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Title: Obligation through Practice Author(s): REUS-SMIT, Christian Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Despite the many calls for bridge building between the fields of International Law and International Relations, genuinely integrative studies are few and far between. Lawyers leaven their writings with a dash of real politic ...

Title: Of communities, gangs, historicity and the problem of Santa Claus Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In responding to the critics of my Tartu lecture, I firstly examine a little further the 'community' aspect of science as a practice, because I do not quite share Lebows's optimism that 'ethics' applied to the scientific ...

Title: Of Communities, Gangs, Historicity and the Problem of Santa Claus: Replies to my Critics Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Of false promises and good bets: a plea for a pragmatic approach to theory building Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In this lecture I review some of the issues that meta-theorizing was supposed to address in international relations and show how this project of securing knowledge through hierarchization and finding absolute foundations ...

Title: Of false promises and good bets: a plea for a pragmatic approach to theory building (the Tartu lecture) Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In this lecture I review some of the issues that meta-theorizing was supposed to address in international relations and show how this project of securing knowledge through hierarchization and finding absolute foundations ...

Title: Office Seeking and Policy Pursuit in Coalition Theory Author(s): BUDGE, Ian; LAVER, Michael Date: 1986 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Old "Foundations" and New "Rules" for an Enlarged European Union Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; TORREBLANCA, José Ignacio Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Estudios = Working papers (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales) Abstract: This paper presents a novel arrangement for the distribution of votes and the rules of decision-making in an enlarged European Union (EU). It starts from the observation that if one merely transposes the present arrangement ...

Title: Old "Foundations" and New "Rules" for an Enlarged European Union Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; TORREBLANCA, José Ignacio Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: European integration online papers Abstract: This paper presents a novel arrangement for the distribution of votes and the rules of decision-making in an enlarged European Union (EU). We make two assumptions: (1) that the EU is condemned to enlarge its membership in ...

Title: Old and New Peripheries in the Processes of European Territorial Integration Author(s): BARTOLINI, Stefano Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: On Acting and Knowing Author(s): FRIEDRICHS, Jörg; KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This article moves from deconstruction to reconstruction in epistemology and research methodology. To begin with, we show why many social scientists are mistaken in their hope to obtain warranted knowledge in practical ...

Title: On Acting and Knowing: How Pragmatism Can Advance International Relations Research and Methodology Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article moves from deconstruction to reconstruction in research methodology. It proposes pragmatism as a way to escape from epistemological deadlock. We first show that social scientists are mistaken in their hope to ...

Title: On Biographical Alienation Author(s): REITER, Herwig Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article

Title: On Cosmopolitan Occupations: The case of the World Tribunal on Iraq Author(s): CUBUKCU, Ayca Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Within the tradition of ‘civil society tribunals’, the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) was an unprecedented endeavour in global scale, scope, structure and sophistication. Embedded within the global antiwar movement from 2003 ...

Title: On Democracy in Europe and the Democratization of Europe Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Politica y gestion

Title: On Legitimacy Author(s): KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article provides a conceptual analysis of different uses of the term ‘legitimacy’. Rather than attempting to provide a simple ‘definition’ I argue that the meaning of the concept cannot be understood in terms of a ...

Title: On the Discrepancies between Macro and Micro Level Identification of Competitive Strategies Author(s): HERRMANN, Andrea Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: As economic internationalization advances, the question of how firms cope with increasing pressure for competitiveness gains momentum. While scholars agree that firms need a competitive advantage, they debate whether firms ...

Title: On the Exercise of Power in Modern Societies, East and West Author(s): SZAKOLCZAI, Arpad Date: 1992 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: On the Role of Strategy in Nonviolent Revolutionary Social Change: The Case of Iran, 1977-1979 Author(s): RITTER, Daniel P. Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Are revolutions made or do they come? This question is at the heart of revolution theory and has received plentiful attention from scholars. In this paper I suggest that adherence to this traditional dichotomy may not be ...

Title: On the state of democracy Author(s): FAUNDEZ, Julio; CRICK, Bernard; WEBB, Paul; WHITE, Aidan; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; LEFTWICH, Adrian; KHAN, Mushtaq H.; FORBATH, William E.; FAUNDEZ, Julio; MCELDOWNEY, John; CORNWALL, Andrea; GOETZ, Anne Marie; BRANDTSTäDTER, Susanne; SCHUBERT, Gunter; COTT, Donna Lee Van Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article

Title: On the Way to a Post-Functionalist Theory of European Integration Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

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