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Title:Explaining access to citizenship in Europe : how policies affect naturalisation rates Author(s):DRONKERS, Jaap; VINK, Maarten Peter

Date:2012Citation:European Union politics, 2012, Vol.13, No. 3, pp. 390-412Type:ArticleAbstract:In Europe, a variety of national policies regulate access to citizenship. This article analyses how citizenship policies affect naturalization rates among immigrants. Our analysis confirms that favourable citizenship ...

Title:Explaining and Assessing Independence: National competition authorities in the EU member states Author(s):GUIDI, Mattia

Date:2012Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This Ph.D dissertation aims at answering two questions, which are closely related to each other: 1. How do politicians decide about the independence they give to regulatory agencies? 2. Is there a link between the amount ...

Title:Explaining attitudes to immigration in France Author(s):DENNISON, James

; TALÒ, Teresa

Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/25; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:Attitudes to immigration in France, as in most European countries, are highly stable and are in fact becoming slightly more favourable. • France has relatively negative attitudes to immigration when compared with other ...

Title:Explaining citizens' evaluations of democracy Author(s):TORCAL, Mariano; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.

Date:2016Citation:Mónica FERRÍN and Hanspeter KRIESI (eds), How Europeans view and evaluate democracy, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016, Comparative politics, pp. 206-234Type:Contribution to book

Title:Explaining conflicting results in research on the heterogeneous effects of parental separation on children's educational attainment according to social background Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; BOERTIEN, DiederikDate:2017Citation:European journal of population, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 243-266Type:ArticleAbstract:In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in how the effects of parental separation on children's educational attainment vary with social background. On the one hand, parents with more resources might ...

Title:Explaining cross-national variation in the relationship between priority congruence and satisfaction with democracy Author(s):REHER, Stefanie

Date:2015Citation:European journal of political research, 2015, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 160–181Type:ArticleAbstract:Previous research has shown that citizens tend to be more satisfied with the functioning of democracy when their ideological positions are more proximate to representatives'. This article argues that congruence in policy ...

Title:Explaining divergence in patterns of inter-organisational collaboration among non-profit organisations in Poland and Czech Republic Author(s):GABOR, TomaszDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:In this thesis I study patterns of inter-organisational collaboration among nonprofits in Czech Republic and Poland. Point of departure constitutes puzzling divergence in patterns of collaboration between these two countries. ...

Title:Explaining EU decision-making on counter-terrorism Author(s):BARROS-GARCIA, XianaDate:2008Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Prior to 11 September 2001, the counter-terrorist responsibilities overseen by the European Union (EU) were relatively unimportant. Since then, however, member states have decided to engage the EU in a larger number of ...

Title:Explaining European armaments cooperation : interests, institutional design and armaments organizations Author(s):DEVORE, MarcDate:2013Citation:European foreign affairs review, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-27Type:ArticleAbstract:Culminating in the creation in 2004 of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the post-Cold War development of European armaments organizations has impressed social scientists and policymakers alike as a momentous development. ...

Title:Explaining Europe’s transformed electoral landscape: structure, salience, and agendas Author(s):DENNISON, James

; KRIESI, Hanspeter

Date:2023Citation:European political science review, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:What has caused the marked, cross-national, and unprecedented trends in European electoral results in the 21st century? Scholarly explanations include social structure and challenger party entrepreneurship. We argue that ...

Title:Explaining failed transitions in Algeria : when the sense of belonging to the same polity does not precede democratization Author(s):HAMLADJI, NouraDate:2006Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:In an attempt to make sense of changes and continuities of the Algerian regime, this thesis tests the following hypothesis - the sense of belonging to the same polity is a background condition for democratization processes ...

Title:Explaining Institutional Change in Europe Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne

Date:2007Citation:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007Type:BookAbstract:How and why do institutions change? Institutions, understood as rules of behaviour constraining and facilitating social interaction, are subject to different forms and processes of change. A change may be designed intentionally ...

Title:Explaining interest groups' articulation of policy preferences in the European Commission's open consultations : an analysis of the environmental policy area Author(s):BUNEA, AdrianaDate:2014Citation:Journal of common market studies, 2014, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1224–1241Type:ArticleAbstract:Why do some interest groups express more policy preferences than others during open consultations organized by the European Commission? This article examines this question by testing an explanatory framework that emphasizes ...

Title:Explaining Monoculturalism: Beyond Gellner's Theory of Nationalism Author(s):TAMBINI, Damian AngeloDate:1996Citation:Critical Review, 1996, 10, 2, 251-270Type:ArticleAbstract:For Ernest Gellner, nationalism occurs in the modern period because industrial societies, unlike agrarian ones, need homogeneous languages and cultures in order to work efficiently. Thus, states and intellectuals mobilize ...

Title:Explaining morality policy coalitions in Spanish parliamentary votes : the interaction of the church-state conflict and territorial politics Author(s):LEON, Margarita; ALVARIÑO VÁZQUEZ, Manuel

; SOLER-BUADES, LlorençDate:2022Citation:South European society and politics, 2022, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 197-222Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article we empirically explore the impact of the state-Church conflict on progressive moral policies. Taking Spain as a case study, we analyse the parliamentary interaction of political parties in a number of policy ...

Title:Explaining paradigm shifts in Danish anti-discrimination law Author(s):MILLER, Jeffrey Archer

Date:2019Citation:Maastricht journal of European and comparative law, 2019, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 540-557Type:ArticleAbstract:The past three decades have witnessed dramatic transformations in Danish anti-discrimination law. Multiple methodologies—from semi-structured interviews and contemporary newspaper articles to empirical analyses of new ...

Title:Explaining Pathways to Armed Activism in the Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1969–1972 Author(s):BOSI, LorenzoDate:2012Citation:Social Science History, 2012, 36, 3, 347-390Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article three pathways into armed activism are identified among those who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1972. The accounts of former volunteers generally ...

Title:Explaining perceptions of climate change in the US Author(s):BINELLI, Chiara

; LOVELESS, Matthew

; SCHAFFNER, Brian F.Date:2023Citation:Political research quarterly, 2023, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 365-380Type:ArticleAbstract:A significant proportion of the US population does not believe that climate change is a serious problem and immediate action is necessary. We ask whether individuals’ experiences with long-run changes in their local climate ...

Title:Explaining political leadership : Germany's role in shaping the fiscal compact Author(s):SCHOELLER, Magnus G.

Date:2015Citation:Global policy, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 256-265Type:ArticleAbstract:This article examines why and how political leaders emerge and, once in charge, what determines their success or failure. To explore these questions, I present a theory of political leadership that takes into account both ...

Title:Explaining political leadership : Germany’s role in shaping the fiscal compact Author(s):SCHOELLER, Magnus G.

Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/82; [Global Governance Programme]; [Europe in the World]Abstract:This paper explores the origins and the impact of political leadership: Why and how do political leaders emerge? And, once in charge, how do these leaders influence outcomes? What determines their success or failure? In ...