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    Title: Under the volcano : empire and revolution in a Sicilian town  Author(s): RIALL, Lucy Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Nelson was created Duke of Bronte and received the vast estate in 1799 as a gift from Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies. It was a standard, if especially ostentatious, form of military reward and reflected both the ...
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    Title: Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology  Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out ...
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    Title: Freedom and the Construction of Europe  Author(s): SKINNER, Quentin; VAN GELDEREN, Martin Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the Construction of Europe an international group of scholars explore the richness, diversity ...
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    Title: The Euro crisis and the state of European democracy  Author(s): DE WITTE, Bruno; HERITIER, Adrienne; TRECHSEL, Alexander H. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The book is divided in five sections. The first two sections explore the diverse ways in which the institutional system of the European Union has been affected by the unfolding Euro crisis and the efforts to contain that ...
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    Title: Race for the WTO director - general job : seven candidates speak  Author(s): HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; MAVROIDIS, Petros C. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The race for Director-General (DG) of the WTO has never attracted so much interest. Indeed, this is the first time ever nine individuals from different parts of the globe, all with extensive experience in the area of trade ...
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    Title: Online collective action and policy change citation  Author(s): CALDERARO, Andrea; KAVADA, Anastasia Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The Internet has multiplied the platforms available to influence public opinion and policy making. It has also provided citizens with a greater capacity for coordination and mobilisation, which can strengthen their voice ...
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    Title: Meeting democracy : power and deliberation in global justice movements  Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; RUCHT, Dieter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The concepts of power and democracy have been extensively studied at the global, national and local levels and within institutions including states, international organizations and political parties. However, the interplay ...
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    Title: European integration and transformation in the Western Balkans : Europeanization or business as usual ?  Author(s): ELBASANI, Arolda Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The book investigates the scope and limitations of the transformative power of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. The extension of EU enlargement policy to the Western Balkans has generated high expectations that ...
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    Title: L'Islam, une religion américaine ?  Author(s): MARZOUKI, Nadia Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Les Musulmans américains sont bien intégrés dans l’économie, la politique et la culture des États-Unis. Et pourtant il y a de vifs soupçons, de la part de la droite surtout, mais même au-delà, quant à la nature de l’islam ...
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    Title: L'Union par le droit : l'invention d'un programme institutionnel pour l'Europe  Author(s): VAUCHEZ, Antoine Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Constitution européenne, charte des droits fondamentaux, règle d'or budgétaire… L'intégration européenne frappe par l’extraordinaire continuité des formes qu’elle emprunte : par-delà les crises et les « sommets de la ...
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    Title: Global justice, state duties : the extraterritorial scope of economic, social, and cultural rights in international law  Author(s): LANGFORD, Malcolm; VANDENHOLE, Wouter; SCHEININ, Martin; VAN GENUGTEN, Willem Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The rise of globalization and the persistence of global poverty are straining the territorial paradigm of human rights. This book asks if states possess extraterritorial obligations under existing international human rights ...
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    Title: European competition law annual 2010 : merger control in European and global perspective  Author(s): LOWE, Philip; MARQUIS, Mel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Every year, top-level market regulators, academics and legal and economic practitioners contribute to the Annual Competition Workshop organised at the European University Institute in Florence. The Co-Directors of the ...
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    Title: Power, realism, and constructivism  Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their ...
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    Title: The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements  Author(s): SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, Doug Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Non-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social ...
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    Title: Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization  Author(s): KRIESI, Hanspeter; LAVENEX, Sandra; ESSER, Frank; MATTHES, Jörg; BÜHLMANN, Marc; BOCHSLER, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A new perspective on democracy and its challenges in the 21st century. - This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, ...
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    Title: Enfoques y metodologías en las ciencias sociales : una perspectiva pluralista  Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, Michael Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Este es un nuevo y revolucionario manual que ofrece a profesores y estudiantes de ciclos superiores los principales enfoques y metodologías de investigación en el campo de las ciencias sociales. Escrito por un destacado ...
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    Title: Lawyering Europe : European law as a transnational social field  Author(s): VAUCHEZ, Antoine; DE WITTE, Bruno Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: While scholarly writing has dealt with the role of law in the process of European integration, so far it has shed little light on the lawyers and communities of lawyers involved in that process. Law has been one of the ...
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    Title: Market integration through data protection : An analysis of the insurance and financial industries in the EU  Author(s): VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In the context of the continuous advance of information technologies and biomedicine, and of the creation of economic blocs, this book is devoted to the analysis of the role data protection plays in the integration of ...
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    Title: Irregular migrant domestic workers in Europe : who cares?  Author(s): TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: With specific attention to irregular migrant workers - that is to say, those without legal permits to stay in the countries in which they work - this volume focuses on domestic work, presenting studies from ten European ...
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    Title: Shaping Europe : France, Germany, and embedded bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to twenty-first century politics  Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich; SCHILD, Joachim Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: France and Germany have played a pivotal role in the history and politics of European integration. Yet, paradoxically, a study that systematically investigates the interrelated reality of Franco-German bilateralism and ...