Title:The changing politics of organised interests
Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since the mid-1970s, Western European politics have undergone significant changes - and this has been particularly marked in the arena of 'interest politics'. In this article I list some apodictic statements about these ...
Title:The Construction of Collective Identity
Author(s):EISENSTADT, Shmuel Noah; GIESEN, BernhardDate:1995Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A general typological model for the analysis of collective identity is outlined and applied to the case of German and Japanese national identity. Primordial, civic and cultural codes of boundary construction are described ...
Title:The contentious politics of European unemployment
Author(s):GIUGNI, Marco; CINALLI, Manlio; FÜGLISTER, Katharina; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; CHABANET, Didier; BAGLIONI, Simone; BAUMGARTEN, Britta; LAHUSEN, ChristianDate:2008Type of Publication:Article
Title:The Contentious Politics of Unemployment: The Italian Case in Comparative Perspective
Author(s):BAGLIONI, Simone; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; GRAZIANO, PaoloDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article discusses the evolution of the public debate in Italy about unemployment over a period of almost ten years (1995-2002) that was particularly crucial for the Italian labour and political systems. From the early ...
Title:The Economic Returns of Immigrants' Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: The Case of the Netherlands
Author(s):LANCEE, BramDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper aims at explaining to what extent social capital can help immigrants in the Netherlands make headway on the labor market. Two forms of social capital are identified. Bonding refers to a dense network with thick ...
Title:The Elite Coup: The transition to democracy in Bulgaria
Author(s):ROSSI, Federico M.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The transition to democracy in Bulgaria is commonly defined as a coup d'état carried out by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) elites against the long-standing dictator Todor Zhivkov. The Bulgarian transition to democracy ...
Title:The End and the Means
Author(s):CRANSTON, MauriceDate:1981Type of Publication:Article
Title:The End of Three Decades of Nationalist Rule: The 2009 Regional Elections in the Basque Country
Author(s):DE LA CALLE, Luis; SANCHEZ-CUENCA, IgnacioDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Regional elections in the Basque Country on 1 March 2009 put an end to three decades of nationalist rule by the PNV. Although the PNV won the elections, the nationalist forces did not get a majority of seats in the Basque ...
Title:The EU Conciliation Committee - One Or Several Principals?
Author(s):RASMUSSEN, AnneDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since the introduction of the co-decision legislative procedure, the EU has had the possibility to resort to a Conciliation Committee made up of representatives from the European Parliament and the Council to reconcile ...
Title:The EU-Tunisian Association Agreement and Tunisia's Structural Reform Program
Author(s):CASSARINO, Jean-PierreDate:1999Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the impact of Tunisia's programme de mise a niveau globale (structural reform program) on the relationships between the state and entrepreneurs. Its purpose lies in outlining a contextual approach to ...