Donatella della Porta
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Donatella della Porta is a professor
of political science and sociology
, known for her research in the areas of social movements, corruption, political violence and political sociology
.
She is currently professor at the European University Institute
and co-editor of the European Political Science Review.
since 2003. She is on leave of absence from the University of Florence
, where she was full professor of Political Science, president of the corso di laurea in Administrative Sciences, and Director of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Florence
. She has received a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Paris and a Ph.D in political and social sciences at the European University Institute
in Florence. She directs the DEMOS project (Democracy in Europe and the Mobilisation of the Society) founded by the European Commission
. She also coordinated the Gruppo di Ricerca sull'azione collettiva in Europa (GRACE). She has conducted research also at Cornell University
, Ithaca N.Y University, and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. In 1990 she received a Career Development Award of the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation
; in 1997 a Stipendium of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Her main research interests concern social movements, political violence, terrorism
, corruption
, police and policies of public order. On these issues she has conducted investigations in Italy
, France
, Germany
and Spain
.
Professor
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of political science and sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, known for her research in the areas of social movements, corruption, political violence and political sociology
Political sociology
Contemporary political sociology involves much more than the study of the relations between state and society . Where a typical research question in political sociology might have been: "Why do so few American citizens choose to vote?" or even, "What difference does it make if women get elected?" ...
.
She is currently professor at the European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
and co-editor of the European Political Science Review.
Biography
Professor of sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University InstituteEuropean University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
since 2003. She is on leave of absence from the University of Florence
University of Florence
The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
, where she was full professor of Political Science, president of the corso di laurea in Administrative Sciences, and Director of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Florence
University of Florence
The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
. She has received a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Paris and a Ph.D in political and social sciences at the European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
in Florence. She directs the DEMOS project (Democracy in Europe and the Mobilisation of the Society) founded by the European Commission
European Commission
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. She also coordinated the Gruppo di Ricerca sull'azione collettiva in Europa (GRACE). She has conducted research also at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca N.Y University, and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. In 1990 she received a Career Development Award of the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
; in 1997 a Stipendium of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Her main research interests concern social movements, political violence, terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, corruption
Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
, police and policies of public order. On these issues she has conducted investigations in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Spain
Spain
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.
Publications
Selected Publications:- Della Porta, Donatella, Hanspeter Kriesi and Dieter Rucht (eds.), Social Movements in a Globalizing World, New York, Macmillan, second expanded edition, 2009.
- Della Porta, Donatella (ed.), Democracy in Social Movements, Houndsmill, Palgrave, 2009.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Manuela Caiani, Social Movements and Europeanization, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Della Porta, Donatella (ed.) Another Europe. London, Routledge, 2009.
- Della Porta, Donatella I partiti politici, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2nd updated and expanded edition, 2009.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Gianni Piazza, Voices of the Valley, Voices of the Straits: How Protest Creates Communities, Berghahn Books, 2008
- Della Porta, Donatella and Michael Keating, eds.), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Della Porta, Donatella Introduzione alla scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008 (new expanded edition).
- Della Porta, Donatella, Maurizio Cotta and Leonardo Morlino, Scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008 (new expanded edition).
- Della Porta, Donatella and Gianni Piazza, Le ragioni del no. Le campagne contro la Tav in Val di Susa e il Ponte sullo Stretto, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2008.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Alberto Vannucci, Mani Impunite. Vecchia e nuova corruzione in Italia, Roma-bari, Laterza, 2007.
- Della Porta, Donatella Et al., Global democracy and the World Social Forum, Boulder Co., Paradigm, 2007.
- Della Porta, Donatella (ed.), The Global Justice Movement. Cross National and Transnational perspectives, Boulder Co. Paradigm, 2007.
- Della Porta, Donatella, O movimento por unma nova globalizacao, Sam Paulo do Brasil, Edicoes Loyola, 2007.
- Della Porta, Donatella, Abby Peterson and Herbert Reiter (eds.), The Policing of Transnational Protest, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006.
- Della Porta, Donatella La Politica locale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006, third revised edition.
- Della Porta, Donatella, Massimiliano Andretta, Lorenzo Mosca and Herbert Reiter, Globalization from Below, Minneapolis, The University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Olivier Fillieule (eds.), Police et manifestants, Paris, Presses de Science Po., 2006.
- Della Porta, Donatella Manuela Caiani, Quale Europa? Europeizzazione, identità e conflitti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006
- Della Porta, Donatella and Mario Diani, Social Movements: an introduction, 2nd edition, Oxford, Blackwell, 2006
- Della Porta, Donatella and Sidney Tarrow (eds), Transnational Protest and Global Activism, New York, Rowman and Littlefield, 2005
- Della Porta, Donatella (ed.), Comitati di cittadini e democrazia urbana, Cosenza, Rubbettino, 2004.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Herbert Reiter, La protesta e il controllo. Movimenti e forze dell’ordine nell’era della globalizzazione, Milano, Berti/Altreconomia, 2004.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Maurizio Cotta and Leonardo Morlino, Fondamenti di scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004.
- Della Porta, Donatella and Mario Diani, Movimenti senza protesta? L’ambientalismo in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004.
- D. della Porta and H. Reiter, Polizia e protesta, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003.
- D. della Porta, I new global, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003
- M. Andretta, D. della Porta, L. Mosca and H. Reiter, Global, noglobal, new global. Le proteste contro il G8 a Genova, Roma, Laterza, 2002 (also in German by Campus Verlag)
- D. della Porta and S. Rose-Ackerman (eds.), Corrupt exchanges, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlag, 2002
- D. Della Porta, Introduzione alla scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
- D. Della Porta, I partiti politici, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001.
- M. Cotta, D. della Porta, L. Morlino, Scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001.
- D. della Porta, M. Greco, A. Szakolczai (eds.), Identità, riconoscimento, scambio. Saggi in onore di Alessandro Pizzorno, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2000.
- D. della Porta, A. Vannucci, Un paese anormale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1999.
- D. della Porta, H. Kriesi and D. Rucht (eds.), Social Movement in a Globalizing World, New York, Macmillan, 1999.
- D. della Porta, M. Diani, Social Movements: An Introduction, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1999.
- D. della Porta, A. Vannucci, Corrup Exchanges, Aldine de Gruyter, 1999.
- D. della Porta, La politica locale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999.
- D. della Porta and H. Reiter (eds.), Policing Protest. The Control of Mass Demonstration in Western Democracies, Minneapolis, The University of Minnesota Press.
- D. della Porta e M. Diani, I movimenti sociali, Roma, Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1997.
- D. della Porta, Movimenti collettivi e sistema politico in Italia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1996.
- D. della Porta, Social Movements, Political Violence and the State, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995 (Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association in 1996).
- D. della Porta, Y. Meny (eds.), Démocratie et corruption en Europe, Paris, La Découverte, 1995 (published also in Italian by Liguori, in Portuguese by Inquerito, and in English by Pinter).
- D. della Porta, A. Vannucci, Amministrazione pubblica e corruzione. Risorse, meccanismi, attori, Bologna, Il Mulino 1994.
- D. della Porta, Lo scambio occulto. Casi di corruzione politica in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1992.
External links
- Donatella della Porta Persona page
- Homepage at European University Institute
- European University Institute
- DEMOS Project Democracy in Europe and the Mobilisation of the Society
- Project Executive Summary Edited by Donatella Della Porta and Herbert Reiter Florence, February 2008
- European Political Science Review