Title:Religion and Democracy: International, transnational and global issues
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Growing attention is given in IR theory and diplomatic circles to the ambivalent role of religion in world politics. However, there is a need for more analytical clarity, identifying at least four different domains: religions ...
Title:Religioni e governance globale
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:The Author maintains that there is a role for religions to play in the international realm that goes beyond pure Westphalian and state-centred categories, without characterizing religions as mere ‘global faith-based NGOs’. ...
Title:Religious Revivals as a Product and Tool of Globalization
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The debate on the role of religions in international relations tends to revolve around the clash or dialogue alternative. Religion is seen either as a part of an ethno-national culture or as a supra national factor that ...
Title:Reluctant Rulers and the Negotiated Transition: Mobilizing for democracy in Hungary
Author(s):RITTER, Daniel P.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Among the Eastern European democratization processes of the 1989 period, Hungary stands out as the least dramatic transition in the region. Whereas other countries experienced massive demonstrations in favor of democratic ...
Title:Renegotiating the Welfare State: Flexible adjustment through corporatist concertation
Author(s):VAN WAARDEN, Frans; LEHMBRUCH, GerhardDate:2003Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Why have some countries have been more successful in welfare state reform than others? This book examines the experiences of various countries in reforming their welfare states through renegotiations between the state and ...
Title:Representative Government in Modern Europe, 5th revised edition
Author(s):GALLAGHER, Michael; LAVER, Michael; MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:With a total population of some 500 million, the unified countries of modern Europe constitute the world's largest collection of successful capitalist democracies. Yet within it, there are distinct clusters of states, each ...
Title:Representative versus Responsible Government
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, CologneAbstract:The changing circumstances in which parties compete in contemporary democracies, coupled with the changing circumstances in which governments now govern, have led to a widening of the traditional gap between representative ...