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Title:Federalism and Place-Equality Policies: A Case Study of Policy Design and Outputs Author(s):ARRETCHE, MartaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2009/02Abstract:This paper aims at exploring the relationship between federalism and place-equality policies. It examines the origins, rules, and outcomes of national policies toward place equality in federal polities by means of a case ...
Title:Fighting and helping? : NGOs and military organizations in complex humanitarian emergencies Author(s):RUFFA, Chiara; VENNESSON, PascalDate:2009Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:APSA; Toronto Meeting Paper; 2009Abstract:During complex humanitarian emergencies, the relations between humanitarian NGOs and military organization vary widely, ranging from hostility to cooperation. In some cases, NGOs and military organizations define forms of ...
Title:Financial capital mobility and the origins of stock markets Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; STREECK, WolfgangDate:1999Citation:Köln, Max Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MPIfG discussion paper; 1999/01Abstract:The paper presents a theoretical outline for a cross-national comparative study of business associations. It identifies two clusters of independent variables that are assumed to affect the structure of intermediary ...
Title:Financial capital mobility and the origins of stock markets Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1999/10
Title:Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states Author(s):ANDERSSON, Per F. Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:STANCE Working Paper; 2019/08Abstract:Investments in fiscal capacity have traditionally been linked to warfare and democratization. However, non-democratic states also invest in fiscal capacity, even in times of peace. In fact, the majority of income taxes – ...
Title:Forging a new Mittelstand compromise : lobbying strategies and business influence after the financial crisis Author(s):KELLER, EileenDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/19Abstract:How did business interests succeed in influencing the post-crisis financial sector reform agenda? The present article draws on a remarkable instance of lobbying success in the process of reforming the Capital Requirements ...
Title:Founding moments of Western moral experience, Christian spiritual discernment between Hebrew law and modern emotivism Author(s):MITTENDORFER, KnutDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1998/03
Title:French in the eyes of others : cultural citizenship, marginalization, and France’s middle-class North African second-generation Author(s):BEAMAN, JeanDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/09Abstract:In this paper, based on 45 interviews with adult children of North African immigrants in the Paris metropolitan area, I discuss those individuals who, despite their educational and professional successes, remain excluded ...
Title:From an Old Foe to a New Friend? Analyzing the Shift in France’s Security Policy Towards Germany after WWII from a Pragmatist Perspective Author(s):DELORI, MathiasDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2009/42Abstract:From 1945 to 1949, France implemented a security policy towards Germany based on annexing border territories, dismantling German industry and impeding the reconstitution of German political institutions. On 9 May 1950, ...
Title:From governmentality to the genealogy of subjectivity : on Foucault's path in the 1980's Author(s):SZAKOLCZAI, Arpad Date:1993Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1993/04
Title:From PDS to Cosa 2 : the second congress of the democratic party of the left Author(s):BULL, Martin J.Date:1997Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1997/03
Title:From qualitative to quantitative analysis in political discourse : a computer-assisted application Author(s):TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna Date:1993Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1993/11
Title:From relational employment to relational contracting : outsourcing and dependent self-employment in the British and Austrian insurance industry Author(s):MUEHLBERGER, UlrikeDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2002/12Abstract:Labour relations in business organisations are facing a profound change. This paper focuses on one specific change in labour relations, namely dependent outsourcing. Dependent outsourcing refers to contracts over products ...
Title:From the Coup to the Escalation of Violence: The transition to democracy in Romania Author(s):ROSSI, Federico MatíasDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; COSMOS; 2012/13Abstract:Romania was the only example of violent regime change in the central and south eastern European milieu, with massive mobilizations both in favour and against change and the execution of the dictator. In other words, there ...
Title:From the EMS to EMU: How Economic and Monetary Union Changes the Structure of Wage-Bargaining Throughout the Euro-Zone Author(s):HERRMANN, AndreaDate:2003Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2003/04
Title:From the Industrial Reserve Army to the Invention of Unemployment. Between Social History and Historical Ontology Author(s):GOMEZ GARRIDO, MariaDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2004/18
Title:The Gap between Liberal and Electoral Democracy Revisited. Some Conceptual and Empirical Clarifications Author(s):MOLLER, JorgenDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2006/01Abstract:Since the late 1990s, many students of democratisation have emphasised that a salient empirical gap is emerging between liberal and electoral democracy. In this paper, I reappraise the gap by revisiting Larry Diamond’s ...
Title:Gender and the division of labor in grandparent couples Author(s):LEOPOLD, Thomas; SKOPEK, Jan Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/13Abstract:Grandmothers provide far more childcare assistance than do grandfathers. This gender gap in grandparenting is well-documented, but not well-understood. The present study investigated whether, and to what extent, this gap ...
Title:The generational contract in the family: Explaining regime differences in financial transfers from parents to children in Europe Author(s):KOHLI, Martin ; ALBERTINI, MarcoDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:DemoSoc Working Paper; 2007/24
Title:Gerschenkron on his head : banking structures in 19th Century Europe, North America, and Australasia Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1996Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1996/03