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Title: The Concept of Power: A constructivist analysis Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Rather than exploring once again what the concept of power can mean for constructivists, this article analyses what constructivism implies for doing a conceptual analysis; here, of power. It will try to show that besides ...

Title: Conceptualisation, Operationalisation, Cumulation? Exploring the Federalism variable in European politics research Author(s): TATHAM, Michael Robert Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: EN: The relevance of federalism, as an explanatory variable as well as an analytical canvas enhancing our understanding of the European Union and its member states, begs the question of defining and identifying what ...

Title: Conceptualising Democracy Within the Post-Soviet Setting: A Typology of Political Regime Forms Author(s): MOLLER, Jorgen Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Conclusion: Evaluating the Forces of Interstitial Institutional Change Author(s): FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The articles in this volume provide evidence supporting the claim that organisational actors within the EU do engage in contestation over competences over a wide variety of legislative and policy-making procedures. Far ...

Title: Confrontation Still? Examining Parties' Policy Positions in Greece Author(s): GEMENIS, Kostas; DINAS, Elias; NTINAS, Ilias Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Recent research has shown that, in several countries, the Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP) estimates of party positions do not seem to perform well in terms of face validity and reliability. A fairly typical example ...

Title: Confrontation still? Examining parties’ policy positions in Greece Author(s): GEMENIS, Kostas; DINAS, Elias Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Recent research has shown that, in several countries, the Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP) estimates of party positions do not seem to perform well in terms of face validity and reliability. A fairly typical example ...

Title: Consensus Democracy and Support for Populist Parties in Western Europe Author(s): HAKHVERDIAN, Armen; KOOP, Christel Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Inspired by a previous debate in Acta Politica between Rudy Andeweg and Arend Lijphart on the pros and cons of consensus democracy, this article explores whether support for populist parties is traceable to the institutional ...

Title: Consensus to Contestation: Reconfiguring Democratic Representation in the EU in the Light of Nineteenth-Century US Democratization Author(s): GLENCROSS, Andrew Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article explores how proposals for democratizing the European Union (EU) according to a supranational, contestational model are likely to disrupt its existing political system. The current EU is characterized by a ...

Title: Consensus to Contestation: Reconfiguring Democratic Representation in the European Union in the Light of 19th Century United States Democratization Author(s): GLENCROSS, Andrew Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article explores how proposals for democratizing the European Union (EU) according to a supranational, contestational model are likely to disrupt its existing political system. The current EU is characterized by a ...

Title: Consociationalism and Intergovernmental Relations - Linking Internal and External Power-Sharing in the Swiss Federal Polity Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: For several decades, comparative politics has treated the Swiss political system as the prime example of a power-sharing polity in which consociationalism and cooperative intergovernmental relations co-exist in a mutually ...

Title: The Constitution and Mobilisation of Political Power through Utopian Narratives in the Arctic Author(s): DAHL, Justiina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Since the fifteenth century, a series of similar utopian discourses, understood as the expressions of social, technical and material desires for the unknown, have surrounded the European, Russian, and later the North ...

Title: Contagious Parties: Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Impact on Other Parties’ Immigration Stances in Contemporary Western Europe Author(s): VAN SPANJE, Joost Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Anti-immigration parties have experienced electoral lift-off in most Western democracies, although the consequences of their victories for real-life policy outcomes have remained largely unexplored. A key question is: do ...

Title: Contestare le politiche europee senza essere (apertamente) euroscettici? La comunicazione politica delle associazioni ATTAC sull’integrazione europea Author(s): PETITHOMME, Mathieu Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article uses claims-making analysis to delineate the main features of the political communication of four Attac associations in France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Attac associations are more prompt to address demands ...

Title: Contested competences in Europe: incomplete contracts and interstitial institutional change Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne; BOUWEN, Pieter; FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne; JUPILLE, Joseph; SORIANO, Leonor Moral; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik; MOURY, Catherine; CAPORASO, James A. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Contested competences in the European Union Author(s): FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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: Contested Delegation: The Impact of Co-decision on Comitology Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article shows 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. It also shows that the tendency ...

Title: Contesting Ethnic Immigration: Germany and Israel Compared Author(s): JOPPKE, Christian; ROSENHEK, Zeev Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: After World War 11, Israel and Germany adopted curiously similar policies of ethnic immigration, accepting as immigrants only putative co-ethnics. The objective of this article is to account for the main variation between ...

Title: Context, Experience, Expectation, and Action — Towards an empirically grounded, general model for analyzing biographical uncertainty Author(s): REITER, Herwig Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The article proposes a general, empirically grounded model for analyzing biographical uncertainty. The model is based on findings from a qualitative-explorative study of transforming meanings of unemployment among young ...

Title: 'Contro la guerra senza se né ma': le proteste contro la guerra in Irak Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; DIANI, Mario Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Converging Divergence: How Competitive Advantages Condition Institutional Change Under EMU Author(s): HERRMANN, Andrea Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article

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