Title:Why Greece failed
Author(s):PAPPAS, Takis S.Date:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Seeking to offer a unified theory about Greece’s current political and economic crisis, this article unravels the particular mechanisms through which this country developed as a populist democracy, that is, a pluralist ...
Title:Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis
Author(s):BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T.Date:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ...
Title:The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements
Author(s):SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, DougDate:2013Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Non-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social ...
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 ...
Title:Global Movements in Local Struggles: Findings on the Social Forum Process in Italy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This chapter addresses the developments of local social forums in Italy. It looks especially at their network structures, faming and repertoires of action, as well as their consequences on the Italian social movement sector.
Title:The Hidden Order of Corruption: An institutional approach
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, AlbertoDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:The Hidden Order of Corruption investigates the hidden order of corruption, looking at the invisible codes and mechanisms that govern and stabilize the links between corrupters and corruptees. When corruption is exposed, ...
Title:Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, 4th edition
Author(s):CROTEAU, David; HOYNES, William; MILAN, StefaniaDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the Internet, iPods and TiVo, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience ...
Title:Ministerial Careers and 'The Missing Piece': Introducing and operationalising the ministerial careers framework
Author(s):BRIGHT, Jonathan; DÖRING, Holger; LITTLE, ConorDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The literature on ministerial careers has recently been reinvigorated by individual contributions and collaborative projects. However, few studies of ministerial careers have been able to take into account the varying ...
Title:The International Community and Global Governance of Human Security
Author(s):PELTONEN, HannesDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:This paper addresses the global governance of human security and particularly its provision across borders. It argues that the responsibility to protect (R2P) framework is part of global governance. Of special interest to ...
Title:Mobilizing on the Extreme Right: Germany, Italy, and the United States
Author(s):CAIANI, Manuela; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; WAGEMANN, ClaudiusDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Research on the extreme right is rare, and the extreme right has even more rarely been analysed as a social movement. In this volume, the extreme right is compared in Italy, Germany, and the United States using concepts ...
Title:Climate Change and Norman Daniels' Theory of Just Health: An essay on basic needs
Author(s):LACEY, JosephDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Norman Daniels, in applying Rawls’ theory of justice to the issue of human health, ideally presupposes that society exists in a state of moderate scarcity. However, faced with problems like climate change, many societies ...
Title:Those Who Came and Those Who Left: The territorial politics of migration in Scotland and Catalonia
Author(s):ARRIGHI DE CASANOVA, Jean-ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Whilst minority nationalism and migration have been intensely studied in relative isolation from one another, research examining their mutual relationship is still scarce. This dissertation aims to fill this gap in the ...