Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Title

Title:The dynamics of decentralisation in Italy : towards a federal solution? Author(s):PALERMO, Francesco; WILSON, AlexDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:European Diversity and Autonomy Papers (EDAP); 2013/04Abstract:This paper analyses the recent process of state decentralisation in Italy from the perspectives of political science and constitutional law. It considers the conflicting pressures and partisan opportunism of the decentralising ...

Title:The Dynamics of Decentralization: Canadian Federalism and British Devolution Editor(s):KEATING, Michael; SALMON, TrevorDate:2001Citation:Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.Type:Book

Title:The dynamics of inertia : institutional persistence and change in telecommunications and health care Author(s):GENSCHEL, Philipp

Date:1997Citation:Governance, 1997, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 43-66Type:ArticleAbstract:Important strands of the new institutionalism assume that the efficiency of institutions declines over time. Institutions, according to this view, are more stable than their environment, which supposedly results in an ever ...

Title:Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession Author(s):BREMER, Björn

; HUTTER, Swen

; KRIESI, Hanspeter

Date:2020Citation:European journal of political research, 2020, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 842-866Type:ArticleAbstract:This article links the consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics. It innovates by combining the literature on economic voting with social movement research and by presenting the first integrated, ...

Title:Dynamics of Radicalisation in the Relationship between Militant Islamist Groups and their Constituencies: The case of al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya in Egypt, 1986-1998 Author(s):MALTHANER, Stefan

Date:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/09Abstract:Research on political violence has increasingly adopted relational approaches to analysing processes of radicalisation and escalation, focusing mainly on interactions between protest movements and the police, and the effects ...

Title:The dynamics of regional growth in Europe : social and political factors Author(s):RODRÍGUEZ-POSE, AndrésDate:1998Citation:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 1996Type:BookAbstract:In a period of deep economic, social, and political transformation, regional disparities seem to be particularly resistant to change. The emergence of a global economy, the shift in production methods, and the greater ...

Title:The dynamics of securitisation and de-securitisation in the European Union's anti-trafficking policies : the case of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation Author(s):RUBIO GRUNDELL, Lucrecia

Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The aim of this thesis is to analyse the triangular dynamics of securitisation and desecuritisation underpinning the European Union’s policies against trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. Drawing on two main bodies ...

Title:E Pluribus Europa? Assessing the Viability of the EU Author(s):GLENCROSS, AndrewDate:2007Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:As a novel and complex polity, also subject to endless proposals for institutional reform, the viability of the EU is an open but under-theorized question. This thesis conceptualizes EU viability from an internal perspective, ...

Title:E-politics in a Global Context Editor(s):LIVERMORE ROMM, Celia; CALDERARO, Andrea

Date:2010Citation:International Journal of E-Politics, 2010, 1, 1, Special IssueType:BookAbstract:Scholars researching the field of E-politics have been interested in the potential of the Internet to enable individual self-expression, as well as, to facilitate the linking of citizens and political institutions by ...

Title:E-voting and Electoral Participation Author(s):TRECHSEL, Alexander H.

Date:2007Citation:Claes DE VREESE (ed.), Dynamics of Referendum Campaigns – An International Perspective, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Type:Contribution to book

Title:Early conclusion in the co-decision legislative procedure Author(s):RASMUSSEN, AnneDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/31Abstract:There are broader democratic implications in whether legislative deals are concluded between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in the co-decision procedure at first reading, as the potential of different ...

Title:Early education and care in Post-Soviet Russia : social policy and inequality patterns Author(s):KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya

; YASTREBOV, Gordey

Date:2017Citation:Hans-Peter BLOSSFELD, Nevena KULIC, Jan SKOPEK and Morris TRIVENTI (eds), Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, eduLIFE lifelong learning ; 4, pp. 49-66Type:Contribution to book

Title:Early retirement in Germany Author(s):TEIPEN, Christina; KOHLI, Martin

Date:2004Citation:Tony MALTBY (ed), Ageing and the transition to retirement: A comparative analysis of European welfare states. T. Maltby, B. de Vroom, M.L. Mirabile [amp] E. Overbye (eds), Aldershot : Ashgate, 2004, 93-119, New perspectives on ageing and later lifeType:Contribution to book

Title:Early voting experiences and habit formation Author(s):DINAS, Elias

; VALENTIM, Vicente

; BROBERG, Nikolaj Christian

; FRANKLIN, Mark N.Date:2023Citation:Political science research and methods, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:Research has shown that first-time voting experiences affect subsequent voting behavior, with salient elections boosting subsequent turnout and non-salient ones suppressing it. We challenge this view. Following research ...

Title:East Central Europe COVID-19 monitor Author(s):BOHLE, Dorothee

Date:2022Type:DatasetSeries/Number:EUI Research Data; 2022; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The East Central Europe Covid-19 Monitor database provides an overview of main policy measures adopted in East Central Europe as a response to the pandemic during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 crisis, with a ...

Title:East European Transformations and the Paradoxes of Transnationalization Author(s):BOHLE, Dorothee

Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2010/01Abstract:With the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the vulnerability of democratic capitalism in East- Central Europe has come once again to the fore. Almost all new EU member states have accumulated major economic imbalances, ...

Title:East Meets West - Jan Patocka and Richard Rorty on Freedom - A Czech Philosopher Brought Into Dialogue with American Postmodernism Author(s):LOM, PetrDate:1999Citation:Political Theory, 1999, 27, 4, 447-459Version:The article is a published version of EUI SPS WP; 1997/13Type:Article

Title:East meets West : Richard Rorty and Jan Patocka on freedom Author(s):LOM, PetrDate:1997Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1997/13

Title:Eastward Enlargement By the European Union and Transnational Parties Author(s):DELSOLDATO, GiorgiaDate:2002Citation:International Political Science Review, 2002, 23, 3, 269-289Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article, the Ostpolitik of European transnational parties is examined as a process within the process of the eastward enlargement of the European Union. First, the Eastern politics of major European transnational ...

Title:An East–West comparison of healthcare evaluations in Europe : do institutions matter? Author(s):POPIC, Tamara

; SCHNEIDER, Simone M.Date:2018Citation:Journal of European social policy, 2018, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 517-534Type:ArticleAbstract:Differences in welfare attitudes of Eastern and Western Europeans have often been explained in terms of legacies of communism. In this article, we explore evaluations of healthcare systems across European countries and ...