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 European Union and Global Financial Harmonisation
Author(s):QUAGLIA, LuciaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:This research examines the influence of the European Union (EU) in international financial harmonisation over the last two decades. It asks why the EU ‘uploads’ international financial regulation in some (few) cases, ...
Title:Bini Smaghi vs. the Parties: Representative government and institutional constraints
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Although it is generally seen as desirable that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now in increasing tension with one another. Prudence and consistency in government, ...
Title:Coping with Insecurity in Fragile Situations
Author(s):VENNESSON, Pascal; BÜGER, ChristianDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In this paper, we explore the security dimension of development in fragile situations, and address how the EU can better focus on the security dimension of its policies to-wards countries facing fragility. We stress ...
Title:A la carte: Ukrainian positions on free trade with the EU
Author(s):LANGBEIN, JuliaDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Ukraine is negotiating with the EU on a comprehensive free-trade agreement. The east European country is to adopt the regulations of the EU internal market; in exchange, trade barriers such as tariffs will be dismantled. ...
Title:Migration and citizenship attribution: politics and policies in Western Europe
Author(s):HONOHAN, Iseult; KOSTAKOPOULOU, Dora; BAUBOCK, Rainer; VINK, Maarten; GROOT, Gerard-Rene de; HOWARD, Marc Morje; GOODMAN, Sara Wallace; ERSANILLI, Evelyn; KOOPMANS, Ruud; HELBLING, MarcDate:2010Type of Publication:Article
Title:Contested Delegation: The Impact of Codecision on Comitology
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, CatherineDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In this article, we show that, for the area of environmental policy, the Commission and the Council have been more willing to rely on extensive delegation after the introduction of co-decision. We also show that the tendency ...
Title:Small States – Big Negotiations Decision-Making Rules and Small State Influence in EU Treaty Negotiations
Author(s):LEHTONEN, TiiaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This study examines the impact of the decision-making rules, procedures and practices of the European Union on the ability of small Member States to influence Treaty negotiation outcomes, and assesses the causality of ...
Title:Does cross-border cooperation empower European regions? The case of INTERREG III-A France - Spain
Author(s):HARGUINDEGUY, Jean-Baptiste; BRAY, ZoeDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we investigate the impact of the implementation of EU programmes on substate actors, and more specifically regional ones. We focus on the case of the INTERREG crossborder initiative in France and Spain between ...
Title:European polity: layers of legitimacy
Author(s):TAMVAKI, Dionysia D.Date:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Transferring the legitimacy or illegitimacy debate away from national discourse to the supranational agenda of the European Union (EU) requires a theoretical re-invention of legitimacy so that it meets the normative standards ...
Title:The contentious politics of European unemployment
Author(s):GIUGNI, Marco; CINALLI, Manlio; FÜGLISTER, Katharina; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; CHABANET, Didier; BAGLIONI, Simone; BAUMGARTEN, Britta; LAHUSEN, ChristianDate:2008Type of Publication:Article
Title:Southern European Environmental Movements in Comparative Perspective
Author(s):KOUSIS, Maria; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; JIMENEZ, ManuelDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Differential national responses to the European Union's environmental policy have led to the idea that two worlds of environmentalism exist in Europe. In its harsh version, Europe is divided into North and South, with the ...
Title:Contested competences in the European Union
Author(s):FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we set out an approach to European Union politics that seeks to explain its development using theories of institutional change. In contrast to dominant theories which assume that the Treaties, the governing ...
Title:European Worldviews: Ideas and the European Union in World Politics
Author(s):VENNESSON, PascalDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In international politics, what do the leaders of the European Union (EU) want? How do they understand international relations and how do they see the EU in world politics? The goal of this paper is to provide an introduction ...