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 ...
Title:Higher education in Scotland and England after devolution
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The twentieth century saw a convergence of the Scottish and English systems of higher education. Since devolution in 1999 there has been divergence. English policy is based on differentiation and competition, while Scotland ...
Title:How (Il)liberal is the liberal theory of law? Some critical remarks on slaughter's approach
Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the limits of Anne-Marie Slaughter's liberal theory of (international) law. Despite her admirable interdisciplinary work, Slaughter falls prey to proposing largely technical solutions based on best ...
Title:How (Il)liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach
Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the limits of Anne-Marie Slaughter's liberal theory of (international) law. Despite her admirable interdisciplinary work, Slaughter falls prey to proposing largely technical solutions based on best ...
Title:How Immigration is Changing Citizenship: A Comparative View
Author(s):JOPPKE, ChristianDate:1999Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article compares the impact of post-war immigration on citizenship in three Western states: the United States, Germany and Great Britain. While focusing on national variations in the immigration-citizenship relationship, ...
Title:How Institutions Evolve: Evolutionary theory and institutional change
Author(s):LEWIS, Orion A.; STEINMO, SvenDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article argues that questions of gradual institutional change can be understood as an evolutionary process that can be explained through the careful application of “generalized Darwinism.” We argue that humans' advanced ...
Title:How New Enlarged Borders Will Reshape the European Union
Author(s):ZIELONKA, JanDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Debate about the final destination of European integration is again in vogue and it is largely state-centric. The future EU is usually seen as a new type of Westphalian (federal) state with a central government in charge ...
Title:How to Lose A Majority: the Competition in Single-Member Districts
Author(s):D'ALIMONTE, Roberto; BARTOLINI, StefanoDate:1998Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Few observers expected that the 1966 elections in Italy would yield a clear-cut outcome. Even fewer people expected that, after the disastrous results of the previous elections, the centre-left coalition would be able to ...
Title:Human Rights in a Global Ecumene
Author(s):REUS-SMIT, ChristianDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:How should we understand the cultural politics that has surrounded the development of international human rights? Two perspectives frame contemporary debate. For ‘cultural particularists’, human rights are western artefacts; ...