Title:Dismantling Public Policy: Preferences, strategies, and effects
Author(s):BAUER, Michael W.; JORDAN, Andrew; GREEN-PEDERSEN, Christoffer; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Policy dismantling is a distinctive form of policy change, which involves the cutting, reduction, diminution or complete removal of existing policies. The perceived need to dismantle existing policies normally acquires ...
Title:Do all Good Things Go Together? Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion
Author(s):FREYBURG, Tina; GRIMM, Sonja; LEININGER, JuliaDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The promotion of democracy in post-conflict or transition countries often does not prove to be successful. Trying to achieve peace, security, prosperity and other desirable goals at the same time often leads to conflicting ...
Title:Doing Succession in Europe. Generational Transfers in Family Businesses in Comparative Perspective
Author(s):STAMM, Isabell; BREITSCHMID, Peter; KOHLI, MartinDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Family enterprises make up the majority of all businesses across Western Europe. Nonetheless, they are seen as an endangered species. Succession is an especially critical moment for their survival. The succession process ...
Title:The Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe: Social and political factors
Author(s):RODRÍGUEZ-POSE, AndrésDate:1998Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In a period of deep economic, social, and political transformation, regional disparities seem to be particularly resistant to change. The emergence of a global economy, the shift in production methods, and the greater ...
Title:E-politics in a Global Context
Author(s):LIVERMORE ROMM, Celia; CALDERARO, AndreaDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Scholars researching the field of E-politics have been interested in the potential of the Internet to enable individual self-expression, as well as, to facilitate the linking of citizens and political institutions by ...
Title:Ehrenamt: Formen, Dauer und kulturelle Grundlagen des Engagements
Author(s):EHRHARDT, JensDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Ehrenamtliches Engagement ist ein Grundpfeiler unserer Gesellschaft. Trotzdem ist bislang unbekannt, über welche Zeiträume Ehrenämter ausgeübt werden. Anhand empirischer Analysen zeigt Jens Ehrhardt, dass sich Freiwillige ...
Title:Elections and Voters
Author(s):VAN DER EIJK, Cees; FRANKLIN, Mark N.Date:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Provides a state-of-the-art assessment of what we know about voting behavior and the character, consequences and significance of elections in democratic states. Uniquely broad-ranging in scope, it shows how patterns of ...
Title:Electoral Change: Responses to evolving social and attitudinal structures in western countries
Author(s):FRANKLIN, Mark N.; MACKIE, Thomas; VALEN, Henry; [et al.]Date:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Until the last quarter of the 20th Century, Western party systems appeared to be frozen and stability was generally taken to be the central characteristic of individual-level party choice. But during the 1970s and 1980s, ...
Title:Emerging Diplomatic Elites in Post-communist Europe: Analysis of diplomats
Author(s):DIGOL, DianaDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book presents the results of a study of the process of diplomatic elite transformation in post-communist countries. The study aims to analyse whether circulation or reproduction processes prevailed among diplomatic ...
Title:Enfoques y metodologías en las ciencias sociales : una perspectiva pluralista
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, MichaelDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Este es un nuevo y revolucionario manual que ofrece a profesores y estudiantes de ciclos superiores los principales enfoques y metodologías de investigación en el campo de las ciencias sociales. Escrito por un destacado ...