Title:‘Those Crazy Turks’ that Got Caught in the ‘Metal Storm’: Nationalism in Turkey’s Best Seller Lists
Author(s):YANIK, Lerna K.Date:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Nationalism manifests itself in different forms and styles. This paper, through recently published books that have made to the best seller lists in Turkey, analyzes the rise of the nationalist wave in Turkey in the past ...
Title:"Those Who Give Are Not All Generous": Tips and bribes at the sixteenth-century papal court
Author(s):FLETCHER, CatherineDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Ambassadors in early modern Europe were frequent disbursers of tips, rewards and bribes, and usually expected something in return for their liberality. This paper considers the conventions, both written and unwritten, that ...
Title:Three-dimensional Conflict of Laws in Europe
Author(s):KJAER, PoulDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:ZERP - Discussion PapersAbstract:The EU is a structure which is positioned 'in-between' hierarchically organized nation-state governing structures and heterarchically structured global governance structures. Thus, the EU is a hybrid which partly relies ...
Title:Ties and Ruptures: Welfare States and Migration in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s):LENDVAI, NoemiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In the last 20 years, Central Eastern Europe has witnessed a number of momentous events that have marked landmark changes in its countries’ political, social, and economic systems. Throughout the momentous changes of the ...
Title:Tight Volume Coupling: Analytical model, adverse flow causality and potential improvements
Author(s):JANSSEN, Tanguy; REBOURS, Yann; DESSANTE, PhilippeDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The European Market Coupling Company (EMCC) operates an interim tight volume coupling (ITVC) that implicitly allocates the interconnection capacities between Central West European (CWE) and Nordic (Nordpool) day-ahead ...
Title:Time, jurisdiction and sovereign risk
Author(s):HESTER, Donald D.Date:1986Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI Working Papers
Title:The Time-Inconsistency of Alternative Energy Policy
Author(s):D'ARTIGUES, Agnès; PERCEBOIS, Jacques; VIGNOLO, ThierryDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Time-inconsistency can arise when a government attempts to convince
private sector to use a particular alternative energy (gas, green electricity...) rather
than petroleum products. By introducing taxes and feed-in prices, ...
Title:To Strike or not to Strike : Assessing the Legality of a Potential Strike against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Author(s):HOFMEISTER, HannesDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This working paper deals with a highly topical issue in public international law:
the legality of a preemptive military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. It analyses
whether such a strike would violate the ...
Title:Toothless Parliament, Powerless Courts, and Omnipotent Incumbents? The Case of Bahrain
Author(s):SCHMIDMAYR, MichaelDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Parliaments and courts, while not necessarily deeply rooted in political tradition, have their place in
the Arab part of the Mediterranean and adjacent countries. Still, parliamentarianism and increased
prominence of ...
Title:Toward a Military History for the Cold War: a Bibliographic Essay
Author(s):TRAUSCHWEIZER, IngoDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This essay discusses the historiography of the Cold War from the perspective of American policy and strategy, civil-military relations, and politico-military culture. It presents the history and historical literature of ...