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Title:Da Benedetto a Francesco : il Vaticano e la nuova "translatio imperii" Author(s):FERRARA, Pasquale

Date:2013Citation:Aspenia, 2013, No. 60, pp. 30-39Type:ArticleAbstract:Negli anni di Benedetto XVI, la chiesa ha continuato ad adattarsi ai cambiamenti internazionali in modo molto graduale. Si è riconosciuta sempre più “globale” ma ha faticato a modernizzare la sua governance. Si è concentrata ...

Title:Death spiral of European offset? Author(s):ANICETTI, Jonata

; MATTHEWS, RonDate:2020Citation:Defense & security analysis, 2020, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 453-454Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper is concerned with evaluating the impact of the Procurement Directive, 2009/81/EC, on defence offset in Europe. The aim of the Directive was to reduce the extent of Article 346 derogations based on offset. Indirect ...

Title:Debating the EU's raison d'être : on the relation between legitimacy and justice Author(s):SANGIOVANNI, Andrea

Date:2019Citation:JCMS-Journal of common market studies, 2019, Vol. 57, No. 1, (SI), pp. 13-27Type:ArticleAbstract:Since the eurozone, refugee and Brexit crises, it has become evident that the EU contributes to divergence among member states and inequality within them. It is also evident that the days of permissive consensus, integration ...

Title:Debating the Sources and Prospects of European Integration Author(s):KROTZ, Ulrich

; MAHER, Richard

; MCCOURT, David; GLENCROSS, Andrew; RIPSMAN, Norrin M.; SHEETZ, Mark S.; HAINE, Jean-Yves; ROSATO, SebastianDate:2012Citation:International Security, 2012, 37, 1, 178-199Type:Article

Title:Decentralising the Active Welfare State: The relevance of intergovernmental structures in Italy and Spain Author(s):LÓPEZ-SANTANA, Mariely; MOYER, RossellaDate:2012Citation:Journal of Social Policy, 2012, 41, 4, 769-788Type:ArticleAbstract:This article contributes to the literatures on the governance of activation and the territorial structure of the welfare state by drawing attention to the institutional designs of active welfare states and the architectures ...

Title:Declining Homogamy of Austrian-German Nobility in the 20th Century? A Comparison with the Dutch Nobility Author(s):DRONKERS, JaapDate:2008Citation:Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung, 2008, 33, 2, 262-284Type:Article

Title:Defending the European Court of Human Rights : experimental evidence from Britain Author(s):DINAS, Elias

; GONZALEZ-OCANTOS, EzequielDate:2021Citation:European journal of political research, 2021, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 397-417Type:ArticleAbstract:As nationalist sentiments gain traction globally, the attitudinal and institutional foundations of the international liberal order face new challenges. One manifestation of this trend is the growing backlash against ...

Title:Definancialization, financial repression and policy continuity in East-Central Europe Author(s):BOHLE, Dorothee

; BAN, CornelDate:2021Citation:Review of international political economy, 2021, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 874-897Type:ArticleAbstract:The Great Financial Crisis ushered unorthodox financial policies that would have been unfathomable before 2008. Perhaps unexpectedly, some of the boldest measures on this unorthodox spectrum were adopted in semi-peripheral ...

Title:Defining and classifying technocrat-led and technocratic governments Author(s):MCDONNELL, Duncan; VALBRUZZI, Marco

Date:2014Citation:European Journal of Political Research, 2014, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 654-671Type:ArticleAbstract:Governments led by technocrats remain a nebulous category in political science literature, with little clarity about how they differ from party governments, how many have existed and how we can differentiate between them. ...

Title:Defining, explaining and, then, exploiting the elusive concept of 'governance' Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.

Date:2019Citation:Fudan journal of the humanities and social sciences, 2019, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 547-567Type:ArticleAbstract:The concept of "governance" has become omnipresent in the lexicon of politics and political science. It has very quickly acquired many different meanings, but its most important property seems to be its capacity to serve ...

Title:Deliberation in Movement: Why and How to Study Deliberative Democracy and Social Movements Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella

Date:2005Citation:Acta Politica, 2005, 40, 3, 336-350Type:ArticleAbstract:In this contribution, I suggest that some emerging developments in social movements can be usefully discussed in the light of the growing literature on deliberative democracy and, moreover, that reflections on social ...

Title:Deliberative Discussion, Language, and Efficiency in the World Social Forum Process Author(s):DÖRR, NicoleDate:2008Citation:Mobilization, 2008, 13, 4, 395-410Type:ArticleAbstract:The World Social Forum (WSF) and European Social Forum (ESF) processes represent a new platform for experimenting with multilingual practices of deliberative talk. Activists come together in meetings that take place at the ...

Title:Democracy in Europe and Europe's Democratization Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.

Date:2003Citation:Journal of Democracy, 2003, 14, 4, 71-85Type:Article

Title:Democracy Promotion through Functional Cooperation? The case of the European neighbourhood policy Author(s):FREYBURG, Tina; LAVENEX, Sandra; SCHIMMELFENNIG, Frank

; SKRIPKA, Tatiana; WETZEL, AnneDate:2011Citation:Democratization, 2011, 18, 4, 1026-1054Type:ArticleAbstract:This contribution explores whether and under what conditions functional sectoral cooperation between the EU and the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) promotes democratic governance. In an analysis of ...

Title:Democracy, urbanization, and tax revenue Author(s):ANDERSSON, Per F.

Date:2018Citation:Studies in comparative international development, 2018, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 111-150Type:ArticleAbstract:During the last two centuries, taxation has not only increased dramatically in level and volume; its structure has also changed: from a heavy reliance on customs revenue in the early nineteenth century to a stronger emphasis ...

Title:Democratic Convergence and Free Trade Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1998Citation:International Studies Quarterly, 1998, 42, 1, 1-24Version:http://hdl.handle.net/1814/272Type:ArticleAbstract:Even if a democracy were more likely to pursue free trade than an autocracy (an unproven generalization), the simultaneous spread of democracy in the world would not necessarily yield a reduction in protection, but might ...

Title:Democratic deficits in Europe : the overlooked exclusiveness of nation-states and the positive role of the European Union Author(s):BLATTER, Joachim; SCHMID, Samuel D.

; BLÄTTLER, Andrea C.Date:2017Citation:Journal of common market studies, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 449–467Type:ArticleAbstract:With the help of the Immigrant Inclusion Index (IMIX), a quantitative tool for measuring the electoral inclusion of immigrants, we demonstrate that European democracies are much more exclusive than they should be. All ...

Title:Democratic legitimacy : is there a legitimacy crisis in contemporary politics? Author(s):KRIESI, Hanspeter

Date:2013Citation:Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2013, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 609-638Type:ArticleAbstract:Against the background of a renewed debate about democratic legitimacy, this essay discusses its conceptualization, its development over time and space, as well as its driving forces. The conceptual discussion leads to a ...

Title:Democratic-theory and individual autonomy : an interpretation of Schumpeter doctrine of democracy Author(s):SANTORO, EmilioDate:1993Citation:European journal of political research, 1993, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 121-143Type:ArticleAbstract:Schumpeter argued that the norms of what he called the 'classical' theory were unrealisable within modern societies and offered what he believed to be a more realistic alternative. However, his critics accuse him of confusing ...