Title:Die späte Erwerbskarriere und der Übergang in den Ruhestand im Zeichen von Globalisierung und demographischer Alterung
Author(s):KURZ, Karin; BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; RINKLAGE, Annika; BLOSSFELD, Hans PeterDate:2013Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Frühverrentung gehörte ab den 1970er Jahren zum Standardinstrumentarium vieler moderner Gesellschaften, die auf diese Weise versuchten, den Umbruch der Beschäftigungsstruktur zu bewältigen (Blossfeld et al. 2006; Börsch-Supan ...
Title:Everyone’s a winner (almost) : bargaining success in the Council of Ministers of the European Union
Author(s):CROSS, James P.Date:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines member state bargaining success in legislative negotiations in the European Union. Bargaining success is thought to be determined by factors attributable to intervention behaviour, relative policy ...
Title:Striking a pose : transparency and position taking in the Council of the European Union
Author(s):CROSS, James P.Date:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In recent years, transparency (or the lack thereof) has become a central concern of the European Union and its attempts to increase the democratic legitimacy of the legislative decision-making process. The claim regularly ...
Title:Institutionalizations compared : implementing the EU’s 2008 wine reform
Author(s):ITÇAINA, Xabier; ROGER, Antoine; SMITH, AndyDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:In 2008 the European Union adopted an apparently radical reform of its wine policy. However, whether this policy change actually reinstitutionalizes the regulation of this industry is dependent on how it is implemented and ...
Title:Da Benedetto a Francesco : il Vaticano e la nuova "translatio imperii"
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Negli anni di Benedetto XVI, la chiesa ha continuato ad adattarsi ai cam¬biamenti internazionali in modo molto graduale. Si è riconosciuta sem¬pre più “globale” ma ha faticato a modernizzare la sua governance. Si è concentrata ...
Title:Protest and policing on October 15th, global day of action : the Italian case
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; ZAMPONI, LorenzoDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Fifteenth October 2011, a global day of anti-austerity action called for by the Spanish indignados, saw hundreds of thousands of protestors converging on Rome for a national march. One of the largest, this Rome event was ...
Title:Silvio Berlusconi’s personal parties : from Forza Italia to the Popolo della Libertà
Author(s):MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Type of Publication: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 ...
Title:Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization
Author(s):KRIESI, Hanspeter; LAVENEX, Sandra; ESSER, Frank; MATTHES, Jörg; BÜHLMANN, Marc; BOCHSLER, DanielDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:A new perspective on democracy and its challenges in the 21st century. - This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, ...
Title:Meeting democracy : power and deliberation in global justice movements
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; RUCHT, DieterDate:2013Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:The concepts of power and democracy have been extensively studied at the global, national and local levels and within institutions including states, international organizations and political parties. However, the interplay ...
Title:Enfoques y metodologías en las ciencias sociales : una perspectiva pluralista
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, MichaelDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Este es un nuevo y revolucionario manual que ofrece a profesores y estudiantes de ciclos superiores los principales enfoques y metodologías de investigación en el campo de las ciencias sociales. Escrito por un destacado ...
Title:Embedded Bilateralism : Deutsch-französische Beziehungen in der europäischen Politik
Author(s):KROTZ, Ulrich; SCHILD, JoachimDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Die zentrale Rolle Deutschlands und Frankreichs in der Geschichte der europäischen Integration und in der Politik der Europäischen Union (EU) ist längst zur Binsenweisheit geworden. Passend dazu hat der politische, ...
Title:New political actors in Europe : Beppe Grillo and the M5S
Author(s):BARTLETT, Jamie; FROIO, Caterina; LITTLER, Mark; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Demos Country briefing papersAbstract:New social and political movements from radically different political positions have emerged across Europe using the Internet to challenge existing parties and structures. Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian and blogger, ...
Title:Associating, mobilizing, politicizing : local developmental agency from without
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Decades of increase in external aid programs sparked a wide range of criticisms pointing to misaligned interests, lack of accountability, and the reproduction of developmental traps. The success of development from without ...
Title:Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-FredrikDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out ...
