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

Title:Short-term issue emphasis on Twitter during the 2017 German election : a comparison of the economic left-right and socio-cultural dimensions Author(s):CERON, Andrea; CURINI, Luigi; DREWS, Wiebke

Date:2022Citation:German politics, 2022, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 420-439Type:ArticleAbstract:This analysis of issue emphasis on Twitter by the seven main German parties during the 2017 federal election campaign underlines the importance of taking a time-sensitive approach when investigating issue competition. We ...

Title:Should I stay, or should I go? : on the determinants of elite defections in electoral autocracies Author(s):DEL RÍO RODRÍGUEZ, Adrián

Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Defections within the ruling elite often endanger the authoritarian rule, emboldening opposition groupings and paving the way for a regime breakdown. For example, defections to the opposition were crucial in the fall of ...

Title:Should monetary policy react to current account imbalances? Author(s):LEDUC, Sylvain; DEDOLA, Luca; CORSETTI, Giancarlo

Date:2009Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:SED; Meeting Papers; 2009/1219Abstract:Should monetary policy be preoccupied with large current account imbalances and extremely volatile exchange rates? Using a standard open economy model of pricing-to-market with incomplete asset markets and nominal rigidities, ...

Title:Should the Community Regional Policy Be Scrapped Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:1982Citation:Common Market Law Review, 1982, 19, 3, 373-388Type:Article

Title:Shrinking Families? Marital status, childlessness, and intergenerational relationships Author(s):KOHLI, Martin

; KÜNEMUND, Harald; VOGEL, ClaudiaDate:2008Citation:Axel BÖRSCH-SUPAN et al. (eds), Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007): Starting the longitudinal dimension, Mannheim, MEA, 2008, 164-171Type:Contribution to book

Title:A shrinking humanitarian space : peacekeeping stabilization projects and violence in Mali Author(s):SAUTER, Melanie

Date:2022Citation:International peacekeeping, 2022, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 624-649Type:ArticleAbstract:While the peacekeeping mission in Mali is the deadliest active mission, aid workers are not a prominent target. This is puzzling because humanitarians argue that integrated missions aligning political, military and ...

Title:Sidste mand lukker og slukker Author(s):MOLLER, JorgenDate:2003Citation:Vindue mod Øst, 2003, 4Type:Article

Title:The signalling value of labour market programs Author(s):LIECHTI, Fabienne

; FOSSATI, Flavia

; BONOLI, Giuliano; AUER, DanielDate:2017Citation:European sociological review, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 257-274Type:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates how employers interpret participation in labour market programmes when assessing job candidates. We hypothesize that employers use programme participation to sort applicants. On the basis of a ...

Title:Signs and (counter)signals of trustworthiness Author(s):GAMBETTA, Diego

; SZÉKELY, ÁronDate:2014Citation:Journal of economic behavior and organisation, 2014, Vol. 106, pp. 281-297Type:ArticleAbstract:When we become aware that our past actions carry information about qualities that we possess or lack, which others use to decide how to deal with us, are we unconcerned, content to rely on what we have done, or do we take ...

Title:Silvio Berlusconi’s personal parties : from Forza Italia to the Popolo della Libertà Author(s):MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Citation:Political Studies, 2013, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 217-233Type:ArticleAbstract:Despite the electoral success of Silvio Berlusconi’s two political parties, little theoretical and empirical work has been done on Forza Italia (FI) and the Popolo Della Libertà (PDL – People of Freedom).This article aims ...

Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis analyses the evolution of political financing regimes (PFR) across post-communist polities from the outset of transition through the lenses of their restrictiveness. Unlike existing comparative research, that ...

Title:Similar threat : different responses : France and the UK facing Islamist terrorism Author(s):FOLEY, FrankDate:2008Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis seeks to explain why two states, faced with a similar terrorist threat, perceiving it in a similar way and drawing the same broad implications for their counterterrorist policies, have nevertheless displayed ...

Title:Simone Weil: Die Politik der Askese Author(s):MOULAKIS, AthanasiosDate:1981Citation:Florence : European University Institute, Alphen aan den Rijn, Sijthoff, 1981, Publications of the Euronpean University Institute, 6Type:BookAbstract:Simone Weil (1909-1943) ist bislang vor allem als religiöse Denkerin bekannt. Ihr politisches Denken wurde, soweit man sich überhaupt systematisch damit beschäftigte, entweder in der polemischen Absicht untersucht, sie als ...

Title:Simulating Europe : a role play simulation of the EU Council of Ministers Author(s):DAHL, Martin; GIACOMELLO, GiampieroDate:2000Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2000/01

Title:Sind leistungsschwache Jugendliche tatsächlich nicht ausbildungsfähig? Eine Längsschnittanalyse zur beruflichen Qualifizierung von Jugendlichen mit geringen kognitiven Kompetenzen im Nachbarland Schweiz Author(s):BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; IMDORF, Christian; HUPKA-BRUNNER, Sandra; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

Date:2012Citation:Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS), 2012, 64, 4, 701–727Type:ArticleAbstract:In den vergangenen Jahren wurde in deutschland immer wieder die mangelnde Ausbildungsreife von Jugendlichen beklagt. demnach soll es einen relativ hohen Prozentsatz von Jugendlichen geben, deren kognitive Kompetenzen so ...

Title:'Sing me a song with social significance' : the (mis)use of statistical significance testing in European sociological research Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; CHAKHAIA, Lela

; LEOPOLD, Liliya

Date:2017Citation:European sociological review, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1-15Type:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we analyse the ritual of null hypothesis significance testing among the European sociologists. The focus is on the distinction between statistical significance and substantive, sociological significance. ...

Title:Singing together or apart? : comparing policy agenda dynamics within international organizations Author(s):BAYERLEIN, Louisa

; KAPLANER, Constantin; KNILL, Christoph; STEINEBACH, YvesDate:2022Citation:Journal of comparative policy analysis, 2022, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 210-229Type:ArticleAbstract:Are there substantial differences between the issues an IO's decision-making body agrees upon and the issues the organization's administrative body is dealing with in practice? : Or are member states and the administration ...

Title:Single motherhood and multigenerational coresidence in Europe Author(s):HOGENDOORN, Bram

; HARKONEN, Juho

Date:2023Citation:Population and development review, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:Single motherhood has increased throughout Europe. Single mothers assume the dual role of provider and caregiver and often need external support from public policies or kin to meet their needs. Research has focused primarily ...

Title:Single-mother poverty : how much do educational differences in single motherhood matter? Author(s):HARKONEN, Juho

Date:2018Citation:Rense NIEUWENHUIS and Laurie C. MALDONADO (eds), The triple bind of single parent families : resources, employment and policies to improve wellbeing, Bristol : Policy Press, 2018, pp. 31-50Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Educational differences in family structure have received increasing attention in family demographic research ever since McLanahan (2004) coined the term ‘diverging destinies’ to describe educationally uneven trends in ...