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

Title:The rise and fall of state banking : financial market politics in postwar OECD countries Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1997Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1997/12

Title:The rise of non-state authority and the transformation of the state Author(s):GENSCHEL, Philipp

; ZANGL, Bernhard

Date:2017Citation:Patrick LE GALES and Desmond KING (eds), Reconfiguring European states in crisis, Corby : Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 62-77Type:Contribution to book

Title:The rise of the competition state? : transnationalization and state transformations in Europe Author(s):VUKOV, Visnja

Date:2016Citation:Comparative European politics, 2016, Vol. 14, No.5, pp. 523-546Version:Revised version of parts of EUI PhD thesis, 2013Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the transformations of state policies in the European Union and explores the patterns of their convergence or divergence in the context of increased economic transnationalization. The starting point ...

Title:Risk inequality and welfare states : social policy preferences, development, and dynamics Author(s):REHM, PhilippDate:2016Citation:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016, Cambridge studies in comparative politicsType:BookAbstract:The transformation of night-watchman states into welfare states is one of the most notable societal developments in recent history. In 1880, not a single country had a nationally compulsory social policy program. A few ...

Title:The Risk of Social Policy?: The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries Author(s):GIGER, NathalieDate:2011Citation:London/New York, Routledge, 2011, Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare, 13Type:BookAbstract:This book contributes to the existing literature by providing an empirical analysis of the electoral implications of social policy. Giger asks the basic research question: What are the electoral consequences of social ...

Title:Risk taking for potential reward decreases across the lifespan Author(s):RUTLEDGE, Robb B.; SMITTENAAR, Peter; ZEIDMAN, Peter; BROWN, Harriet R.; ADAMS, Rick A.; LINDENBERGER, Ulman

; DAYAN, Peter; DOLAN, Raymond J.Date:2016Citation:Current biology, 2016, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 1634-1639Type:ArticleAbstract:The extent to which aging affects decision-making is controversial. Given the critical financial decisions that older adults face (e.g., managing retirement funds), changes in risk preferences are of particular importance ...

Title:Rival nationalisms in a plurinational state: Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2008Citation:Sujit CHOUDHRY (ed.), Constitutional Design for Divided Societies. Integration or Accommodation?, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008Type:Contribution to book

Title:Rivisitando 'Cosa è politica' di Giovanni Sartori Author(s):BARTOLINI, Stefano

Date:2015Citation:Stefano PASSIGLI (ed.) La politica come scienza : scritti in onore di Giovanni Sartori, Bagno a Ripoli : Passigli Editori, 2015, Filo rosso, pp. 57-84Type:Contribution to book

Title:Roads to the radical right : understanding different forms of electoral support for radical right-wing parties in France and the Netherlands Author(s):DAMHUIS, Koen Henricus Bernardus

Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The aim of this dissertation is to shed new light on the electoral support for radical rightwing parties (RRP). Whereas most existing investigations assume a form of causal homogeneity, the starting point of this research ...

Title:Robert Gilpin : the realist quest for the dynamics of power Author(s):GUZZINI, Stefano

Date:1997Citation:Iver B. NEUMANN and Ole WAEVER (eds), The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making?, London/New York, Routledge, 1997, 121-144Version:The chapter is a revised version of EUI Working Paper SPS 1994/07Type:Contribution to book

Title:Robert Gilpin. the realist quest for the dynamics of power Author(s):GUZZINI, Stefano

Date:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1994/07

Title:Robin Hood' politics? : Turkey missing the chance to adopt a new model in the 1990s Author(s):LEANDER, AnnaDate:1996Citation:Review of international political economy, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 132-163Version:The article is a published version of EUI SPS WP; 1994/09Type:ArticleAbstract:The 1991 elections brought a coalition between the centre right and the social democratic party to power. It tried to prevent Turkey from taking yet another plunge into economic and political instability which has punctuated ...

Title:Robin Hood' politics? : Turkey probing a new model in the 1990s Author(s):LEANDER, AnnaDate:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1994/09

Title:The Role of Asymmetrical Federalism in Ethnic-Territorial Conflicts in the Era of Democratization: the RF as a case study Author(s):OBYDENKOVA, AnastassiaDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2004/16

Title:The role of business in the development of the welfare state and labor markets in Germany : containing social reforms Author(s):PASTER, ThomasDate:2012Citation:London : Routledge, 2012, Routledge studies in the political economy of the welfare stateVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2009Type:BookAbstract:This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known to often provide economic benefits to firms, ...

Title:The role of emotions in social movement participation : a comparative case study of animal rights and welfare activists in the UK and US Author(s):ROBERTS, Catriona Marie LouiseDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The aims of this research are to explore the role of emotions in social movements, specifically the dynamic properties of emotions and the various ways in which they can provoke, sustain, or end activism. The case studies ...

Title:The role of ideas in welfare reforms in Central-Eastern Europe Author(s):POPIC, Tamara

Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Centro Einaudi WP-LPF; 2018/04; Gli AnnaliAbstract:In the 2000s, in two Central Eastern European (CEE) countries - Slovakia and Hungary - governments proposed plans for welfare reforms that entailed radical shift from a state- to a market-oriented healthcare system. This ...

Title:The Role of Institutions in Cosmopolitan Justice Author(s):MIKLOS, AndrasDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/12Abstract:This paper focuses on a distinction between two kinds of theories about the role of institutions in cosmopolitan justice. Some philosophers claim that principles of egalitarian justice apply to institutional schemes only, ...

Title:The role of parties and party systems in the democratization process Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean

Date:1999Citation:Ian MARSH, Jean BLONDEL and Takashi INOGUCHI (eds), Democracy, governance, and economic performance : East and Southeast Asia, New York, NY : The United Nations University, ©1999, The changing nature of democracy, pp. 23-46Type:Contribution to book

Title:The role of personal issue salience in citizens' representation via parties : the Swiss case Author(s):GIGER, Nathalie; LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe

Date:2014Citation:Swiss Political Science Review, 2014, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 287-304Type:ArticleAbstract:Policy congruence between parties and their voters is a prerequisite for the latter's representation. Related research typically focuses on the left-right dimension. We contribute to this literature by conceiving the ...