Title:Policy Effectiveness and Transparency in European Policy-Making
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter defines and discusses the concepts of policy evaluation and policy effectiveness, on the one hand, and transparency of public policy-making, on the other.
Title:Politica e religione in Pakistan dal 1970 al 1990. La dimensione internazionale e transnazionale
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Lo studio esamina alcune linee essenziali della relazione tra sistema politico e religione nel caso del Pakistan nel periodo 1970-1990, operando una esplicita connessione di tale diade con i riferimenti internazionali e ...
Title:Political Corruption
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, AlbertoDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This entry reviews social science literature on political corruption, privileging an institutionalist approach. In doing so, it looks at resources and mechanisms of hidden exchange as well as at its governance.
Title:The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Europe
Author(s):KOHLI, Martin; ARZA, CamilaDate:2011Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Over the second half of the 20th Century, pension reform has become central to the European social policy agenda, first in terms of construction and expansion and then increasingly in terms of consolidation and retrenchment. ...
Title:Political Regime Types and Varieties of Post-Socialist Capitalism in the Era of Globalization
Author(s):BRUSZT, LaszloDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:For the former state socialist countries 1989 was the year of the starting of the simultaneous transformation of their political regimes and economic systems. This entailed attempts at remaking simultaneously the political ...