Title:Online collective action and policy change citation
Author(s):CALDERARO, Andrea; KAVADA, AnastasiaDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Internet has multiplied the platforms available to influence public opinion and policy making. It has also provided citizens with a greater capacity for coordination and mobilisation, which can strengthen their voice ...
Title:L'Ordre juridique de l'Union europeenne
Author(s):LOUIS, Jean-Victor; RONSE, ThierryDate:2005Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Dossier de droit europeen ; 13
Title:Organizzazione e funzioni degli Europartiti. Il Caso di Sinistra Europea
Author(s):CALOSSI, EnricoDate:2011Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Political Parties and Representation Observatory]Abstract:I partiti politici sono stati attori importanti del processo di integrazione europea. Sin dai primi anni della Comunità Europea i partiti nazionali hanno cercato di coordinare le loro attività in strutture sovranazionali ...
Title:Outsider Parties
Author(s):MCDONNELL, Duncan; NEWELL, JamesDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This special issue discusses parties in Europe which by the nature of their ideology, rhetoric and positions on government participation, have placed themselves and/or been placed by others, ‘outside’ the sphere of potential ...
Title:The Past and Future of EU Law: The Classics of EU Law Revisited on the 50th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty
Author(s):POIARES PESSOA MADURO, Luis Miguel; AZOULAI, LoicDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book revisits, in a new light, some of the classic cases which constitute the foundations of the EU legal order and is timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty establishing a European Economic ...
Title:Policing and Prisons in the Middle East: Formations of Coercion
Author(s):KHALILI, Laleh; SCHWEDLER, JillianDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:From publisher: 'In the Middle East, the emergence of the modern nation-state has also produced a concentration in coercive power. The region now harbors numerous mukhabarat states that extensively police and incarcerate ...
Title:Political Cultures in Asia and Europe
Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean; INOGUCHI, TakashiDate:2006Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia. Drawing on data from the largest cross-national survey on political ...
Title:The political dimension of EU enlargement. Looking towards post-accession: report of the Reflection Group
Author(s):DEHAENE, Jean-Luc; KROK-PASZKOWSKA, AniaDate:2002Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This report reflects the discussions at seven meetings in 2000-2001 of the Reflection Group set up jointly with the Group of Policy Advisors of the European Commission and the Robert Schuman Centre, European University ...
Title:The Political History of European Integration. The Hypocrisy of Democracy-through-market
Author(s):SCHULZ-FORBERG, Hagen; STRATH, BoDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book adopts a historical perspective to explore the tensions between the idea of a European democracy through a European market, and the observations that there are signs of increasing social disintegration, political ...
Title:Political Participation in the Middle East
Author(s):LUST-OKAR, Ellen; ZERHOUINI, SalouaDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Political participation in authoritarian regimes is usually considered insignificant, or important only insofar as it promotes democracy. Turning this common wisdom on its head, Political Participation in the Middle East ...
Title:Political Parties and Democracy: Contemporary Western Europe and Asia
Author(s):INOGUCHI, Takashi; BLONDEL, JeanDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The role of political parties in a democracy is often under scrutiny. Rhetoric crying for more effective or reflective or representative democracy often lacks data to back up its claims. This book provides readers with a ...