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

Title:Push-button-autocracy in Tunisia : analysing the role of internet infrastructure, institutions and international markets in creating a Tunisian censorship regime Author(s):WAGNER, BenjaminDate:2012Citation:Telecommunications Policy, 2012, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 484-492Type:ArticleAbstract:Internet censorship and control have been commonplace in Tunisia since the Internet became available to then public in 1996. It was not until the last days of the Jasmine revolution in January 2011 that the Tunisian ...

Title:Putting Direct Perpetrators on Trial: the Ovcara Massacre Trial in Belgrade Author(s):MAHIEU, StephanieDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/11Abstract:This paper is based on ethnographical fieldwork conducted in The Hague, Croatia and Serbia. It addresses the distinction between command and individual responsibility on the one hand, and between individual responsibility ...

Title:Putting European political science back together again Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009Citation:European Political Science Review, 2009, 1, 2, 297-316Type:ArticleAbstract:Political science is the product of modernity and the nation-state. A dominant tradition within it has striven for a positivistic and universal form of understanding, based on the individual actor. Developments in recent ...

Title:Putting human rights up front : implications for impartiality and the politics of peacekeeping Author(s):PADDON RHOADS, EmilyDate:2019Citation:International peacekeeping, 2019, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 281-301Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[IOW]Abstract:This article traces the origins, development and implications of Human Rights Up Front (HRuF), a bold and visionary initiative launched by former Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in 2013. While HRuF is part of a broader ...

Title:Putting protest in place : contested and liberated spaces in three campaigns Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella

; FABBRI, Maria; PIAZZA, GianniDate:2013Citation:Walter NICHOLLS, Byron MILLER and Justin BEAUMONT (eds), Spaces of contention : spatialities and social movements, Farnham : Ashgate, 2013, pp. 27-46Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[COSMOS]

Title:The puzzle of clientelism : political discretion and elections around the world Author(s):GOLDEN, Miriam A.

; NAZRULLAEVA, EugeniaDate:2023Citation:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023, Elements in Political EconomyType:BookAbstract:This Element presents newly collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. Reelection rates are low/high in countries where clientelism ...

Title:The puzzle of expansionary welfare reforms under harsh austerity : explaining the Italian case Author(s):VESAN, Patrik; RONCHI, Stefano

Date:2019Citation:South European society and politics, 2019, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 371-395Type:ArticleAbstract:Although austerity carried the day in crisis-ridden Southern Europe, expansionary welfare measures also emerged alongside retrenchment in countries where left-leaning coalitions were in government and anti-establishment ...

Title:The Puzzle of Non-Party Actors in Party Democracy: Independents in Ireland Author(s):BOLLEYER, Nicole

; WEEKS, LiamDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2007/12Abstract:It is an accepted truth that parties are the central political actors in liberal democracy. This dominance of parties is often considered the logical outcome of rational politicians’ attempts to maximize their utility in ...

Title:The Puzzles of Politics: Inquiries into the genesis and transformation of international relations Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich

Date:2011Citation:Abingdon/New York, Routledge, 2011Type:BookAbstract:The Puzzles of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking has developed over the last 30 years. It addresses topical ...

Title:'Qadisiyat Saddam' : the gamble that did not pay off Author(s):CHAMS EL DINE, ChérineDate:2012Citation:Jordi TEJEL, Peter SLUGLETT, Riccardo BOCCO and Hamit BOZARSLAN (eds), Writing the modern history of Iraq, London : World Scientific, 2012, pp. 269-286Type:Contribution to book

Title:Qual o valor do auto-interesse? Author(s):LESSA KERSTENETZKY, CeliaDate:2005Citation:Revista de Economia Política, 2005, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 254-276Version:The article is a revised version of the author’s EUI PhD thesis, 1998Type:ArticleAbstract:The article critically reviews past and current justifications for the theoretical use of the behavioral assumption of self-interest, explanatory, normative, representational and critical, focusing on the critical function. ...

Title:Quale cittadinanza per il popolo tedesco? Author(s):CALLONI, MarinaDate:1993Citation:Ulisse, 1993, No. 2, pp. 33-36Type:Article

Title:Quale Europa? Europeizzazione, identità e conflitti Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella

; CAIANI, ManuelaDate:2006Citation:Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006Type:Book

Title:Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) und fuzzy sets: ein Lehrbuch für Anwender und jene, die es werden wollen Author(s):SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.; WAGEMANN, Claudius

Date:2007Citation:Leverkusen, Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2007Type:BookAbstract:Dieses Buch fhrt in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) ein, eine neuartige Methode zum systematischen qualitativen Fallvergleich. Dabei werden die ltere QCA-Version, die Fuzzy-Set-Variante und jngste Neuerungen mit ...

Title:Qualitative comparative analysis using R : a beginner's guide Author(s):OANA, Ioana-Elena

; SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.; THOMANN, Eva

Date:2021Citation:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021, Methods for social inquiryType:BookAbstract:A comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R software. This guide facilitates the efficient teaching, independent learning, and use of QCA with the ...

Title:Qualitative Leverage and the Epistemology of Expert Opinion Author(s):SMITH, Alastair; SANFORD, GordonDate:2005Citation:Political Analysis, 2005, 13, 3, 280-291Type:Article

Title:Quality and environmental regulation : verifying compliance along the supply chain Author(s):TZAVARA, Dionisia; HERITIER, Adrienne

Date:2012Citation:Business and Politics, 2012, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-24Version:Published version of EUI RSCAS WP 2011/16Type:ArticleAbstract:Among the factors providing incentives to monitor the behaviour of input suppliers are the regulatory requirements to which downstream firms are subject. We develop a formal economic model to examine the relationship between ...

Title:Quality and Environmental Regulation: Verifying Compliance along the Supply Chain Author(s):TZAVARA, Dionisia; HERITIER, Adrienne

Date:2010-03-01Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/16Abstract:Among the factors providing incentives to monitor the behaviour of input suppliers are the regulatory requirements to which downstream firms are subject. We develop a formal economic model to examine the relationship between ...

Title:Quality and Inequality of Education : cross-national perspectives Editor(s):DRONKERS, JaapDate:2010Citation:Dordrecht/London, Springer, 2010Type:BookAbstract:This cogent analysis of data on education and society from a variety of sources sets out to provide answers to scientific and policy questions on the quality of education and the way it relates to various forms of inequality ...

Title:A quality of government peace? : explaining the onset of militarized interstate disputes, 1985–2001 Author(s):TEORELL, JanDate:2015Citation:International interactions, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 648-673Type:ArticleAbstract:That democracies do not wage wars against each other is one of the most widely accepted claims within the study of international relations, although challenged lately by the capitalist peace argument. In addition to ...