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Focusing the reflection on the Italian experience, the present article discusses two distinct but closely related theses. The first one is that bibliometrics can be used in the evaluation of scientific production even in the field of Sociology, at least in perspective. The second one affirms that bibliometric indicators can be a useful tool to support the evaluation but cannot replace the evaluation itself.

This article presents the process of construction of a sociological instrument for the empirical study of social perception of religious freedom. In doing that, we examine existing theoretical perspectives of religious freedom analysis in social sciences and suggest the conceptualization model, which integrates five dimension of the meaning of religious freedom. We explore the structure of the concept of social perception of religious freedom and discuss its latent dimensions applying the exploratory factor analysis...

In last years, educational poverty, in Italy, has significantly involved the new generations. The phenomenon shows its complexity, in a play of lights and shadows, starting from the school pathways of young people, and involving family, through its central role in the young’s motivation process, and teacher, significant adult in the dynamics of the training process...