Title:Size Matters: Why not for contemporary empirical democratic theory?
Author(s):KLINE, ReubenDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The question of how the size of a polity and the functioning of its democracy is curiously understudied, especially in a cross-national, empirical fashion. After introducing the issue, this survey offers an overview of the ...
Title:Skill Formation Systems
Author(s):CROUCH, ColinDate:2004Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings
Author(s):APITZSCH, BirgitDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Over recent decades, we have witnessed profound changes in labour markets with an increase in flexible forms of work and employment, driven by organizational restructuring and institutional change at the macro- and at the ...
Title:Small Parties: From Party Pledges to Government Policy
Author(s):BOLLEYER, NicoleDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:When estimating a party's capacity for goal co-ordination, scholars need not only consider contextual constraints but also the party's properties, since these directly affect its strategic choices. For small parties which ...
Title:Small States and New Norms of Warfare
Author(s):PETROVA, Margarita H.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The paper focuses on the influence of small states on the development of new international norms regulating the conduct of warfare. It examines the role of two small European states – Belgium and Norway – in two cases of ...
Title:Small States – Big Negotiations Decision-Making Rules and Small State Influence in EU Treaty Negotiations
Author(s):LEHTONEN, TiiaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This study examines the impact of the decision-making rules, procedures and practices of the European Union on the ability of small Member States to influence Treaty negotiation outcomes, and assesses the causality of ...
Title:Social citizenship, solidarity and welfare in regionalized and plurinational states
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The social welfare literature has often assumed the existence of a unified, territorial nation-state. This would provide the basis for solidarity and social citizenship, while mobilizing the resources for redistribution. ...