Title:Accountability and European Governance
Author(s):CURTIN, Deirdre; MAIR, Peter; PAPADOPOULOS, YannisDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central ...
Title:Advances in the visual analysis of social movements
Author(s):DOERR, Nicole; MATTONI, Alice; TEUNE, SimonDate:2013Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This special issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change highlights the importance of visuals in the current study of social movements. It is indispensable reading as it introduces new analytical concepts ...
Title:The AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self: Biographical self-construction in the awareness of finitude
Author(s):RINKEN, SebastianDate:2000Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent ...
Title:Alla ricerca del consenso: Il "mercato elettorale" visto dai parlamentari italiani
Author(s):LEGNANTE, GuidoDate:2004Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of ...
Title:Altern: Familie, Zivilgesellschaft, Politik (Altern in Deutschland, Bd. 8).
Author(s):KOCKA, Jürgen; KOHLI, Martin; STREECK, WolfgangDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Das demographische Altern bringt für Familie und Zivilgesellschaft nicht nur Lasten und Herausforderungen, sondern auch neue Möglichkeiten und Chancen. Der vorliegende Band verdeutlicht, welche Probleme die Politik – und ...
Title:Alternative Politics: The German Green Party
Author(s):POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:1993Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Green Party's political success in Germany spearheaded the 1980s "green wave" in other West European democracies. Despite their defeat in 1990, the Greens still hold the balance of power in Germany and stand a good ...
Title:Análisis de datos con Stata
Author(s):ESCOBAR MERCADO, Modesto; FERNÁNDEZ MACÍAS, Enrique; BERNARDI, FabrizioDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This is an excellent resource for new and intermediate Stata users who would like to quickly become familiar with data-management facilities that help prepare data for statistical analysis. The authors illustrate the use ...
Title:Anatomia della palestra: Cultura commerciale e disciplina del corpo
Author(s):SASSATELLI, RobertaDate:2000Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Nelle nostre città è ormai molto facile trovare una palestra, le edicole sono popolate da riviste sull'esercizio fisico, la salute e la bellezza, i palinsesti televisivi di programmi sugli stessi argomenti. Ma queste sono ...
Title:Another Europe: conceptions and practices of democracy in the European social forums
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Given the recent focus on the challenges to representative democracy, and the search for new institutions and procedures that can help to channel increasing participation, this book offers empirical insights on alternative ...
Title:Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A pluralist perspective
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, MichaelDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:A revolutionary new textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written by an outstanding set of scholars, and derived from successful course ...
Title:Arab Society in Revolt: The West's Mediterranean Challenge
Author(s):MERLINI, Cesare; ROY, OlivierDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract: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:An Audit of Democracy in the European Union
Author(s):BANDUCCI, Susan; FRANKLIN, Mark; GIEBLER, Heiko; HOBOLT, Sara; MARSH, Michael; VAN DER BRUG, Wouter; VAN DER EIJK, CeesDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:EUDOAbstract:This eBook contains some of the first fruits of a large collaborative project funded by the EU’s DG Research under their FP7 Programme: an “infrastructure design study” whose ultimate goal is “Providing an Infrastructure ...
Title:The Autonomy of the Political: Carl Schmitt's and Lenin's political realism
Author(s):BOLSINGER, EckardDate:2001Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The end of the Cold War has seen the resurgence of old patterns of internal and external armed conflicts. War and civil war as factors in the process of the dissolution and formation of political structures have reappeared ...
Title:Avoiding Responsibility: The politics and discourse of European development policy
Author(s):KARAGIANNIS, NathalieDate:2004Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Post-colonial European politics have undergone profound changes. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding ...
Title:Bentham and the Oppressed
Author(s):CAMPOS BORALEVI, LeaDate:1984-01-01Type of Publication:Book