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Title:Is trasformismo a useful category for analysing modern it politics? Author(s):VALBRUZZI, Marco Date:2014Citation:Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2014, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 169-185Type:ArticleAbstract:The it vice, a historic stain, national character or simply a system of government? For many years and certainly since the founding of the it state, transformism/trasformismo has been one of the concepts most used and ...
Title:Is Twitter the new coffee house? : the contribution of the European political Twittersphere to the European public sphere and European demos Author(s):RUIZ SOLER, Javier Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:A Public Sphere and a demos are intrinsic key elements of any democratic society. The literature has pointed out that social media platforms can play an important role in developing direct interactions between users and ...
Title:Is using trade policy for foreign policy a 'SNO job'? : on linkage, friend-shoring and the challenges for multilateralism Author(s):WOLFE, Robert Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/74; Global Governance Programme-486; [Global Economics]Abstract:Using trade policy to achieve foreign policy objectives has a long history. Punishing enemies and rewarding friends by granting or withholding market access, sanctions or blockades are venerable forms of trade policy used ...
Title:Is what we hear about migration really true? : questioning eight stereotypes Editor(s):FARGUES, Philippe Date:2014Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; 2014Abstract:Immigration has polarised European politics for decades. There have been defenders and opponents of migration into Europe, and it has often been the matter of acrimonious debate. In recent years, however, the dispute between ...
Title:Is what we hear about migration really true? : questioning eight stereotypes : core messages Author(s):THIBOS, CameronDate:2014Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; 2014; Short ReportAbstract:Immigration has polarised European politics for decades. There have been defenders and opponents of migration into Europe, and it has often been the matter of acrimonious debate. In recent years, however, the dispute between ...
Title:Islam and Civil Society Author(s):ESPOSITO, John L.Date:2000Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2000Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2000/57
Title:Islam and democracy at the fringes of Europe : the role of historical legacies Author(s):ELBASANI, Arolda Date:2015Citation:Politics and religion, 2015, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 334-357Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyzes how the Muslim majority has engaged with, and contributed to parallel processes of democratization and European integration in post-Communist Albania. The assessment of Muslims' choices focuses on the ...
Title:Islam and Muslims in the Swedish Media and Academic Research: With a bibliography of English and French Literature on Islam and Muslims in Sweden Author(s):LARSSON, GoranDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2006/36
Title:Islam and Secular Modernity under Western Eyes:A Genealogy of a Constitutive Relationship Author(s):BRACKE, Sarah; FADIL, NadiaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/05; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:This paper considers the theoretical operations involved in sustaining secular modernity within the realm of social theory. It seeks to understand how the secular operates as an epistemological formation. We examine a set ...
Title:L'islam en France Author(s):AMIRAUX, ValerieDate:2004Citation:Universalia, 2004, 110-115Type:Contribution to book
Title:Islam in the post-Communist Balkans : alternative pathways to God Author(s):ELBASANI, Arolda ; ROY, Olivier Date:2015Citation:Southeast European and Black Sea studies, 2015, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 457-471Type:ArticleAbstract:The Islamic 'revival' in the Balkans has raised many questions among mainstream politicians and academics, who tend to look at religion as a repository of ethno-national identities, and hence a risky ‘depot’, furthering ...
Title:Islam keeping violent Jihadism at bay in times of Daesh : state religious institutions in Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia since 2013 Author(s):GADE, Tine Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2019/04; Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)Abstract:Can official Islamic institutions play a role to curb Sunni jihadi violence? Most Arab governments have granted a role to such institutions in recent years. Yet, the cases of Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia exhibit ...
Title:Islamic and Secular Feminisms: Two Discourses Mobilized for Gender Justice Author(s):BAHI, RihamDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/25; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:The role of women in Islam is invested with diverse meanings and discourses. The state, religious authorities, traditional Islamists and reformist intellectuals all claim the right to define the role of women in the Islamic ...
Title:Islamic Feminism and Reforming Muslim Family Laws Author(s):AL-SHARMANI, MulkiDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/29; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:In this paper, I will engage with some of the recent literature that attempts to define, map out, analyze, categorize, and critique a growing body of academic scholarship that has emerged in the late 80s and early 90s and ...
Title:Islamic Finance in Europe Author(s):WILSON, RodneyDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2007/02Abstract:Islam all too often resonates negatively in Europe, with a great part of non-Muslim public opinion uncomfortable with Islamic culture and values. Secular and Christian opinion is at best suspicious of shariah, Islamic law, ...
Title:Islamic Ruling in a “Jewish and Democratic” State: Cooptation through Islamization of the Shari`a Field Author(s):MONTERESCU, Daniel; ABOU-RAMADAN, MoussaDate:2008Citation:Mishpat Umimshal [Law and Government], 2008, 11, 2, 435-473.Type:Article
Title:Islamic terrorism in the West and international migrations : the 'far' or 'near' enemy within? : what is the evidence Author(s):PINTO ARENA, Maria Do Céu Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/28Abstract:The primary aim of this paper is to enhance our understanding of the immigration-terrorism nexus at a time when the massive inflow of immigrants in Europe coincides with the rise of the so-called Islamic State and a spike ...
Title:Islamism and the Arab spring : a social movements approach Author(s):DONKER, Teije HiddeDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis explores the contemporary Islamist project-constituted by those that mobilize to restructure public life according to Islamic norms-in the context of the 2011-2013 "Arab Spring".The thesis has two interrelated ...
Title:Islamism and the rise of Islamic charities in post-revolutionary Tunisia : claiming political Islam through other means? Author(s):SIGILLÒ, Ester Date:2022Citation:British journal of Middle Eastern studies, 2022, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 811-829Type:ArticleAbstract:This article contributes to the debate on the transformation of Islamic activism in a context of political change. Drawing on the case of post-authoritarian Tunisia, it reconstructs and explains the trajectories of Islamists' ...
Title:Islamist echoes in the context of the Tunisian Islamist Party's 10th congress Author(s):LEMIERE, Sophie Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/07Abstract:Since the uprising in 2011, Tunisia is seen as a political lab whose experiences impact the entire region. The return to the political scene of the Islamists of the Ennahdha Party, and their democratic ascension to power, ...