Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Title

Title:Preaching to the choir or converting the uninitiated? : The integrative potential of ingroup deliberations Author(s):VASILEV, GeorgeDate:2013Citation:Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2013, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 109-129Type:ArticleAbstract:Deliberative democrats responding to the challenge of fostering reciprocity and civic friendship discourage in-group deliberations, taking them to stoke hostilities and preclude the possibility of sociability between groups. ...

Title:Precarious workers' unions in Greece and Italy : a comparative study of their organizational characteristics and their movement repertoire Author(s):VOGIATZOGLOU, Markos

Date:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis is the outcome of a six-year-long research, aiming at understanding how the flexibility-era South European workers unionize and engage in collective action. Its empirical material derives from the employment ...

Title:Precision, reliability, and effect size of slope variance in latent growth curve models : implications for statistical power analysis Author(s):BRANDMAIER, Andreas M.; VON OERTZEN, Timo; GHISLETTA, Paolo; LINDENBERGER, Ulman

; HERTZOG, ChristopherDate:2018Citation:Frontiers in psychology, 2018, Vol. 9, (294)Type:ArticleAbstract:Latent Growth Curve Models (LGCM) have become a standard technique to model change over time. Prediction and explanation of inter-individual differences in change are major goals in lifespan research. The major determinants ...

Title:Preconditions for pacted transitions from authoritarian rule Author(s):IAKOVLEV, Gennadii

Date:2023Citation:European political science review, 2023, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 254-271Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates why some attempts at pacted transitions from non-democratic rule fail, while others succeed. It determines the composition of opposition organizations that enable pacting. The paper draws on a data ...

Title:Preconflict mobilization strategies and urban-rural transition : the cases of the PKK and the FLN/EZLN Author(s):O'CONNOR, Francis Patrick; OIKONOMAKIS, Leonidas

Date:2015Citation:Mobilization : an international quarterly, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 379-399Type:ArticleAbstract:Armed movements are usually analyzed in the context of ongoing conflict, and much of the preceding mobilization and recruitment is often given far less attention. In this article, we assert that this period can be of ...

Title:Predispositions to discriminatory immigration policies in western Europe: an exploration of political causes Author(s):MARTINEZ-HERRERA, Enric; MOUALHI, DjaouidaDate:2006Citation:Portuguese journal of social science, 2006, 5, 3, 215-233Type:ArticleAbstract:We analyze citizens' predispositions concerning policies of immigrant selection and models of immigrant accommodation as observed by the 2002-3 European Social Survey. We focus on some of the EU's major countries, namely: ...

Title:Preface Author(s):CHIODI, Luisa; BIANCHINI, StefanoDate:2005Citation:Luisa CHIODI (ed), The Borders of the Polity: Migrations and Security Across the EU and the Balkans, Ravenna, Longo, 2005, 24, Europe and the Balkans International NetworkType:Contribution to book

Title:Preference heterogeneity and equilibrium institutions: The case of European competition policy Author(s):KARAGIANNIS, YannisDate:2007Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:One characteristic of European competition policy is its complex governance structure. On the one hand, the European competition regulator has always enjoyed a high degree of formal autonomy from national governments. On ...

Title:Preferences for a mixed-sex composition of offspring : a multigenerational approach Author(s):QUERIN, Federica

Date:2022Citation:Population studies, 2022, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 1-18Type:ArticleAbstract:Parents with two boys or two girls are more likely to have a third child than those with a ‘sex mix’. However, little is known on whether these ‘mixed-sex preferences’ extend beyond the nuclear family. This study leverages ...

Title:Preferences, parties and pragmatic fidelity : party unity in European legislatures Author(s):WILLUMSEN, David MunckDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Voting unity in parliamentary parties is an inescapable phenomenon in parliamentary democracies. Knowing only which party a legislator belongs to and how the majority of that party voted allows for the identification, with ...

Title:Pregiudizio e multiculturalismo : sulla difficoltosa comunicazione dell'alterità Author(s):CALLONI, MarinaDate:1995Citation:Fenomenologia e società, 1995, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 115-128Type:Article

Title:Preschool and reading competencies : a cross-national analysis Author(s):DÄMMRICH, Johanna; ESPING-ANDERSEN, GostaDate:2017Citation:Hans-Peter BLOSSFELD, Nevena KULIC, Jan SKOPEK and Morris TRIVENTI (eds), Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, eduLIFE lifelong learning ; 4, pp. 133-151Type:Contribution to book

Title:Presentación. Desafíos metodológicos en la investigación de la participación Author(s):FONT, Joan; DELLA PORTA, Donatella

; SINTOMER, YvesDate:2012Citation:Revista Internacional de Sociología (RIS), 2012, 70, 2 extra, 9-18Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:Participation is a well-established subject in the social sciences. Individual participation, non-governmental organizations, interest groups, and social movements have all been important fields of research for years, at ...

Title:Presentazione Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella

Date:2005Citation:Donatella DELLA PORTA (ed), Sociologia dei movimenti globali, 2005, 46, 215-221, Rassegna italiana di sociologiaType:Contribution to book

Title:Presidential democracies and regional integration : an institutional approach to Mercosur (1985-2000) Author(s):MALAMUD, AndresDate:2003Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Regional integration has become a need for national states to face the challenges of globalization. However, the ongoing integration processes are not alike, and neither are their outcomes. This research outlines the ...

Title:Presidential diplomacy and the institutional underpinnings of Mercosur : an empirical examination Author(s):MALAMUD, AndresDate:2005Citation:Latin American research review, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 138-164Version:Is partly based on author's EUI PhD thesis, 2003Type:ArticleAbstract:It is commonplace to assert that the effective operation of Mercosur rests deeply on presidential diplomacy. Such a mechanism is understood as the usual resort to direct negotiations between the national presidents every ...

Title:The presidential republic Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean

Date:2015Citation:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Type:BookAbstract:This study presents the presidential republic as the most widespread form of government in the contemporary world and looks at the countries which pioneered that development.It assesses the development of presidential ...

Title:Presidentialism and Mercosur : a hidden cause for a successful experience Author(s):MALAMUD, AndresDate:2003Citation:Finn LAURSEN (ed.), Comparative regional integration : theoretical perspectives, Aldershot : Ashgate, 2003, International political economy of new regionalisms series, pp. 53-73Type:Contribution to book

Title:Presidentialism in the Southern cone : a framework for analysis Author(s):MALAMUD, AndresDate:2001Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2001/01

Title:"Presidentialism" in the ex-Soviet Union Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean

Date:2012Citation:Japanese journal of political science, 2012, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-36Type:ArticleAbstract:When the Soviet Union fell in 1990, three of its 15 components, the Baltic States, joined the European Union, and a fourth, Moldova, may well join in the future. The other 11 quickly became presidential republics, following ...