Title:Paths to February 15 Protest: Social or Political Determinants?
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:On the bases of empirical evidence from a survey on participants to the Global day of action against the war on Iraq (on February 15th 2003) in eight countries, the chapter explains paths of participation on the basis of ...
Title:Patterns of associational life in Western Europe, 1800-2000: A comparative and historical interpretation
Author(s):FERNANDES, Tiago LuisDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation addresses the problem of the sources of associational life and civic engagement. I develop a new theory of the origins of associational life by a comparative historical study of popular sector/lower class ...
Title:Patterns of Change. A Study of the Relation Between Political Participation and Institutions
Author(s):PETERS, YvetteDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis aims to explain levels and changes in levels of political participation through institutions and institutional change. Three general trends have been distinguished; a decline in ‘representative’ participation, ...
Title:Patterns of consolidated democracies : Europe and Latin America compared
Author(s):SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.Date:2004Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation investigates the successes and failures in consolidating those democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20th century. The theoretical approach developed ...
Title:Patterns of policy evolution in the EU: The case of research and technology development policy
Author(s):CITI, ManueleDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The literature on the policy-making of the European Union (EU) has trouble understanding the long-term evolution of EU policies. While numerous accounts exist that analyze EU policies from a historical, analytical-descriptive ...
Title:Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism: An introduction
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; HAUPT, Heinz-GerhardDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Research on political violence occurs in waves, generally corresponding to the successive swells of violence that in many ways define modern society. Critically, this violence is characterized as much by diversity as by ...
Title:The Pension Dilemma in Italy, Germany and Sweden: A Common Challenge, Different Outcomes
Author(s):SCHØYEN, Mi AhDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation is about public pension systems, intergenerational redistribution and welfare state change. The aim is to enhance our understanding of how national pension systems have evolved and how welfare states react ...
Title:Pension Politics: Consensus and social conflict in ageing societies
Author(s):MARIER, PatrikDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book explains why certain countries have been able to radically transform their pension system while others have simply altered parameters. To answer this question an extensive comparative analysis, including more ...
Title:Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes
Author(s):ARZA, Camila; KOHLI, MartinDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Contents
1. Introduction: The political economy of pension reform
by Camila Arza and Martin Kohli
Part I. The politics of pension reform
2. The "new politics" of pension reforms in Continental Europe
by David Natali ...
Title:Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: Legislation, implementation and sustainability
Author(s):GUARDIANCICH, IgorDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The study analyses the legislation and implementation of pension reforms in four Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. By comparing the political economy of their ...