Title:National Equality Institutions and the Domestication of EU Non-Discrimination Law
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The recent evolution of European Union equality law, and the equality law of European countries more generally, is marked by the increased attention given to the procedural and institutional preconditions for the effective ...
Title:Need for Cognitive Closure and Coping Strategies
Author(s):KOSIC, AnkicaDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This study investigates the hypothesis that the process of coping may be motivated by an interaction of directional motivational factors represented by job satisfaction/dissatisfaction and by non-directional or epistemological ...
Title:Network analysis to detect common strategies in the Italian foreign direct investment
Author(s):DE MASI, Giulia; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; RICCHIUTI, GiorgioDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we reconstruct and discuss the network of Italian firms investing abroad, exploiting information from complex network analysis. This method, detecting the key nodes of the system (both in terms of firms and ...
Title:Networks, sorting and self-selection of Ecuadorian Migrants
Author(s):BERTOLI, SimoneDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper provides new empirical evidence about the influence exerted by migration networks upon migrants’ self-selection in education from the analysis of the recent process of Ecuadorian migration. The severe economic ...
Title:Neuverzauberung im Gestus der Wissenschaftlichkeit
Author(s):LIPPHARDT, Veronika; PATEL, Kiran KlausDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Taking the example of research on biological diversity in the 20th century, this article analyzes the social practices that are entailed in the emergence, stabilization, and circulation of scientific knowledge. It stresses ...
Title:A New EU Gas Security of Supply Architecture?
Author(s):DE JONG, Jacques; GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HAFNER, Manfred; AHNER, Nicole; TAGLIAPIETRA, SimoneDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:Drawing the conclusions of four dedicated workshops Jacques de Jong, Jean-Michel Glachant, Manfred Hafner, Nicole Ahner and Simone Tagliapietra recommend a new approach distinguishing clearly between the short-term vision ...
Title:The New Institutions of Transatlantic Aviation
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; KARAGIANNIS, YannisDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on the institutions of transatlantic aviation since 1945, and aims at extracting from this historical process topical policy implications. Using the methodology of an analytic narrative, we describe ...
Title:New Modes of Governance and Democratic Accountability
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; LEHMKUHL, DirkDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article raises the question of the link between new modes of governance and democratic accountability. Our definition of new modes of governance as modes refers to public policy-making that includes private actors ...
Title:New Modes of Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Self-regulation by Industry in Europe
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; ECKERT, SandraDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In technically complex areas, political actors increasingly rely on private actors to shape public policy, due to the greater expertise of private actors. This article theorises and empirically investigates the conditions ...
Title:A Novel Business Model for Aggregating the Values of Electricity Storage
Author(s):HE, Xian; DELARUE, Erik; D’HAESELEER, William; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Electricity storage is considered as a valuable source of flexibility with applications covering the whole electricity value chain. Most of the existing evaluation methods for electricity storage are conceived for one ...