Title:Policy Concertation, Europeanization and New Political Cleavages: the Case of Switzerland
Author(s):AFONSO, AlexandreDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates the impact of Europeanization on corporatist policy concertation by emphasizing the mediation of political cleavages.The analysis shows that in Switzerland, Europeanization has tended to strengthen ...
Title:Policy Convergence and Divergence in Scotland under Devolution
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The scope for divergence of public policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK is constrained by institutional, political and contextual factors. The policy capacity of the Scottish Executive is limited but increasing. ...
Title:Policy Effectiveness and Transparency in European Policy-Making
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter defines and discusses the concepts of policy evaluation and policy effectiveness, on the one hand, and transparency of public policy-making, on the other.
Title:Policy Framing in the European Union
Author(s):DAVITER, FalkDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Abstract
Policy framing research addresses the role of political issue definitions in the policy-making process. This research article first offers an introduction to this field and argues that the policy framing perspective ...
Title:Policymaking without policy choice: the rise of private health insurance in Denmark
Author(s):OLESEN, Jeppe DørupDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Policymaking and policy outcomes are not necessarily the result of a carefully designed process but can result from intertwined political and institutional dynamics that are often difficult to predict from the outset. This ...
Title:Politica e religione in Pakistan dal 1970 al 1990. La dimensione internazionale e transnazionale
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Lo studio esamina alcune linee essenziali della relazione tra sistema politico e religione nel caso del Pakistan nel periodo 1970-1990, operando una esplicita connessione di tale diade con i riferimenti internazionali e ...
Title:Politica in Italia: i fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2012
Author(s):BOSCO, Anna; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This volume examines and analyzes events in Italy during 2011: a year which saw the fall of the Berlusconi government amidst a severe financial crisis and its replacement by a cabinet of unelected technocratic ministers, ...
Title:Political Accountability as a Radial Concept
Author(s):STINGA, LaurentiuDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:In the current article, I attempt to conceptualize political accountability in a disciplined fashion by proposing a strategy of conceptualization based on the internal radial structure of this difficult social science ...