Title:Muslims' Support for European Integration: The role of organizational capacities
Author(s):ELBASANI, Arolda; SAATÇIOGLU, BekenDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:What explains Islamic organizations' differing support for European integration and the democratic reforms that it entails? The question is highly relevant in the context of European Union (EU) enlargement towards ...
Title:Mutual Recognition: Comparing Policy Areas
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Based on the analysis of the different policy areas discussed in this volume, this article proposes a strategic choice argument to account for the differential outcomes in the establishing of mutual recognition and, if ...
Title:National Parties and Group Membership in the European Parliament: Ideology or pragmatism?
Author(s):BRESSANELLI, EdoardoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution investigates the factors behind political group membership in the European Parliament. In June 2009, more than 150 national parties, from the 27 member countries, joined one of the seven transnational ...
Title:The Negotiated Revolution in Hungary
Author(s):BRUSZT, LaszloDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper is an updated version of a piece that I wrote about the Hungarian regime change of 1989 with some cautious parallels to the North African regime changes. It analyses the strategies of the opponents and the ...
Title:Neue Beschäftigungsstrategien jenseits von externer und interner Flexibilisierung
Author(s):TÜNTE, Markus; APITZSCH, Birgit; SHIRE, Karen A.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Recent research about regular employment in core areas of high qualified service work in Germany yields contradictory findings about continuities and changes in employment stability. In addressing current debates about ...
Title:Neue Herausforderungen für die Kindertagesstätten: Professionalisierung des Personals in der Frühpädagogik
Author(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; ROSSBACH, Hans-GüntherDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Die meisten Experten sind sich heute weitgehend einig, dass das entscheidende Fundament für spätere erfolgreiche Bildungs- und Berufskarrieren im Lebenslauf bereits in der frühkindlichen Entwicklung gelegt wird. Qualitativ ...
Title:A new chance for Georgian democracy
Author(s):FAIRBANKS JR, Charles H.; GUGUSHVILI, AlexiDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Something amazing happened in Georgia’s 1 October 2012 parliamentary elections. The government lost and it gave up power, aside from the now-weakened presidency that it will hold for another year. A new coalition known as ...
Title:A New Elite? Politicians and Civil Servants in Scotland after Devolution
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; CAIRNEY, PaulDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:One aim of devolution in Scotland was to create a political class more representative of the country as a whole. In practice devolution has accelerated trends towards a professional background in Scottish representatives. ...
Title:The New Institutions of Transatlantic Aviation
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; KARAGIANNIS, YannisDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on the institutions of transatlantic aviation since 1945, and aims at extracting from this historical process topical policy implications. Using the methodology of an analytic narrative, we describe ...
Title:New Modes of Governance and Democratic Accountability
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; LEHMKUHL, DirkDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article raises the question of the link between new modes of governance and democratic accountability. Our definition of new modes of governance as modes refers to public policy-making that includes private actors ...
Title:New Modes of Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Self-regulation by Industry in Europe
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; ECKERT, SandraDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In technically complex areas, political actors increasingly rely on private actors to shape public policy, due to the greater expertise of private actors. This article theorises and empirically investigates the conditions ...
Title:New regionalism and regional integration: the role of national institutions
Author(s):OBYDENKOVA, AnastassiaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses, first, on the under-explored issues of new regionalism: its subnational level and transnational regional cooperation as an initial stage of new regionalism. Second, it analyses the development of new ...