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    Title: The Impact of Formal Adult Education on the Likelihood of Being Employed: A comparative overview  Author(s): KILPI-JAKONEN, Elina; VONO DE VILHELNA, Daniela; KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya; STENBERG, Anders; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article aims to map formal adult education in terms of the determinants of educational upgrading later in life, relating these back to social inequalities from a comparative perspective, and to labour market outcomes ...
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    Title: Changes in the Economy, the Labor Market, and Expectations for the Future: What might Europe and the United States look like in twenty-five years?  Author(s): BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In times of globalization, modern societies' labor markets have been marked by an increasing segmentation and growing social inequality. Youths in particular have experienced a worsening of their employment chances in the ...
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    Title: Fresh Views on the Old Past: The postage stamps of the Mexican bicentennial  Author(s): HOYO, Henio Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The year 2010 in Mexico marked both the 200th anniversary of the start of its independence movement and the 100th anniversary of its revolution. Besides several public events, a number of items including commemorative ...
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    Title: Bringing the Bureaucrats Back In: Neoliberal tax reform in New Zealand  Author(s): CHRISTENSEN, Johan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: New Zealand moved further in neo-liberal tax reform than most other advanced economies over the last three decades. The article investigates this extreme case to address the question of what explains major neo-liberal ...
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    Title: L’Europa nella post-globalità: dal multipolarismo al multilateralismo 2.0  Author(s): FERRARA, Pasquale Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Proprio nel momento in cui gli assetti internazionali stanno cambiando e l’Europa avrebbe bisogno di unità per imporsi nel panorama internazionale, si assiste a una nuova ondata neosovranista. Se l’Unione vuole riabilitare ...
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    Title: Classifying an Anomaly  Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Opening a symposium on Perry Anderson's The New Old World, Philippe Schmitter records its divergences from the existing EU literature. How should the Union itself be categorized, and what futures await it?
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    Title: Il carisma politico  Author(s): PAPPAS, Takis S. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper seeks to bring political charisma back into the study of comparative politics by reconstructing the concept and rendering it applicable to empirical research. Unlike previous approaches, the present study examines ...
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    Title: La perception de la pauvreté dans un monde globalisé  Author(s): BEDOCK, Camille; DURU-BELLAT, Marie; TENRET, Elise Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: En s’appuyant sur les données de la dernière enquête du World Value Survey, le texte explore ce que les individus d’une cinquantaine de pays considèrent comme les problèmes les plus importants du monde. On se focalise sur ...
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    Title: Insecure Alliances: Risk, inequality, and support for the Welfare State  Author(s): REHM, Philipp; HACKER, Jacob S.; SCHLESINGER, Mark Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Popular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in part the degree to which economic ...
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    Title: The Transformation of the Arab World  Author(s): ROY, Olivier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Something irreversible happened in the Arab Spring. Whatever ups and downs may follow, we are witnessing the beginning of a process by which democratization is becoming rooted in Arab societies.The article explores the ...
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    Title: International Relations, Irrelevant? Don’t blame theory  Author(s): REUS-SMIT, Christian Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: It is now commonplace to bemoan our field’s lack of practical relevance, and to blame this sorry situation on our penchant for ever-more abstract theorising over the analysis of real-world phenomena. This article challenges ...
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    Title: National Parties and Group Membership in the European Parliament: Ideology or pragmatism?  Author(s): BRESSANELLI, Edoardo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This contribution investigates the factors behind political group membership in the European Parliament. In June 2009, more than 150 national parties, from the 27 member countries, joined one of the seven transnational ...
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    Title: Desperately Seeking Politics: Political attitudes of participants in three demonstrations for worker's rights in Italy  Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; REITER, Herbert Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Social conflicts tend to take different forms. This article compares three demonstrations on issues of social justice in Italy: a traditional Labor Day demonstration, a march supporting a general strike called by the largest ...
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    Title: An Anglophone Invention? The difficult emergence of a French Security sector reform practice  Author(s): BESANCENOT, Sophie Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The concept of security sector reform (SSR) was first formulated by UK development actors. Since 2008, France has officially adopted an SSR strategy and promoted the concept at the European level during the country's 2008 ...
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    Title: The Negotiated Revolution in Hungary  Author(s): BRUSZT, Laszlo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The paper is an updated version of a piece that I wrote about the Hungarian regime change of 1989 with some cautious parallels to the North African regime changes. It analyses the strategies of the opponents and the ...
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    Title: Towards an Institutionalized Language Policy for the French Basque Country? Actors, processes and outcomes  Author(s): HARGUINDEGUY, Jean-Baptiste; ITÇAINA, Xabier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper focuses on the progressive institutionalization of the Basque language policy (also called Euskera) in the French Basque Country (Iparralde) since the Second World War. In view of this, it questions how such a ...
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    Title: Economie sociale et solidaire et territoires : un couple allant de soi ?  Author(s): PECQUEUR, Bernard; ITÇAINA, Xabier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: L’ancrage territorial constitue, avec le fonctionnement démocratique et la solidarité économique, l’une des caractéristiques majeures de l’économie sociale et solidaire (ESS). Loin de postuler une territorialité spontanée ...
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    Title: Parliamentary Informatics Projects: Who are their users and what is their impact?  Author(s): OSTLING, Alina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The past decade has brought a boom of online initiatives that monitor performance of parliaments – a practice commonly referred to as ‘parliamentary informatics’. A recent survey identified 191 organisations monitoring ...
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    Title: Religion and Democracy: International, transnational and global issues  Author(s): FERRARA, Pasquale Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Growing attention is given in IR theory and diplomatic circles to the ambivalent role of religion in world politics. However, there is a need for more analytical clarity, identifying at least four different domains: religions ...
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    Title: The Study of the Consequences of Armed Groups: Lessons from the social movement literature  Author(s): BOSI, Lorenzo; GIUGNI, Marco Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Despite the development of the political violence and terrorism literature, which has taken a strong forward movement in the past decade, scientific works on the consequences of armed groups are still rare. This article ...