Title:Do Deliberative and Participatory Processes Matter? Crafting trust in political institutions
Author(s):NIELSEN HASSING, JulieDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Why do people trust certain political institutions and not others, and how best to account for trust’s relationship with democratic participation? This dissertation focuses on the relationship between democratic participation ...
Title:Do Libraries Matter? Public libraries and the creation of social capital
Author(s):VÅRHEIM, Andreas; STEINMO, Sven; IDE, EisakuDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Purpose - Librarians and the library profession keep repeating that libraries contribute greatly to generating social capital by building community. However, little evidence of this has been presented. This paper aims to ...
Title:Does cross-border cooperation empower European regions? The case of INTERREG III-A France - Spain
Author(s):HARGUINDEGUY, Jean-Baptiste; BRAY, ZoeDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we investigate the impact of the implementation of EU programmes on substate actors, and more specifically regional ones. We focus on the case of the INTERREG crossborder initiative in France and Spain between ...
Title:Does Devolution Make a Difference? Legislative Output and Policy Divergence in Scotland
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; STEVENSON, Linda; CAIRNEY, Paul; TAYLOR, KatherineDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Devolution provides large scope for Scotland to make its own policy. Primary legislation is onemeasure of this. Scottish legislation before devolution tended to replicate measures for the rest of the United Kingdom, with ...
Title:Does Europeanisation Weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
Author(s):AFONSO, Alexandre; FONTANA, Marie-Christine; PAPADOPOULOS, YannisDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken ...
Title:Does Political Culture Matter? Deciphering the Whys of Ukrainian Tax Compliance
Author(s):BERENSON, Marc P.Date:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In gauging how well residents in the new post-communist states such as Ukraine become true citizens, who are capable of fulfilling their obligations to their governments, it is necessary to measure how compliant the populace ...
Title:Doing Succession in Europe. Generational Transfers in Family Businesses in Comparative Perspective
Author(s):STAMM, Isabell; BREITSCHMID, Peter; KOHLI, MartinDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Family enterprises make up the majority of all businesses across Western Europe. Nonetheless, they are seen as an endangered species. Succession is an especially critical moment for their survival. The succession process ...
Title:The Domestic Impact of Europe: Institutional adaptation in Germany and Spain
Author(s):BORZEL, Tanja A.Date:1999Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Tanja Borzel argues that the effect of Europeanization on the politics and institutions of the EU's member states depends on the degree of conflict between European and domestic norms and rules. The thesis examines the ...