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Title: 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: Everyone’s a winner (almost) : bargaining success in the Council of Ministers of the European Union Author(s): CROSS, James P. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper examines member state bargaining success in legislative negotiations in the European Union. Bargaining success is thought to be determined by factors attributable to intervention behaviour, relative policy ...

Title: The Evolution of the UK Political System in the First Decade of the New Millennium: Comparative and temporal perspectives Author(s): TATHAM, Michael Robert Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This chapter seeks to evaluate the extent to which the UK political system has evolved since the double turning point of 1997 and 2001. Labour, under Blair and Brown, has ruled Britain for longer than any non-Conservative ...

Title: Expansion of the Tertiary Sector and Social-Inequality - Is There A New Service Proletariat Emerging in the Federal-Republic-Of-Germany Author(s): BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; MAYER, K. U. Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper demonstrates that unskilled service occupations have not become increasingly important as Germany moved towards a post-industrial society. In Germany, unskilled service jobs are neither stopgap jobs for the ...

Title: Experience versus Perception of Corruption: Russia as a test case Author(s): ROSE, Richard; MISHLER, William Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Corruption is important because it undermines bureaucratic predictability and is a potential threat to support for a political regime. The perception of corruption is the most commonly used measure of the actual incidence ...

Title: Experimenting with scale : changes in the units of production, culture and governance in Western Europe Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 1983 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Expertise publique sous influence? Rapports publics français et québécois relatifs à l'expression religieuse dans les institutions publiques Author(s): KOUSSENS, David Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: À partir d'une modélisation abstraite des types de neutralité décelables dans la gouvernance publique, cet article propose une analyse des postures de neutralité que l'on peut retracer dans les rapports publics français ...

Title: Explaining Monoculturalism: Beyond Gellner's Theory of Nationalism Author(s): TAMBINI, Damian Angelo Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: For Ernest Gellner, nationalism occurs in the modern period because industrial societies, unlike agrarian ones, need homogeneous languages and cultures in order to work efficiently. Thus, states and intellectuals mobilize ...

Title: Explaining Pathways to Armed Activism in the Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1969–1972 Author(s): BOSI, Lorenzo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In this article three pathways into armed activism are identified among those who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1972. The accounts of former volunteers generally ...

Title: Explaining the Accountability of Independent Agencies: The Importance of Political Salience Author(s): KOOP, Christel Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Independent agencies are exempted from the accountability mechanisms inherent in the ministerial hierarchy. To compensate for this, politicians incorporate all kinds of information and reporting requirements into the ...

Title: Explaining the De Facto Independence of Public Broadcasters Author(s): HANRETTY, Chris Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Institutions operating beyond direct control of government, such as central banks, constitutional Courts and public broadcasters, enjoy guarantees of de jure independence, but de jure independence is no guarantee of de ...

Title: Explaining the Emergence Process of the Civil Rights Protest in Northern Ireland (1945-1968): Insights from a relational social movement approach Author(s): BOSI, Lorenzo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article explains how the contingent of complex interactions among pre-existing structural settings, institutional constraints, processes of regional and international transformative events, and uniquely combined ...

Title: Explaining Trends and Patterns of Immigrants' Partner Choice in Britain Author(s): MUTTARAK, Raya Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Based on the 1988-2006 General Household Survey (N=121,934), this paper investigates trends and patterns of partnership formation of immigrants in Britain and explains underlying factors influencing partner choice. The key ...

Title: Explaining Trends and Patterns of Immigrants’ Partner Choice in Britain Author(s): MUTTARAK, Raya Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Based on the 1988-2006 General Household Survey (N=121,934), this paper investigates trends and patterns of partnership formation of immigrants in Britain and explains underlying factors influencing partner choice. The key ...

Title: The External Dimension of Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Hijacker or Hostage of Cross-pillarisation? Author(s): PAWLAK, Patryk Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The objective of this article is to investigate the issue of cross-pillarization in the context of the growing interconnection between the EU Justice and Home Affairs and other policies. At the conceptual level, the article ...

Title: Faccionalismo e integración vertical en contextos multinivel. El caso del Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV). Author(s): GOMEZ MARTINEZ, Raul; PEREZ-NIEVAS, Santiago Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The determinants of the distinct levels of party vertical integration and their influence on internal factions’ strategies have been certainly understudied so far, and those few works attempting to do it have focused on ...

Title: Facts and Fictions about an Aging America Author(s): ROWE, J. W.; [et al.] Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Falling at the Bottom: Unskilled jobs at entry in the Labour Market in Spain over time and in a comparative perspective Author(s): BERNARDI, Fabrizio; MARTÍNEZ-PASTOR, Juan-Ignacio Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyses the risk of occupying an unskilled job for young people in Spain over the last 30 years. In order to study change over time, all of the quarters of the Spanish Labor Force Survey have been used, from ...

Title: Familienpolitik als Lebenslauf- und Generationenpolitik Author(s): KOHLI, Martin Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families Author(s): DRONKERS, Jaap; PONG, Suet-ling; HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, Gillian Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New Zealand rank last among ...

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