Title:Religion et télévision dans le monde arabe : vers une approche communicationnelle.
Author(s):FERJANI, RiadhDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:L'apparente neutralité des titres cachent souvent la difficulté des chercheurs à rendre compte de leurs objets d'étude. Cette contribution s'articule autour du terme épreuve qui peut revêtir deux sens :
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Title:Religious freedom and the German circumcision debate
Author(s):HEIMBACH-STEINS, MarianneDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In May 2012, a German court in Cologne ruled that circumcising young boys represents grievous bodily harm. This decision, which touched upon the questions of freedom of religious practice, identity and children’s rights, ...
Title:Reluctant Rulers and the Negotiated Transition: Mobilizing for democracy in Hungary
Author(s):RITTER, Daniel P.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Among the Eastern European democratization processes of the 1989 period, Hungary stands out as the least dramatic transition in the region. Whereas other countries experienced massive demonstrations in favor of democratic ...
Title:Removing Cross-Border Capacity Bottlenecks in the European Natural Gas Market – A Proposed Merchant-Regulatory Mechanism
Author(s):NEUMANN, Anne; ROSELLÓN, Juan; WEIGT, HannesDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:DIW Berlin Discussion PaperAbstract:We propose a merchant-regulatory framework to promote investment in the European natural gas network infrastructure based on a price cap over two-part tariffs. As suggested by Vogelsang (2001) and Hogan et al. (2010), a ...
Title:Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth
Author(s):BROU, Daniel; RUTA, MicheleDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We construct a model where firms compete in both political and economic markets. In political markets, firms compete for influence over government transfer policy (rents). This activity can be beneficial for the firm, but ...
Title:Representative versus Responsible Government
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, CologneAbstract:The changing circumstances in which parties compete in contemporary democracies, coupled with the changing circumstances in which governments now govern, have led to a widening of the traditional gap between representative ...
Title:Resolving the African Financial Development Gap: Cross-country comparisons and a within-country study of Kenya
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; CULL, Robert; QIAN, Jun; SENBET, Lemma; VALENZUELA, PatricioDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:With extensive country- and firm-level data sets we first document that the financial sectors of most sub-Saharan African countries remain significantly underdeveloped by the standards of other developing countries. We ...
Title:Responding to Crimes against Humanity committed in Slovenia after the Second World War
Author(s):LETNAR CERNIC, JernejDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Law Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaAbstract:This article explores responses to crimes against humanity committed on the Slovenian territory in the months following the end of the Second World War. As many as one hundred thirty thousands person are estimated to have ...