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 ...
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 ...