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Title:Islamist ideals and governing realities : Nahda's project and the constraint of adaptation in post-revolution Tunisia Author(s):MARZOUKI, Nadia

Date:2014Citation:Boo Teik KHOO,Vedi HADIZ and Yoshihiro NAKANISHI (eds), Between dissent and power : the transformation of Islamic politics in the Middle East and Asia, Basingstoke ; New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, IDE-JETRO series, pp. 134-153Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[RELIGIOWEST]Abstract:The Nahda party of Tunisia is the first Islamist party to come to power in the aftermath of the Arab revolutions that began in late 2010. When it came ahead of its political rivals in Tunisia’s election of October 2011, ...

Title:Islamist opposition in authoritarian regimes : the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco Author(s):WEGNER, EvaDate:2011Citation:Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2011, Religion and politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2006Type:BookAbstract:What electoral mobilization choices do Islamist opposition parties make? How do they relate to authoritarian incumbents? Which key factors influence the choices these parties make? Islamist Opposition in Authoritarian ...

Title:The Islamists’ compromise in Tunisia Author(s):NETTERSTRØM, Kasper Ly

Date:2015Citation:Journal of democracy, 2015, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 110-124Type:ArticleAbstract:By voting for Tunisia’s new constitution in January 2014, the Islamist party Ennahda accepted many principles that were in contradiction with Islamist ideology. Most importantly, the party accepted the principle of freedom ...

Title:Islamization of criminal behaviour : the path to terrorism? : terrorist threat and crime in French counterterrorism policy-formulation Author(s):D'AMATO, Silvia

Date:2019Citation:European journal of criminology, 2019, Vol. 16, No. 3 (SI), pp. 332-350Type:ArticleAbstract:Several studies have covered wide-ranging features of terrorist groups and organization from both a state-centric and a strictly group analysis perspective. Rather than offering insights to determine the ‘nature’ of these ...

Title:Islamophobia and surveillance : genealogies of a global order Editor(s):RENTON, James

Date:2018Citation:Special issue of Ethnic and racial studies, 2018, Vol. 41, No. 12Type:BookSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]Abstract:This special issue asserts that the reasons for the surveillance order are to be found in the specific nature of the figure of the Muslim, and its genealogies over centuries – the focus of this special issue. The particularities ...

Title:Islamophobia in Spain : national report 2021 Author(s):GRACIA, Sergio; BOLAÑOS SOMOANO, Inés

Date:2022Citation:Enes BAYRAKLI and Farid HAFEZ (eds), European Islamophobia : report 2021, Vienna : Leopold Weiss Institute, 2022, pp. 547-572Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:During the 2021 COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes have increased around those perceived as different, signalled out and used as scapegoats, most frequently through social media. This discourse has been amplified and legitimised ...

Title:Islamophobia in Spain : national report 2022 Author(s):GRACIA, Sergio; BOLAÑOS SOMOANO, Inés

Date:2023Citation:Enes BAYRAKLI and Farid HAFEZ (eds), European islamophobia : report 2022, Vienna : Leopold Weiss Institute, 2023, pp. 517-547Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:In 2022, attacks against Spanish Muslims have continued taking place in different spheres. Some have been physical and verbal aggressions, as is the case of MP Najat Driouech (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) who was ...

Title:Isolation, uncertainty and change: Indian immigrant women and the family in northern Italy Author(s):THAPAN, MeenakshiDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; CARIM-India Research Report; 2013/09Abstract:Based on fieldwork with immigrants of Indian origin and with Italian doctors, social workers, teachers, and employers around Fidenza and Parma in northern Italy, this paper seeks to understand the social and cultural ...

Title:Israel and the creation of a Palestinian State : the art of the impossible and the possible Author(s):WEILER, Joseph H. H.

Date:1982Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1982Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI Working Papers; 042

Title:Israel and the EU : an enhanced political cooperation? an assessment of the bilateral ENP action plan Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.

Date:2006Citation:Roby NATHANSON and Stephan STETTER (eds), The Israeli European policy network : the monitor of the EU-Israel action plan, Tel Aviv : Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2006, pp. 227-252Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Developed within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU-Israel Action Plan of December 2004 is notably vague on the envisaged political cooperation. The ambiguities reflect the need to reconcile divergent ...

Title:Israel and the European Union : between rhetoric and reality Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.

Date:2014Citation:Colin SHINDLER (ed.), Israel and the world powers : diplomatic alliances and international relations beyond the Middle East, London : I.B. Tauris, 2014, pp. 155-186Type:Contribution to book

Title:The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: When Tactical Virtuosity Meets Strategic Disappointment Author(s):CATIGNANI, SergioDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/04Abstract:The following paper analyzes the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency strategy and campaign carried out against the Palestinian insurgency within the Occupied/Disputed Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...

Title:Israel under siege : the politics of insecurity and the rise of the Israeli neo-revisionist right Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.

Date:2017Citation:Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2017Type:BookAbstract:Raffaella A. Del Sarto examines the creation of Israel's neo-revisionist consensus about security threats and regional order, which took hold of Israeli politics and society after 2000 and persists today. The failed Oslo ...

Title:Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas. Dilemmas of a Conventional Army Author(s):CATIGNANI, SergioDate:2008Citation:London, Routledge, 2008Type:BookAbstract:This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ...

Title:Israeli interiors: ethnic tourism, the state, and the politics of space Author(s):STEIN, Rebecca L.Date:2001Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2001Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2001/11

Title:Israeli judges in a Jewish state and the decline of refugee protection Author(s):COHEN, Iftach

Date:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; LLM ThesisAbstract:This LLM thesis reviews the Israeli state of affairs in the asylum context, which may be best defined as ‘the denial of (contemporary) refugee-hood’. That state of affairs is exemplified, inter alia, in the un-typical ...

Title:Israeli-European armaments cooperation Author(s):TEICHLER, ThomasDate:2008Citation:Roby NATHANSON and Stephan STETTER (eds), Renewing the Middle East : climate changes in security and energy and the new challenges for EU-Israel relations, Tel Aviv : Israeli European Policy Network, 2008, pp. 132-133Type:Contribution to book

Title:Israel’s foreign investment protection regime in view of developments in its energy sector Author(s):REICH, Arie

Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2017/02Abstract:This paper discusses the foreign investment protection regime and policy of Israel, analyzes the central features of its bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and argues that time has come to use these treaties as a tool ...

Title:Issue congruence across legislative terms : examining the democratic party mandate in the European Parliament Author(s):ARNOLD, Christine; SAPIR, Eliyahu V.Date:2013Citation:West European politics, 2013, Vol. 36, No. 6 SI, pp. 1292-1308Type:ArticleAbstract:Much of the empowerment of the European Parliament over the years is due to its special role in providing a bridge connecting the public's policy preferences on the one hand, and the legislative behaviour of elected officials ...

Title:Issue yield : a model of party strategy in multidimensional space Author(s):DE SIO, Lorenzo; WEBER, TillDate:2014Citation:American Political Science Review, 2014, Vol. 108, No. 4, pp. 870-885Type:ArticleAbstract:Parties in pluralist democracies face numerous contentious issues, but most models of electoral competition assume a simple, often one-dimensional structure. We develop a new, inherently multidimensional model of party ...