Title:Nationalism and Transitions: Mobilizing for democracy in Yugoslavia
Author(s):RITTER, Daniel P.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The Yugoslav transition(s) to democracy is perhaps the most complex of all the Eastern European cases. It can be argued that Yugoslavia enjoyed the most favorable initial conditions of any country in the region: the regime ...
Title:Neoliberalism’s Three Faces
Author(s):LEE MUDGE, StephanieDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Neoliberalism is oft invoked but ill-defined in the social sciences. This paper develops a tripartite definition of neoliberalism using tools from institutionalism and field theory. It argues that neoliberalism is a sui ...
Title:New Modes of Governance in the EU: Common Objectives versus National Preferences
Author(s):CITI, Manuele; RHODES, MartinDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUROGOV (European Governance Papers)Abstract:The emergence in the European Union of new modes of governance (NMG) such as the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) has produced an enormous literature that falls into four broad categories: a theoretical approach seeks to ...
Title:New Modes of Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Self-Regulation by Industry in Europe
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; ECKERT, SandraDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In technically complex areas, political actors increasingly rely on private actors to shape public policy. This is due to the greater expertise of the private actors, mostly industry. This article theorizes and empirically ...
Title:New political actors in Europe : Beppe Grillo and the M5S
Author(s):BARTLETT, Jamie; FROIO, Caterina; LITTLER, Mark; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Demos Country briefing papersAbstract:New social and political movements from radically different political positions have emerged across Europe using the Internet to challenge existing parties and structures. Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian and blogger, ...
Title:The (Non) Reform of the Georgian Pension System, 1991-2011: A brief history and update
Author(s):GUGUSHVILI, AlexiDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)Abstract:This study reviews the factors that played a major role in the development of the old-age pension system in Georgia, 1991-2009 and identifies three main stages in this process. Fiscal constraints and international technical ...
Title:Non-domination and the State: A Response to the Subaltern Critique
Author(s):LAMBA, RinkuDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The aim of this paper is to create some positive conceptual space for the relevance of the instrumentalities of the state when it comes to the politics of religious and multicultural accommodation. The challenge is to steer ...
Title:Old "Foundations" and New "Rules" for an Enlarged European Union
Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; TORREBLANCA, José IgnacioDate:1997Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Estudios = Working papers (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales)Abstract:This paper presents a novel arrangement for the distribution of votes and the rules of decision-making in an enlarged European Union (EU). It starts from the observation that if one merely transposes the present arrangement ...