Title:Globalizations and Democracy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Globalization has been seen as a factor in increasing democratization, but also as one of the main challenges to democracy. The term globalization has been used to indicate various and heterogeneous types of phenomena, all ...
Title:¿Gobernar el vacío?
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:El vaciamiento de las democracias a medida que las elites dominantes se retiran y los votantes se abstienen de la política electoral de masas. Peter Mair analiza las paradojas del triunfo de la «tercera vía» y la emergencia ...
Title:Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union
Author(s):TATHAM, Michael RobertDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article seeks to map out routes of direct regional interest representation in the European Union. It identifies six main opportunity structures available to regions: the Committee of the Regions, the Council of ...
Title:Going, Going, ...Gone? The Decline of Party Membership in Contemporary Europe
Author(s):VAN BIEZEN, Ingrid; MAIR, Peter; POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article offers an overview of levels of party membership in European democracies at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and looks also at changes in these levels over time, comparing party membership ...
Title:Good Governance via the OMC? The cases of Employment and Social Inclusion
Author(s):DE LA PORTE, CarolineDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on how the EU, via the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), governs the employment and social inclusion policies of the EU Member States. It derives three operational governance principles – Participation, ...
Title:Gouvernement Représentatif v. Gouvernement Responsable
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:L’environnement dans lequel les partis agissent dans les démocraties contemporaines, et les circonstances changeantes dans lesquelles les gouvernements gouvernent aujourd’hui ont entrainé un élargissement du fossé traditionnel ...
Title:Greece - the Others Within
Author(s):MIKRAKIS, Andonis; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, AnnaDate:1994Type of Publication:Article
Title:The Greek General Election of 2007: You Cannot Lose If Your Opponent Cannot Win
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In a question posed to the New Democracy leader, Costas Karamanlis, during the debate about how to become a Prime Minister, the leader of the extreme-right party, Popular Orthodox Rally (Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos, LAOS), ...
Title:The Greek General Election of 2009: PASOK - The Third Generation
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Although Greece is not a Constitutional Monarchy, historians of the
future would probably benefit from the terminology used in this type of
state in order to describe Greek politics of the last half century: ‘After ...
Title:Guest Editorial: Processes of radicalization and de-radicalization
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; LAFREE, GaryDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:The study of radicalization and de-radicalization, understood as processes leading towards the increased or decreased use of political violence, is central to the question of how political violence emerges, how it can be ...
Title:Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century?
Author(s):DRONKERS, JaapDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late 19th century. The aim of ...