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Title: Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out ...
Title: Shaping Europe : France, Germany, and embedded bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to twenty-first century politics Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich; SCHILD, Joachim Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: France and Germany have played a pivotal role in the history and politics of European integration. Yet, paradoxically, a study that systematically investigates the interrelated reality of Franco-German bilateralism and ...
Title: Enfoques y metodologías en las ciencias sociales : una perspectiva pluralista Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, Michael Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 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 ...
Title: Meeting democracy : power and deliberation in global justice movements Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; RUCHT, Dieter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The concepts of power and democracy have been extensively studied at the global, national and local levels and within institutions including states, international organizations and political parties. However, the interplay ...
Title: Power, realism, and constructivism Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their ...
Title: The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements Author(s): SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, Doug Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Non-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social ...
Title: Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization Author(s): KRIESI, Hanspeter; LAVENEX, Sandra; ESSER, Frank; MATTHES, Jörg; BÜHLMANN, Marc; BOCHSLER, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A new perspective on democracy and its challenges in the 21st century. - This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, ...
Title: The Hidden Order of Corruption: An institutional approach Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, Alberto Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The Hidden Order of Corruption investigates the hidden order of corruption, looking at the invisible codes and mechanisms that govern and stabilize the links between corrupters and corruptees. When corruption is exposed, ...
Title: Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, 4th edition Author(s): CROTEAU, David; HOYNES, William; MILAN, Stefania Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the Internet, iPods and TiVo, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience ...
Title: Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market: Bonding and bridging social capital Author(s): LANCEE, Bram Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: To what extent can different forms of social capital help immigrants make headway on the labour market? An answer to this pressing question begins here. Taking the Netherlands and Germany as case studies, the book identifies ...
Title: Justifications of Inaction: Responsibility and Non-Intervention in Genocide Author(s): PELTONEN, Hannes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book's theme is located at the intersection of international relations, international law, and ethics. It provides an excellent overview of discussions on 'humanitarian' intervention during the last decades and an ...
Title: Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy: Comparative politics of long-term care in advanced democracies Author(s): HIEDA, Takeshi Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations ...
Title: Mobilizing on the Extreme Right: Germany, Italy, and the United States Author(s): CAIANI, Manuela; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; WAGEMANN, Claudius Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Research on the extreme right is rare, and the extreme right has even more rarely been analysed as a social movement. In this volume, the extreme right is compared in Italy, Germany, and the United States using concepts ...
Title: Transnational Citizenship in the European Union: Past, present, and future Author(s): OLSEN, Espen D. H. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book argues that European citizenship is transnational, a status that has emerged incrementally during the European integration process. Transnational Citizenship in the European Union follows an institutionalist ...
Title: Internationalisierung der Hochschulen. Eine institutionelle Gesamtstrategie. Gutachen Author(s): BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Die Internationalisierung der deutschen Hochschulen hat sich in den letzten Jahren überaus dynamisch entwickelt. Allerdings lag der rasanten Entwicklung in den verschiedenen Bereichen der Hochschulen kein strategisches ...
Title: Arab Society in Revolt: The West's Mediterranean Challenge Author(s): MERLINI, Cesare; ROY, Olivier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The Arab Spring will be remembered as a period of great change for the Arab states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. The significant transitions in governance are the result of the profound social, cultural, ...
Title: Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery Author(s): BOHLE, Dorothee; GRESKOVITS, Béla Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single ...
Title: Politics of Segmentation: Party competition and social protection in Europe Author(s): PICOT, Georg Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a ...
Title: Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A guide to qualitative comparative analysis Author(s): SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.; WAGEMANN, Claudius Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social ...
Title: Political Conflict in Western Europe Author(s): KRIESI, Hanspeter; GRANDE, Edgar; DOLEZAL, Martin; HELBLING, Marc; HÖGLINGER, Dominic; HUTTER, Swen; WÜEST, Bruno Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of ...