Title:Between Ambitions and Financial Constraints: The Reform of the German Armed Forces
Author(s):BREUER, FabianDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:After the end of the Cold War and unification, Germany's role in the international system underwent a fundamental change. The so-called Berlin Republic developed a new strategic culture, relaxed its stance on the use of ...
Title:Beyond cosmopolitanism: towards a non-ideal account of transnational justice
Author(s):CHWASZCZA, ChristineDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Cosmopolitanism in normative theory of transnational justice is often characterized by the thesis that the moral and legal status of states must be entirely derived from the moral status of the individuals who constitute ...
Title:Beyond Electoralism? Electoral fraud in third wave regimes, 1974-2009
Author(s):VAN HAM, CarolienDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:As the “third wave” of democratization spread across the globe after 1974, more and more citizens got a chance –often for the first time in their lives- to cast their vote in multi-party elections. Since then, the number ...
Title:Beyond Post-Cold War Liberalism: A critical agenda for new powers in world politic
Author(s):MEDINA DE SOUZA, Igor AbdallaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This is a thesis on the normative consequences on policymaking of the post-Cold War liberal agenda developed by mainstream scholars of International Relations and International Law, more prominently Andrew Moravcsik and ...
Title:Beyond Radical Right: Attitudes towards immigration and voting behaviour in Europe
Author(s):PARDOS-PRADO, SergiDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The issue of immigration has thus far been conceptualised almost exclusively as a catalyst for radical forms of behaviour. Scholars of political behaviour have focused on the exceptional character of the radical voter, the ...
Title:Big Expectations, Small Outcomes: The Impact of Leaders' Personal Appeal in the 2004 Greek Election
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 2004 Greek election provides an interesting case study for examining the impact of party leaders on the vote. A change in governing party leadership a few months before polling day had two important implications. First, ...
Title:Big Expectations, Small Outcomes: The impact of leaders’ personal appeal in the 2004 Greek election
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 2004 Greek election provides an interesting case study for examining the impact of party leaders on the vote. A change in governing party leadership a few months before polling day had two important implications. First, ...
Title:Bini Smaghi vs. the Parties: Representative government and institutional constraints
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Although it is generally seen as desirable that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now in increasing tension with one another. Prudence and consistency in government, ...