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Title:The Discourse of Democracy in Shi‘i Islamic Jurisprudence: The Two Cases of Montazeri and Sistani Author(s):RAHIMI, BabakDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/09; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:An attempt is made to study two influential Shi‘i Muslim thinkers of democratic rule and religious authority in the context of contemporary Iranian and Iraqi histories. It is argued that a new discourse and a practice of ...
Title:The discourse on the integration of male 'refugees' into public and private elderly care homes in the context of the current care crisis in Germany Author(s):ROHDE-ABUBA, CaterinaDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/48; Global Governance Programme-316Abstract:Against the background of increased immigration in Germany since 2015, there is a largely negative public discourse on ‘refugees’ (especially Muslim young men), who are assumed to pose a threat to society and struggle to ...
Title:Discourses and counter discourses: The Islamic headscarf in the French and German public spheres Author(s):AMIR-MOAZAMI, SchirinDate:2004Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Ausgehend von den anhaltenden Debatten um das islamische Kopftuch in staatlichen Bildungseinrichtungen Deutschlands und Frankreichs analysiert Schirin Amir-Moazami die Logiken der Diskursproduktion über den Islam und bringt ...
Title:Discourses of intolerance in political life Author(s):ZAPATA-BARRERO, Ricard; BURCHIANTI, FloraDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:ACCEPT-PLURALISM; 2013/01; 4. National Case Studies - Political Life; Comparative Policy Briefs
Title:Discovering cooperation : a contractual approach to institutional change in regional international organizations Author(s):MARKS, Gary ; LENZ, Tobias ; CEKA, Besir ; BURGOON, BrianDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/65; Global Governance Programme-113; European, Transnational and Global GovernanceAbstract:This paper offers a fresh perspective on institutional change drawing on recent advances in the economic theory of contracting. Contractual incompleteness enhances organizational flexibility, but only at the cost of ...
Title:Discovering cooperation : endogenous change in international organizations Author(s):LENZ, Tobias ; CEKA, Besir ; HOOGHE, Liesbet ; MARKS, Gary ; BURILKOV, AlexandrDate:2023Citation:The review of international organizations, 2023, Vol. 18, pp. 631-666Type:ArticleAbstract:Why do some international organizations (IO) accrete delegated authority over time while in others delegation is static or declines? We hypothesize that the dynamics of delegation are shaped by an IO’s founding contract. ...
Title:A Discrete-Choice Econometrician's Tale of Monetary Policy Identification and Predictability Author(s):SIRCHENKO, AndreiDate:2012Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis studies the econometric identification and predictability of monetary policy. It addresses the discrete and collective nature of policy decisions, and the use of the real-time versus currently available revised ...
Title:A discrete-time consumption-cap model under durability of goods, habit formation and temporal aggregation Author(s):ERMINI, LuigiDate:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1994/29
Title:Discretion and public procurement outcomes in Europe Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; TAS, Bedri Kamil Onur Date:2024Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Working Paper; 2024/04; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Public procurement regulations aim to ensure the state minimizes contract award prices by specifying the processes to be used in issuing calls for tenders and award of contracts. Cost minimization goals may be complemented ...
Title:Discretionary fiscal policy and recessions Author(s):CORICELLI, Fabrizio; FIORITO, Riccardo; MOLTENI, Francesco Date:2017Citation:Ľudovít ÓDOR (ed.), Rethinking fiscal policy after the crisis, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 516-539Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:In this chapter we propose a new measure of discretionary public expenditures. We distinguish discretionary from non-discretionary spending by evaluating the persistence and volatility of expenditure components. Clearly, ...
Title:The discretionary power of the Commission of the European Communities in the field of state aids : aspects of the application of articles 92-94 EC Author(s):PAPAIOANNOU, AnnaDate:1994Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1994Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
Title:Discrimination (employment and occupation) convention, 1958 (No. 111) Author(s):TEKLE, Tzehainesh Date:2018Citation:Edoardo ALES, Mark BELL, Olaf DEINERT and Sophie ROBIN-OLIVIER (eds), International and European labour law : a commentary, Nomos : Beck and Hart Publishing, 2018, pp. 612-630Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter includes an article-by-article analysis of the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111). This analysis is carried out against the background of existing patterns and causes of ...
Title:Discrimination and Claims for Equal Rights Amongst Muslims in Europe Author(s):AMIRAUX, ValerieDate:2005Citation:Jocelyne CESARI (ed), Sean MCLOUGHLIN (ed), European Muslims and the Secular State, London, Ashgate, 2005 Type:Contribution to book
Title:Discrimination and Human Rights Law: Combating Racism Author(s):VAN BOVEN, TheoDate:2001Citation:Sandra FREDMAN (ed.), Discrimination and human rights: the case of racism , 2001, XI/1, 111-133, Collected courses of the Academy of European LawType:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law; [AEL]
Title:Discrimination and Human Rights: The case of racism Editor(s):FREDMAN, SandraDate:2001Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001, Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law ; XI/1Type:BookSeries/Number:Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law; [AEL]
Title:Discrimination and workers' expectations Author(s):FILIPPIN, AntonioDate:2003Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The neoclassical theory of discrimination is almost entirely a demand-side theory. There are very few contributions where workers’ heterogeneity matters, and even fewer that study the possibility that unequal outcomes may ...
Title:Discrimination or individual effort? : regional productivity differentials in a large Italian firm Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea ; ICHINO, PietroDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1998/09
Title:Discrimination or Individual Effort? Regional Productivity Differentials in a Large Italian Firm Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea ; ICHINO, PietroDate:1999Citation:John C. HALTIWANGER (ed), The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data, Elsevier Science B.V., 1999, 59-77Type:Contribution to book
Title:The discursive construction of digitalization : a comparative analysis of national discourses on the digital future of work Author(s):MARENCO, Matteo ; SEIDL, Timo Date:2021Citation:European political science review, 2021, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 391-409Type:ArticleAbstract:New forms of work intermediation – the gig economy – and the growing use of advanced digital technologies – the new knowledge economy – are changing the nature of work. The digitalization of work, however, is shaped by how ...
Title:Discursive movement politics of the crisis : frames, 'subjects' and cultures of sociopolitical contestation : a comparative analysis of the anti-austerity and pro-democracy mobilizations of Greece and Spain Author(s):XANTHOPOULOU - DIMITRIADOU, Parthena Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The financial crisis of 2008, which plunged the global economy into unprecedented recession caused a dramatic downturn in economic activity and exceptionally increased political instability. In the years of the crisis civil ...