Title:Trajectories of European Politics: An Introduction
Author(s):GOETZ, Klaus H.; MAIR, Peter; SMITH, GordonDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article introduces a specially commissioned issue of West European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It highlights profound changes in the European political landscape over the last three decades, ...
Title:Transfers of time and money among elderly Europeans and their children: Common patterns – different regimes?
Author(s):ALBERTINI, Marco; KOHLI, Martin; VOGEL, ClaudiaDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:2006/76Abstract:The ‘generational contract’ is the most important and also the most contentious dimension of contemporary welfare systems. Much of the discussion on how to reform it is still truncated, however, by focussing on its public ...
Title:The Transformation of the Arab World
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Something irreversible happened in the Arab Spring. Whatever ups and downs may follow, we are witnessing the beginning of a process by which democratization is becoming rooted in Arab societies.The article explores the ...
Title:Transformations in World Politics: The Intellectual Contributions of Ernst B. Haas
Author(s):RUGGIE, John; KATZENSTEIN, PJ; KEOHANE, Robert O.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:For half a century, Ernst B. Haas was an extraordinarily prolific contributor to theoretical debates in international relations. His work focused on the question of continuity and transformation in the system of states. ...
Title:Transition and Sustainability: Actors and interests in Eastern European environmental policies
Author(s):BAUMGARTL, BerndDate:1997Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This study links two of the main themes in European Social Science in the 1990s. The transition of Eastern Europe and the question of sustainable development. In an interdisciplinary approach, both viewpoints are analysed: ...
Title:Transitions From Authoritarian Rule: Comparative perspectives
Author(s):O'DONNELL, Guillermo A.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; WHITEHEAD, LaurenceDate:1991Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book is part of an excellent 5 book series dealing with democratization. In this particular tome, different perspectives are used to explain the transition from authoritarianism to democracy. The importance of ...
Title:Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Latin America
Author(s):O'DONNELL, Guillermo A.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; WHITEHEAD, LaurenceDate:1986Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Democratization is perhaps the central issue in Latin American politics today. Case studies focus on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Title:Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Southern Europe
Author(s):O'DONNELL, Guillermo A.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; WHITEHEAD, LaurenceDate:1986Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The historical example of Italy after Mussolini as well as the more recent cases of Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey suggest factors that may make a transition relatively secure.
Title:Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative conclusions about uncertain democracies
Author(s):O'DONNELL, Guillermo A.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:1986Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Political democracy is not the only possible outcome of transitions from authoritarianism. Guillermo O'Donnell and Philippe C. Schmitter draw out the implications of democracy as a goal and of the uncertainty inherent in ...