Title:Participation in EU Rule-making: A Rights-Based Approach
Author(s):MENDES, JoanaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:* Provides a detailed analysis of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance case law on the right to be heard in adjudicatory and rulemaking procedures, including a critical discussion of seminal cases
* Presents ...
Title:Participation, Equality of Opportunity and Returns to Tertiary Education in Contemporary Europe
Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio; BALLARINO, GabrieleDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:AlmaLaurea Working PaperAbstract:The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of higher educational expansion on two goals of the educational system, that of promoting equity of educational opportunities and that of providing credentials that ...
Title:Participatory budgeting in Europe: potentials and challenges
Author(s):SINTOMER, Yves; HERZBERG, Carsten; RÖCKE, AnjaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 'transfer' of participatory budgeting from Brazil to Europe has been a highly differentiated process. In Porto Alegre, this innovative methodology enabled democratization and social justice to be articulated. In Europe, ...
Title:Partisan Liberalizations. A New Puzzle from OECD Network Industries?
Author(s):BELLOC, Filippo; NICITA, AntonioDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We investigate the political determinants of liberalization in OECD network industries, performing a
panel estimation over thirty years, through the largest and most updated sample available. Contrary to
traditional ...
Title:Partisan Public Investment and Debt: The Case for Fiscal Restrictions
Author(s):BETTSMA, Roel M.W.J.; VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The political distortions in public investment projects are investigated within a bipartisan framework. The role of scrapping and modifying projects of previous governments receives special attention. The ruling party ...