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Title: Policy Convergence and Divergence in Scotland under Devolution Author(s): KEATING, Michael Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The scope for divergence of public policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK is constrained by institutional, political and contextual factors. The policy capacity of the Scottish Executive is limited but increasing. ...

Title: Policy Framing in the European Union Author(s): DAVITER, Falk Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Abstract Policy framing research addresses the role of political issue definitions in the policy-making process. This research article first offers an introduction to this field and argues that the policy framing perspective ...

Title: Policy, Ideology, and Party Distance - Analysis of Election Programs in 19 Democracies Author(s): BUDGE, Ian; LAVER, Michael Date: 1986 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Policy-Making By Subterfuge: Interest Accommodation, Innovation and Substitute Democratic Legitimation in Europe - Perspectives From Distinctive Policy Areas Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The institutional context of European policy-making, its redistributive content, sheer scope, and the need to accommodate diverse, and often conflicting, interests and goals, together tend to have a stalling effect on the ...

Title: Policymaking without policy choice: the rise of private health insurance in Denmark Author(s): OLESEN, Jeppe Dørup Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Policymaking and policy outcomes are not necessarily the result of a carefully designed process but can result from intertwined political and institutional dynamics that are often difficult to predict from the outset. This ...

Title: Political Allegiance and European Integration Author(s): VAN KERSBERGEN, Kees Date: 2000 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Under what conditions and to what extent do national publics come to accept the increasing efforts of state elites to build new political institutions that transcend the constitutional frontiers of the nation-state and ...

Title: Political decision-making in the Portuguese New State (1933-39): The dictator, the council of ministers and the inner-circle Author(s): RAIMUNDO, Filipa; ESTÊVÃO, Nuno; DE CARVALHO, Rita Almeida Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article seeks to contribute to the study of political centralisation in Portugal under Salazar, focusing on the council of ministers and its decision-making role and exploring the links between the dictator and his ...

Title: Political Distrust and Social Capital in Europe and the USA Author(s): SCHYNS, Peggy; KOOP, Christel Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Levels of rising political distrust in the USA and parts of Europe attracted political scientists' attention in the 1990s, and urged them to look at possible consequences of this phenomenon for the functioning of democracies ...

Title: Political Economy of Old-age Pension Reforms in Georgia Author(s): GUGUSHVILI, Alexi Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The paper examines the factors that played a major role in development of the old-age pension system in Georgia. Based on data collected from 1991-2009, this analysis centers on the system’s patterns of development and ...

Title: The Political Economy of Pension Reforms in Croatia: 1991-2006 Author(s): GUARDIANCICH, Igor Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Online at: http://www.ijf.hr/eng/FTP/2007/2/guardiancich.pdf

Title: Political Exchange and Bargaining Reform in Italy and Spain Author(s): MOLINA ROMO, Oscar Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Wage bargaining structures in Italy and Spain changed significantly in the 1990s. This is usually seen as an employer-led response to exogenous pressures such as the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). This article shows ...

Title: The Political Form of Europe – Europe as a Political Form Author(s): WAGNER, Peter Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: European integration needs to be analyzed in terms that address the normative self-understanding of the emerging polity or, in other words, the self-understanding of European modernity. While it is often argued that such ...

Title: Political Instructors and the Decline of Communism in Hungary - Apparatus, Nomenclatura and the Issue of Legacy Author(s): SZAKOLCZAI, Arpad; HORVATH, Agnes Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Political Membership in the Contractarian Defense of Cosmopolitanism Author(s): YPI, Lea Leman Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article assesses the recent use of contractarian strategies for the justification of cosmopolitan distributive principles. It deals in particular with the cosmopolitan critique of political membership and tries to ...

Title: Political Opposition and the European Union Author(s): MAIR, Peter Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper applies categories developed in the classic literature on political opposition to the developing European Union. It is clear that the EU has never developed the third great milestone identified by Dahl in his ...

Title: Political opposition and the European Union (the government and opposition/Leonard Schapiro memorial lecture, 2006) Author(s): MAIR, Peter Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Political Parties and Corruption in Portugal Author(s): DE SOUSA, Luís Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Portugal is often considered an example of successful democratic consolidation. Yet it has not been exempt from corruption scandals. By the mid-1990s, transparency and the moralisation of political life had come to dominate ...

Title: Political Parties and Corruption: Ten Hypotheses on Five Vicious Circles Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Political representation and government in the European Union Author(s): MAIR, Peter; THOMASSEN, Jacques Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper addresses two particular aspects of the much debated democratic deficit in European Union (EU) governance - the absence of a system of party government at the European level, whereby parties in the Parliament ...

Title: Political Representation and Its Mechanisms: A Dynamic Left-Right Approach for the United Kingdom, 1976-2006 Author(s): HAKHVERDIAN, Armen Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Some scholars use the 'dynamic representation' approach to test how much current policy changes reflect past public preferences. This article tests hypotheses derived from this approach in a left-right context for the ...

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