Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Type "Book"
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Title:Managing Islam and religious pluralism : governing Islam in plural societies Editor(s):ELBASANI, Arolda; ROY, OlivierDate:2017Citation:Special issue of Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern studies, 2017, Vol. 19, No. 1Type:BookSeries/Number:[RELIGIOWEST]Abstract:This issue highlights the role of old and new dilemmas in shaping institutional arrangements for governing Islam and religious diversity in different cases. The empirical analysis revolves around a set of common questions: ... -
Title:Jihad and death : the global appeal of Islamic State Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2017Citation:London : Hurst Publishers, 2017Version:Translated into English by Cynthia SCHOCH from the French original published by Le Seuil (2016).Type:BookAbstract:How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? ... -
Title:In the shadow of the iron curtain : Central and Eastern European alterglobalists Author(s):PIOTROWSKI, GrzegorzDate:2017Citation:Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2017Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2011Type:BookAbstract:This book examines the alterglobalist activists in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Based on lengthy ethnographic fieldwork and numerous in-depth interviews with key figures of the movement, it covers mobilizations ... -
Title:Centripetal democracy : democratic legitimacy and political identity in Belgium, Switzerland, and the European Union Author(s):LACEY, JosephDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2015Type:BookAbstract:Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political identity formation. Partisan modes ... -
Title:Reforming democracy : institutional engineering in Western Europe Author(s):BEDOCK, CamilleDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017, Comparative politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2014Type:BookAbstract:When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal ... -
Title:Uses of social investment Editor(s):HEMERIJCK, AntonDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Type:BookAbstract:The Uses of Social Investment' provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social ... -
Title:Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective Editor(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; KULIC, Nevena; SKOPEK, Jan; TRIVENTI, MorrisDate:2017Citation:Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Type:BookAbstract:Recognizing that social change over recent decades has strengthened the need for early childhood education and care, this book seeks to answer what role this plays in creating and compensating for social inequalities in ... -
Title:What does suburbia vote for? : changed settlement patterns and political preferences in three European countries Author(s):STRÖBELE, Maarit FelicitasDate:2017Citation:Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2017, Politik und Demokratie in den kleineren Ländern Europas ; Politics and governance in the smaller European democracies ; Bd. 14Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2013Type:BookAbstract:Is there such a thing as suburban political preference in Western Europe, and if so, how would such a finding be related to political cleavages? To answer these questions, this book combines approaches from political science ... -
Title:Solidarity in diverse societies : beyond neoliberal multiculturalism and welfare chauvinism Editor(s):BAUBÖCK, Rainer; SCHOLTEN, PeterDate:2016Citation:Special issue of Comparative migration studies, 2016, Vol. 4, No. 1Type:BookAbstract:This issue will focus on the role of nationhood and solidarity in reconciling immigration and welfare states. In the lead essay in this volume, the Canadian political philosopher Will Kymlicka, well known for his work on ...
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Title:New institutions for an effective EU and EMU governance Editor(s):TAMBORINI, Roberto; BOITANI, Andrea; SARACENO, Francesco; TALANI, Leila Simona; TORRES, Francisco S.Date:2016Citation:Special issue of Politica economica = Journal of economic policy, 2016, Vol. 32, No. 3Type:Book
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Title:The Greens in British politics : protest, anti-austerity and the divided left Author(s):DENNISON, JamesDate:2016Citation:London ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Type:BookAbstract:This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England’s third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing their place in Britain’s refigured party system on the way. Sophisticated ... -
Title:The power of legality : practices of international law and their politics Editor(s):RAJKOVIC, Nikolas; AALBERTS, Tanja E.; GAMMELTOFT-HANSEN, ThomasDate:2016Citation:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016Type:BookSeries/Number:Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:From an airstrip in Saudi Arabia, the CIA launches drones to 'legally' kill Al-Qaida leaders in Yemen. On the North Pole, Russia plants a flag on the seabed to extend legal claim over resources. In Brussels, the European ... -
Title:The return of history : conflict, migration, and geopolitics in the twenty-first century Author(s):WELSH, Jennifer M.Date:2016Citation:Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2016, CBC Massey lecturesType:BookAbstract:In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History.” Fukuyama argued that the demise of confrontation ... -
Title:When states come out : Europe's sexual minorities and the politics of visibility Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2016Citation:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016, Cambridge studies in contentious politicsType:BookAbstract:In the last two decades, the LGBT movement has gained momentum that is arguably unprecedented in speed and suddenness when compared to other human rights movements. This book investigates the recent history of this ... -
Title:Competition policy enforcement in EU member states : what is independence for? Author(s):GUIDI, MattiaDate:2016Citation:London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, European administrative governanceVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2012Type:BookAbstract:This book investigates the crucial EU policy of competition, which is enforced by the Commission and by national agencies that enjoy various degrees of autonomy from their governments. More and more policy-making activities ... -
Title:Sixty-five years of European governance Editor(s):MAAS, Willem; CAVIEDES, AlexanderDate:2016Citation:Special Issue of Journal of contemporary European research, 2016, Vol. 12, No. 1Type:BookAbstract:The articles in this special issue demonstrate the creative and often fragile solutions found to address the challenges facing Europe by analysing changes in governance over time, at various points since the origins of the ...
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Title:The regional politics of welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain Author(s):VAMPA, DavideDate:2016Citation:Cham : Palgrave Macmillan ; Springer international publishing, 2016, Comparative territorial politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2015Type:BookAbstract:This book is a study of the increasing territorial variations in the development of sub-national welfare systems that have occurred as an effect of the decentralization of health care and social assistance policies in ... -
Title:Symbolic patterns of childbirth Author(s):HÄNSCH, AnjaDate:2016Citation:Bern : Peter Lang, 2016Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2000Type:BookAbstract:This study investigates long-lasting cultural constructions of childbirth. Four symbolic patterns of childbirth emerge from the analysis of a variety of texts ranging from myths, philosophy, literature and religion to ... -
Title:Policy frames on spousal migration in Germany : regulating membership, regulating the family Author(s):BLOCK, LauraDate:2016Citation:Wiesbaden : Springer, 2016, Studien zur Migrations- und IntegrationspolitikVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2012Type:BookAbstract:Laura Block asks how liberal democracies manage to restrict migration in spite of liberal constraints. She analyses the political debates surrounding spousal migration policies from 2005-2010 in Germany and reveals government ... -
Title:EU's global engagement : a database of CSDP military operations and civilian missions worldwide. Codebook Author(s):DI MAURO, Danilo; KROTZ, Ulrich; WRIGHT, KaterinaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:BookAbstract:The EU's Global Engagement database provides a comprehensive overview of EU military operations and civilian missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) from the first CSDP operation in January 2003 to ...
