Title:Globalizations and Democracy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Globalization has been seen as a factor in increasing democratization, but also as one of the main challenges to democracy. The term globalization has been used to indicate various and heterogeneous types of phenomena, all ...
Title:Gnostic wars : the cold war in the context of a history of Western spirituality
Author(s):ROSSBACH, StefanDate:1997Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this unique exposition of important and yet often neglected developments in the history of Western spirituality, Stefan Rossbach reminds us of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the Cold War era, drawing ...
Title:Gnostic Wars: The Cold War in the context of a history of western spirituality
Author(s):ROSSBACH, StefanDate:1999Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In this unique exposition of important and yet often neglected developments in the history of Western spirituality, Stefan Rossbach reminds us of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the Cold War era, drawing ...
Title:¿Gobernar el vacío?
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:El vaciamiento de las democracias a medida que las elites dominantes se retiran y los votantes se abstienen de la política electoral de masas. Peter Mair analiza las paradojas del triunfo de la «tercera vía» y la emergencia ...
Title:Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union
Author(s):TATHAM, Michael RobertDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article seeks to map out routes of direct regional interest representation in the European Union. It identifies six main opportunity structures available to regions: the Committee of the Regions, the Council of ...
Title:Going, Going, ...Gone? The Decline of Party Membership in Contemporary Europe
Author(s):VAN BIEZEN, Ingrid; MAIR, Peter; POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article offers an overview of levels of party membership in European democracies at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and looks also at changes in these levels over time, comparing party membership ...
Title:Good Governance via the OMC? The cases of Employment and Social Inclusion
Author(s):DE LA PORTE, CarolineDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on how the EU, via the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), governs the employment and social inclusion policies of the EU Member States. It derives three operational governance principles – Participation, ...
Title:Gouvernement Représentatif v. Gouvernement Responsable
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:L’environnement dans lequel les partis agissent dans les démocraties contemporaines, et les circonstances changeantes dans lesquelles les gouvernements gouvernent aujourd’hui ont entrainé un élargissement du fossé traditionnel ...
Title:Governance in the European Union
Author(s):MARKS, Gary; SCHARPF, Fritz W.; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; STREECK, WolfgangDate:1996Type of Publication:BookAbstract:A fresh alternative to traditional state-centred analyses of the process of European integration is presented in this book. World-renowned scholars analyze the state in terms of its component parts and clearly show the ...
Title:Governance of Online Creation Communities: Provision of infrastructure for the building of digital commons
Author(s):FUSTER MORELL, MayoDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This doctoral research is framed by the notion of a transition in which distinct commons organizational forms are gaining in importance at a time when the institutional principles of the nation state are in a state of ...