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Title: Bringing the Bureaucrats Back In: Neoliberal tax reform in New Zealand Author(s): CHRISTENSEN, Johan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: New Zealand moved further in neo-liberal tax reform than most other advanced economies over the last three decades. The article investigates this extreme case to address the question of what explains major neo-liberal ...

Title: Bringing Together Or Driving Apart the Union? Towards A Theory of Differentiated Integration Author(s): KOLLIKER, Alkuin Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This contribution develops a theory of the impact of differentiation on integration and unity among EU member states and discusses empirical evidence from four policy areas. According to the theory, the centripetal effects ...

Title: Bureaucracies, Neoliberal Ideas, and Tax Reform in New Zealand and Ireland Author(s): CHRISTENSEN, Johan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Why did New Zealand adopt one of the most neoliberal tax systems in the world, whereas Ireland pursued a heterodox tax policy of low rates, deep deductions, and distortionary tax incentives? The diverging tax policy ...

Title: Campaign Effects and Second-Order Cycles - A Top-Down Approach to European Parliament Elections Author(s): WEBER, Till Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Second-order elections theory explains cyclical losses by national government parties in elections to the European Parliament (EP) through strategic protest voting owing to performance deficits in policy- making. This paper ...

Title: Capital Mobility and the Origins of Stock Markets Author(s): VERDIER, Daniel Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: I illustrate the accepted, though hardly researched. idea that political institutions play a role in locking in factor specificity across sectors, space, and borders. I use the emergence of modern capital markets in the ...

Title: Capital Unbound? the Transformation of European Corporate Governance Author(s): RHODES, Martin; VAN APELDOORN, Bastiaan Date: 1998 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article represents a first attempt to analyse the forces at work in the transformation of European corporate space, at both the national and supranational levels. In doing so, it consciously combines a comparative ...

Title: Capitale sociale, opinioni sul governo e corruzione politica Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Capitalist Divergence and Labour Market Flexibility in the Czech Republic and Hungary: A Comparative Analysis of Standard and Non-Standard Employment Author(s): KEUNE, Maarten Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The article presents a comparative analysis of standard and non-standard employment (part-time employment, fixed-term employment, self-employment and employment without a contract) in the Czech Republic and Hungary. It ...

Title: The Cartel Party Thesis: A Restatement Author(s): MAIR, Peter; KATZ, Richard S. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: We restate and clarify the idea of the “cartel party,” a concept that has found considerable traction in studies of parties throughout the democratic world, including those far from the original research site and data on ...

Title: Causes and Consequences of Divorce: Cross-national and Cohort Differences, an Introduction to this Special Issue Author(s): DRONKERS, Jaap; KALMIJN, Matthijs; WAGNER, Michael Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The Challenge to Party Government Author(s): MAIR, Peter Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: At a time when the literature on political parties is brimming with health and vitality, the parties themselves seem to be experiencing potentially severe legitimacy problems and to be suffering from a quite massive ...

Title: Challenges to the Practice and Theory of Public Administration in Europe Author(s): BRANS, Marleen Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Over the past two decades the practice of public administration has moped away from a monocentric understanding of the nature of policy-making and implementation towards a pluricentric one. Since the European Union conforms ...

Title: Challenging the Commission's right of initiative? Conditions for institutional change and stability Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article examines the conditions under which informal institutional change between EU Treaties becomes formalised in subsequent Treaties. Recent developments in institutional theory show how formal rule changes often ...

Title: Challenging the Commission’s Right of Initiative? Conditions for institutional change and stability Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article examines the conditions under which informal institutional change between EU Treaties becomes formalised in subsequent Treaties. Recent developments in institutional theory show how formal rule changes often ...

Title: Chancen für die Forschung durch interdisziplinäre Netzwerkbildung. Das Beispiel des Nationalen Bildungspanels Author(s): VON MAURICE, Jutta; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Change in European Societies since the 1970s Author(s): CROUCH, Colin Date: 2008-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Sociology lags considerably behind political science in its comparative research on European societies, but enough material now exists to enable us to talk broadly about the major changes that have taken place since the ...

Title: Changes in Educational Careers in the Federal-Republic-Of-Germany Author(s): BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter Date: 1990 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Changes in the Economy, the Labor Market, and Expectations for the Future: What might Europe and the United States look like in twenty-five years? Author(s): BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In times of globalization, modern societies' labor markets have been marked by an increasing segmentation and growing social inequality. Youths in particular have experienced a worsening of their employment chances in the ...

Title: Chernobyl and the Swedish Energy-Policy Author(s): JAHN, Detlef Date: 1988 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Child Care and Feminism in West Germany and Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s Author(s): NAUMANN, Ingela Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Feminist welfare-state research has repeatedly pointed to the link between women's social rights and the extent to which they are freed from family obligations. Thus the availability of sufficient extra-familial child care ...

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