political change 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Gianluca Giansante yy@buu.ac.th The Internet offers unprecedented opportunities to stimulate and organize participation and political change. If everyone, however, has access to the same Internet opportunities, why do some campaigns succeed and others fail? The first obstacle has to do with an awareness of the tools’ capabilities: The Internet can open up a staggering array of opportunities, but we must know how to take full advantage of them. This paper provides research findings and practical information on online communication strategies in politics. Based on communication research and real-world political-campaign experience, the author examines how the Web and social media are used to boost political participation. Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4407 Internet and social networks to hinder food waste: Responsible consumption practices in the digital age 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Lucia Marciante yy@buu.ac.th Umberto Mezzacapo yy@buu.ac.th National and international research on food waste confirm how it is relevant to hinder food waste, including in domestic consumption contexts. In this respect, responsible and sustainable behavioral styles are fundamental to reduce food wastage. To limit the level of waste and set in motion re-distributive mechanisms of food surpluses, practices have been implemented facilitating enabling environments such as internet platforms, which promote what is known as "gifts" in the framework of collaborative consumption. The key words that characterize these online practices to reduce food waste are solidarity, sociability, trust and reciprocity, "working together" in order to cooperate. The aim of this paper is to implement an analysis which will allow an understanding of how this collaborative consumption, to be understood as a component of the wider field of the sharing economy, fosters re-distribution practices of food surpluses. In this case, added value consists of social capital aimed at collective welfare Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4408 Sustainable development and agency of the citizen-consumer: Between systemic reflexivity and common good 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Stefano Spillare yy@buu.ac.th Starting from a critical interpretation of the concepts of sustainable development and green economy, this contribution explores the theoretical and empirical requirements of the agency of the citizen-consumer, in order to highlight the useful elements to inform public and private policies relating to sustainability. In particular, attention is paid to the dialectic between systemic and relational dimensions of political consumerism, trying to show how current policies in support of sustainable consumption tend to emphasize only the individual role of the consumer (in terms of transparency and awareness). The author argues that this interpretation is too restrictive, because it proposes a sort of updated version of the dominant utilitarian paradigm, with no regard to relationship dynamics about "alternative" consumer circuits (also called "collaborative consumption"). These kinds of social experiments help to support sustainable innovation, rethinking the local development model as a way to establish the “common good”. Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4409 Lights and shadows of an empowerment process of migrant women in Italy 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Pina Sodano yy@buu.ac.th Roberta Sorrentino yy@buu.ac.th This essay analyzes the role of migrant women in Rome with regard to public and private spheres aiming to stress many aspects of the integration process. With a focus on gender migrations, it has taken into account how women have been ignored by theories on this phenomenon. The analysis points out how the assimilation has not been completely successful in different fields such as work, citizenship, race and many more. Interviews with ten women from different countries have provided an opportunity to reconsider how they perceive their experiences: there are many contradictions in the so-called integration process that are exacerbated by their role as mothers. In spite of this, it is worth noting how autonomy and empowerment drive these new citizens to integrate into the receiving country. Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4410 Migrant professional carers in four European regions – A comparative exploration of their learning needs 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Jonathan Kaplan yy@buu.ac.th Rita Bencivenga yy@buu.ac.th Vincenzo D'Angelo yy@buu.ac.th Stefan Kunz yy@buu.ac.th Filippo Bignami yy@buu.ac.th Alister Charnley yy@buu.ac.th Stanislava Tsoneva yy@buu.ac.th In some European regions, elderly care in homes and in residential care units is taken up to a great extent by migrant paid care, for the most part migrants within Europe. Challenges for elderly healthcare provision and quality have been raised. Our aim in this research was to inquire into the learning needs of professional migrant carers as they perceive them, as a step towards facing these challenges. Drawing on structured interviews with 50 carers in four regions in Europe, conducted between March 2012 and January 2013, the data suggests that there are commonalities that can be addressed. This article presents the general research process and results in Ticino (Switzerland), Liguria (Italy), The Lothians (UK) and the province of Sofia (Bulgaria) with a focus on comparative research outcomes. The analyses suggest that stress and language difficulties are predominant. Training to address these and the recognition of carers as professionals, which training would help support, are suggested. Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4411 Women and retirement in Italy: Work, pension reforms and family patterns 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Giulia Dalla Nora yy@buu.ac.th The relationship between gender and retirement in Italy is ambiguous. Although the older female employment rate is increasing, (even counting big differences between education level and with a persistent strong North/South divide), retired women spent a small numbers of years in the labour market, earned less over their lifetimes, and worked in different jobs than men of the same age. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the older Italian female labor market and pension situation Copyright (c) https://ojs.lib.buu.ac.th/index.php/InterJPPM/article/view/4412 Local Economic Development: Bargaining and Public Interest. A Comparative Study on Italy and France 2016-09-14T12:22:14+00:00 Luca Sartorio yy@buu.ac.th This paper focuses on the concept of negotiation preceding agreements. This method, taken seriously, has many knock-on effects on urban planning and the efficiency of public administration by fast tracking. The method of planning with consent entered the Italian legislative procedure in the ‘90s and has been “alive and kicking” ever since, though not without criticism. Some recognized weak points are: the multi-level governance structure itself; a scarcity of public resources and the necessity for active participation and involvement of private entities; an unsuccessful process in simplifying public administration, and; better flexibility in the tools needed in comparison to the hierarchical model of decision making. Two questions have yet to be answered: the role of private entities within public planning, and the constraints resulting from agreements. Copyright (c)