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 ...
Title:Political Allegiance after European Integration
Author(s):WHITE, JonathanDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how taxi-drivers in Britain, ...
Title:Political Allegiance and European Integration
Author(s):VAN KERSBERGEN, KeesDate:2000Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Under what conditions and to what extent do national publics come to accept the increasing efforts of state elites to build new political institutions that transcend the constitutional frontiers of the nation-state and ...
Title:A Political Bond in Europe
Author(s):WHITE, JonathanDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis explores a new way to conceptualise political community in the contemporary European context. Its point of departure is the normative debate concerning the type of collective bond feasible and desirable as an ...
Title:Political Charisma Revisited, and Reclaimed for Political Science
Author(s):PAPPAS, Takis S.Date:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper, initially prompted by the puzzles raised from the atypical emergence of charismatic politics in the otherwise ordinary political system that our contemporary democracy is supposed to be, seeks to bring political ...
Title:Political Communication in Direct Democratic Campaigns: Enlightening or manipulating?
Author(s):KRIESI, HanspeterDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The contributors to this volume analyze the communication processes in Swiss direct democratic campaigns and their effect on the information processing and opinion formation of the citizen public. The book adopts an ...
Title:Political Conflict in Western Europe
Author(s):KRIESI, Hanspeter; GRANDE, Edgar; DOLEZAL, Martin; HELBLING, Marc; HÖGLINGER, Dominic; HUTTER, Swen; WÜEST, BrunoDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of ...
Title:Political Corruption
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, AlbertoDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This entry reviews social science literature on political corruption, privileging an institutionalist approach. In doing so, it looks at resources and mechanisms of hidden exchange as well as at its governance.
Title:Political Distrust and Social Capital in Europe and the USA
Author(s):SCHYNS, Peggy; KOOP, ChristelDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Levels of rising political distrust in the USA and parts of Europe attracted political scientists' attention in the 1990s, and urged them to look at possible consequences of this phenomenon for the functioning of democracies ...
Title:Political Economy of Old-age Pension Reforms in Georgia
Author(s):GUGUSHVILI, AlexiDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper examines the factors that played a major role in development of the old-age pension system in Georgia. Based on data collected from 1991-2009, this analysis centers on the system’s patterns of development and ...