Title:Self-Rated Health and Sickness-Related Absence: The Modifying Role of Civic Participation
Author(s):LANCEE, Bram; TER HOEVEN, Claartje L.Date:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this study, we examined civic participation as an effect modifier between self-rated health and absence from work. Building on the theoretical framework of social exchange, we use German data to test a conceptual model ...
Title:Online networks of the Italian and German extreme right
Author(s):CAIANI, Manuela; WAGEMANN, ClaudiusDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article applies instruments of social network analysis to a study of communication networks within the Italian and German extremist right. Web links between organizational websites are used as a proxy. Indeed, extremist ...
Title:New Modes of Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Self-Regulation by Industry in Europe
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; ECKERT, SandraDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In technically complex areas, political actors increasingly rely on private actors to shape public policy. This is due to the greater expertise of the private actors, mostly industry. This article theorizes and empirically ...
Title:The impact of inheritance on the distribution of wealth
Author(s):KOHLI, Martin; KÜNEMUND, Harald; SCHÄFER, Andrea; SCHUPP, Jurgen; VOGEL, ClaudiaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Der Beitrag stellt ausgewählte aktuelle Befunde zum Erbschafts- und Schenkungsgeschehen dar und analysiert den Einfluss von Erbschaften auf das Vermögen. Aus der Längschnittperspektive auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen ...
Title:Predispositions to discriminatory immigration policies in western Europe: an exploration of political causes
Author(s):MARTINEZ-HERRERA, Enric; MOUALHI, DjaouidaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze citizens' predispositions concerning policies of immigrant selection and models of immigrant accommodation as observed by the 2002-3 European Social Survey. We focus on some of the EU's major countries, namely: ...
