Title:Political Conflict in Western Europe
Author(s):KRIESI, Hanspeter; GRANDE, Edgar; DOLEZAL, Martin; HELBLING, Marc; HÖGLINGER, Dominic; HUTTER, Swen; WÜEST, BrunoDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of ...
Title:Political Corruption
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, AlbertoDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This entry reviews social science literature on political corruption, privileging an institutionalist approach. In doing so, it looks at resources and mechanisms of hidden exchange as well as at its governance.
Title:Political cultures do matter: citizens and politics in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia
Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean; INOGUCHI, TakashiDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article is concerned with the examination of the attitudes of the 'common man' in two regions of the globe, both with respect to basic relations between citizen and state and with respect to the extent to which ...
Title:Political Cultures in Asia and Europe
Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean; INOGUCHI, TakashiDate:2006Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia. Drawing on data from the largest cross-national survey on political ...
Title:The political dimension of EU enlargement. Looking towards post-accession: report of the Reflection Group
Author(s):DEHAENE, Jean-Luc; KROK-PASZKOWSKA, AniaDate:2002Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This report reflects the discussions at seven meetings in 2000-2001 of the Reflection Group set up jointly with the Group of Policy Advisors of the European Commission and the Robert Schuman Centre, European University ...
Title:Political Distrust and Social Capital in Europe and the USA
Author(s):SCHYNS, Peggy; KOOP, ChristelDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Levels of rising political distrust in the USA and parts of Europe attracted political scientists' attention in the 1990s, and urged them to look at possible consequences of this phenomenon for the functioning of democracies ...
Title:The Political Economy of Immigrants' Naturalization
Author(s):MARIANI, FabioDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper provides the first political economy model in which self-interested
natives decide when voting rights should be granted to foreign-born workers.
This choice is driven by the maximization of net gains from ...
Title:Political Economy of Old-age Pension Reforms in Georgia
Author(s):GUGUSHVILI, AlexiDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper examines the factors that played a major role in development of the old-age pension system in Georgia. Based on data collected from 1991-2009, this analysis centers on the system’s patterns of development and ...
Title:The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Europe
Author(s):KOHLI, Martin; ARZA, CamilaDate:2011Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Over the second half of the 20th Century, pension reform has become central to the European social policy agenda, first in terms of construction and expansion and then increasingly in terms of consolidation and retrenchment. ...