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Title: Quand la burqa passe à l'Ouest : enjeux éthiques, politiques et juridiques Author(s): KOUSSENS, David; ROY, Olivier Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [RELIGIOWEST] Abstract: Le voile intégral est un bout de tissu à double épaisseur - culturelle et religieuse - qui suscite l’émoi et interroge la capacité des démocraties libérales à trouver des solutions juridiques et politiques légitimes et ...
Title: The Internet and democracy in global perspective : voters, candidates, parties, and social movements Author(s): GROFMAN, Bernard; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.; FRANKLIN, Mark Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally. The subject of e-democracy has morphed over the years ...
Title: Mobilizing for democracy : comparing 1989 and 2011 Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Strangely enough, while the pictures used to illustrate the most recent wave of protests for democracy in North Africa represent mass protest, research on social movements and democratization have rarely interacted. This ...
Title: Global Religions and international relations : a diplomatic perspective Author(s): FERRARA, Pasquale Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The study of religion in the context of international relations is experiencing a resurgence in attention and scholarship, serving as a crucial method of understanding world events through the cultural prism of faith. ...
Title: Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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: Controlling corruption in Europe Author(s): MUNGIU-PIPPIDI, Alina Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS]; [ANTICORRP] Abstract: This book - the first policy report from ANTICORRP - shows the multiple consequences of corruption in EU Member States. Including an analysis on fiscal deficit, vulnerable employment, gender equality, government spending, ...
Title: Democratising the EU from below? : citizenship, civil society and the public sphere Author(s): LIEBERT, Ulrike; GATTIG, Alexander; EVAS, Tatjana Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order. ...
Title: Historical experience : burden or bonus in today’s wars? : the British army and the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan Author(s): SANGAR, Eric Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In Iraq and Afghanistan, the British military pointed to its colonial experience as a useful resource to perform its various missions in complex and difficult environments. For the Bundeswehr, lacking any institutional ...
Title: Ethnonationalist conflict in postcommunist states : varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo Author(s): KOINOVA, Maria Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States investigates why some Eastern European states transitioned to new forms of governance with minimal violence while others broke into civil war. In Bulgaria, the Turkish ...
Title: Ruling the void : the hollowing of western democracy Author(s): MAIR, Peter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Chilling account of the end of party democracy, by the leading political scientist. In the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, membership is shrinking in the major parties, ...
Title: Shaping Europe : France, Germany, and embedded bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to twenty-first century politics Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich; SCHILD, Joachim Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: France and Germany have played a pivotal role in the history and politics of European integration. Yet, paradoxically, a study that systematically investigates the interrelated reality of Franco-German bilateralism and ...
Title: Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization Author(s): KRIESI, Hanspeter; LAVENEX, Sandra; ESSER, Frank; MATTHES, Jörg; BÜHLMANN, Marc; BOCHSLER, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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, Dieter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/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, Michael Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: 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: Countering terrorism in Britain and France : institutions, norms and the shadow of the past Author(s): FOLEY, Frank Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Though Britain and France have faced a similar threat from Islamist terrorism in the years following September 11 2001, they have often responded in different ways to the challenges it posed. This groundbreaking work offers ...
Title: The politics of financial markets and regulation : The United States, Japan, and Germany Author(s): KONOE, Sara Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In the post-Bretton Woods era, the advent of ever-expanding capital markets beyond national borders led to a series of financial reforms in many industrial economies. In comparing reform cases across different time periods ...
Title: Du Golfe aux banlieues : le salafisme mondialisé Author(s): ADRAOUI, Mohamed-Ali Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Le salafisme n'en finit pas d'interpeller. Des bouleversements politiques dans le monde arabe à "l'affaire Mohamed Merah", en passant par le débat sur le voile intégral, ce courant de l'islam intrigue d'autant plus qu'il ...
Title: Advances in the visual analysis of social movements Author(s): DOERR, Nicole; MATTONI, Alice; TEUNE, Simon Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: This special issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change highlights the importance of visuals in the current study of social movements. It is indispensable reading as it introduces new analytical concepts ...
Title: Mediation and protest movements Author(s): CAMMAERTS, Bart; MATTONI, Alice; MCCURDY, Patrick Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California. But scholars have not yet fully addressed the connection ...
Title: The Euro crisis and the state of European democracy : contributions from the 2012 EUDO dissemination conference Author(s): DE WITTE, Bruno; HERITIER, Adrienne; TRECHSEL, Alexander H. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: EUDO Abstract: The book is divided in five sections. The first two sections explore the diverse ways in which the institutional system of the European Union has been affected by the unfolding Euro crisis and the efforts to contain that ...