Title:Basque Militant Youths in France: New Experiences of Ethnonational Identity in the European Context
Author(s):BRAY, ZoeDate:2006-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 'ethnonational identity' of young French Basques in France is analyzed in the context of European integration, and compared with the situation in the Spanish Basque Country. Due to the French state's refusal to recognize ...
Title:Begrenzte Wahl: Gelegenheitsstrukturen und Erwerbsmuster in Paarhaushalten im europäischen Vergleich
Author(s):STEIBER, Nadia; HAAS, BarbaraDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates employment patterns in couple households - and in particular their variability according to the presence and age of children. The aim of the comparative analysis of ten European countries, using ...
Title:Between Ambitions and Financial Constraints: The Reform of the German Armed Forces
Author(s):BREUER, FabianDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:After the end of the Cold War and unification, Germany's role in the international system underwent a fundamental change. The so-called Berlin Republic developed a new strategic culture, relaxed its stance on the use of ...
Title:Beyond cosmopolitanism: towards a non-ideal account of transnational justice
Author(s):CHWASZCZA, ChristineDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Cosmopolitanism in normative theory of transnational justice is often characterized by the thesis that the moral and legal status of states must be entirely derived from the moral status of the individuals who constitute ...
Title:Big Expectations, Small Outcomes: The Impact of Leaders' Personal Appeal in the 2004 Greek Election
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 2004 Greek election provides an interesting case study for examining the impact of party leaders on the vote. A change in governing party leadership a few months before polling day had two important implications. First, ...
Title:Big Expectations, Small Outcomes: The impact of leaders’ personal appeal in the 2004 Greek election
Author(s):DINAS, EliasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The 2004 Greek election provides an interesting case study for examining the impact of party leaders on the vote. A change in governing party leadership a few months before polling day had two important implications. First, ...
Title:Boundaries and Birthright: Bosniak's and Shachar's critiques of liberal citizenship
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This review essay argues that citizenship in contemporary states exposed to migration should be understood and evaluated as membership in territorially bounded and intergenerational political communities that are no longer ...
Title:Breakthroughs in Faith
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Across the globe, a new form of religiosity is transforming the spiritual and secular landscape. Evangelical Christianity, Islamic fundamentalism, and many other modern religions, Olivier Roy argues, are no longer tied to ...
Title:Bringing the Bureaucrats Back In: Neoliberal tax reform in New Zealand
Author(s):CHRISTENSEN, JohanDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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, AlkuinDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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, JohanDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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, TillDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 ...