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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; GATTIS, 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: Social concertation in times of austerity : European integration and the politics of labour market governance in Austria and Switzerland Author(s): AFONSO, Alexandre Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation ...
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: 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: 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: 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: The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements Author(s): SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, Doug Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/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: Individual rights and the making of the international system Author(s): REUS-SMIT, Christian Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: We live today in the first global system of sovereign states in history, encompassing all of the world’s polities, peoples, religions and civilizations. Christian Reus-Smit presents a new account of how this system came ...
Title: Clandestine political violence Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: 'Clandestine Political Violence' compares four types of clandestine political violence: left-wing (in Italy and Germany), right-wing (in Italy), ethnonationalist (in Spain) and religious fundamentalist (in Islamist clandestine ...
Title: Can democracy be saved? : participation, deliberation and social movements Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging ...
Title: Power, realism, and constructivism Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their ...
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: 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: 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: 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 ...
Title: Organising the European Parliament : the role of committees and their legislative influence Author(s): YORDANOVA, Nikoleta Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The recent empowerment of the European Parliament makes this a timely study of the impact of its internal organisation on legislative politics, interest representation and democracy within the Union. Using data on all ...