Title:Mass Migration, Student Protests and the Intelligentsia Popullore in the Albanian Transition to Democracy
Author(s):CHIODI, LuisaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:After decades under a Stalinist regime, the latecomer transition in Albania began thanks to the large-scale exodus of hundreds of young people which stimulated the mobilization of university students. In turn, the student ...
Title:Material Deprivation and the Outcomes of Elections
Author(s):GUGUSHVILI, AlexiDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Center for Social Sciences, Applied Social Research Programme Working PaperAbstract:This study shows that the district level outcomes in the 2012 parliamentary elections in Georgia are significantly associated with the mean household deprivation levels. This effect is statistically significant after ...
Title:Memory Politics in Western Europe
Author(s):ART, DavidDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper examines how ten West European states have dealt with the legacy of the Second World
Title:Ministerial Careers and 'The Missing Piece': Introducing and operationalising the ministerial careers framework
Author(s):BRIGHT, Jonathan; DÖRING, Holger; LITTLE, ConorDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The literature on ministerial careers has recently been reinvigorated by individual contributions and collaborative projects. However, few studies of ministerial careers have been able to take into account the varying ...
Title:The Missing Link The Transition from Education to Labour in the Soviet Union Revisited
Author(s):REITER, HerwigDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The post-communist assessment of communist youth transitions to work is at risk of exaggerating the assumption of previously existing predefined and predictable channels into work. In order to allow a somewhat refined ...
Title:Mobilizing for Democracy: A research project
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The project addresses the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in democratization processes, bridging social science approaches to social movements and democracy. The project starts by revisiting the 'transitology' ...