Title:Culture-led Strategies for Urban Regeneration: A Comparative Perspective on Bilbao
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; DE FRANTZ, MonikaDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Culture is used as a development strategy in many European cities, a means to attract capital, to improve the image of the city, and to promote unity and cooperation. Like other strategies, it has winners and losers and, ...
Title:Da Benedetto a Francesco : il Vaticano e la nuova "translatio imperii"
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Negli anni di Benedetto XVI, la chiesa ha continuato ad adattarsi ai cam¬biamenti internazionali in modo molto graduale. Si è riconosciuta sem¬pre più “globale” ma ha faticato a modernizzare la sua governance. Si è concentrata ...
Title:Debating the Sources and Prospects of European Integration
Author(s):KROTZ, Ulrich; MAHER, Richard; MCCOURT, David M.; GLENCROSS, Andrew; RIPSMAN, Norrin M.; SHEETZ, Mark S.; HAINE, Jean-Yves; ROSATO, SebastianDate:2012Type of Publication:Article
Title:Decentralising the Active Welfare State: The relevance of intergovernmental structures in Italy and Spain
Author(s):LÓPEZ-SANTANA, Mariely; MOYER, RossellaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article contributes to the literatures on the governance of activation and the territorial structure of the welfare state by drawing attention to the institutional designs of active welfare states and the architectures ...
Title:Deliberation in Movement: Why and How to Study Deliberative Democracy and Social Movements
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this contribution, I suggest that some emerging developments in social movements can be usefully discussed in the light of the growing literature on deliberative democracy and, moreover, that reflections on social ...
Title:Deliberative Discussion, Language, and Efficiency in the World Social Forum Process
Author(s):DÖRR, NicoleDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The World Social Forum (WSF) and European Social Forum (ESF) processes represent a new platform for experimenting with multilingual practices of deliberative talk. Activists come together in meetings that take place at the ...
Title:Democracy Promotion through Functional Cooperation? The case of the European neighbourhood policy
Author(s):FREYBURG, Tina; LAVENEX, Sandra; SCHIMMELFENNIG, Frank; SKRIPKA, Tatiana; WETZEL, AnneDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution explores whether and under what conditions functional sectoral cooperation between the EU and the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) promotes democratic governance. In an analysis of ...
Title:Democratic Convergence and Free Trade
Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1998Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Even if a democracy were more likely to pursue free trade than an autocracy (an unproven generalization), the simultaneous spread of democracy in the world would not necessarily yield a reduction in protection, but might ...
Title:Democrazia: sfide e opportunità
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article reports the opening keynote speech (prolusione) at the Annual Congress of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica in 2009. It discusses recent challenges and opportunities for democracy, stressing that the ...
Title:Des effets de l’ethnocentrisme sur les politiques redistributives
Author(s):GUIRAUDON, VirginieDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Ce commentaire sur l’article de John Roemer et Karine Van der Straeten « Politiques sociales et immigration en France : une analyse des opinions et des comportements électoraux » souligne les apports de l’article en le ...
Title:Desperately Seeking A Solution: Social Democracy, Thatcherism and the 'Third Way' in British Welfare
Author(s):RHODES, MartinDate:2000Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:New Labour's 'Third Way' and its innovations in employment and social policy can only be understood against the background of welfare state construction in Britain, the problems faced by all post-war governments in welfare ...
Title:Desperately Seeking Politics: Political attitudes of participants in three demonstrations for worker's rights in Italy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; REITER, HerbertDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Social conflicts tend to take different forms. This article compares three demonstrations on issues of social justice in Italy: a traditional Labor Day demonstration, a march supporting a general strike called by the largest ...
Title:Devolution and public policy: a comparative perspective
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; MCEWEN, Nicola; LOSADA, Antón; MÁIZ, Ramón; WINCOTT, Daniel; SUBIRATS, Joan; RYNCK, Stefaan De; GREER, Scott L.; MORENO, Luis; TRELLES, CarlosDate:2005Type of Publication:Article