February 2012

The context of decentralised policing or local squads? The case of the Italian “Ronde”

  In summer 2009, the Italian government led by Silvio Berlusconi passed a bill which legalised the local squads or, ronde as auxiliary police forces, under the inspiration of the government partner Lega Nord. The Parliament was later to approve this bill, thus causing the indignation of that part of Italian society which saw in the ronde the proof of a populist turn of Italian...

Author(s): Vincenzo Scalia

February 2012

Does public space create social capital?

  During recent years, the concept of social capital has become one of the most popular exports from sociological theory into everyday languages. Social capital has evolved into something of a cure-all for the maladies affecting society in all the countries around the world. The idea of social capital is particularly concerned with the cultivation of good well, fellowship, sympathy, and social intercourse among...

Author(s): Akram M. Ijla

February 2012

Factors affecting early marriage and early conception of women: A case of slum areas in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

  Early marriage and early conception is a nascent matter across the world and remains widespread problem particularly in developing countries including Bangladesh. In this study, an attempt was made to analyze comprehensively early marriage and conception of women based on findings of interviews conducted with 609 ever-married women from five slum areas under Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. The present study has...

Author(s): Sarker Obaida Nasrin and K. M. Mustafizur Rahman