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Title: The Paradox of Democratization and Federalization in the Russian Regions Author(s): OBYDENKOVA, Anastassia Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Parental divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom? Author(s): EROLA, Jani; HARKONEN, Juho; DRONKERS, Jaap Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Despite the large literature on the long-term effects of parental divorce, few studies have analyzed the effects of parental divorce on spouse selection behavior. We use register-based event-history data from Finland to ...

Title: Participation, Equality of Opportunity and Returns to Tertiary Education in Contemporary Europe Author(s): BERNARDI, Fabrizio; BALLARINO, Gabriele Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: AlmaLaurea Working Paper Abstract: The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of higher educational expansion on two goals of the educational system, that of promoting equity of educational opportunities and that of providing credentials that ...

Title: Party Competition in the Spanish Regions Author(s): WILSON, Alex Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Party politics in multi-level systems has become a growing research field in political science (see Hough et al, 2003; Hough and Jeffery, 2006), but has rarely focused on comparing structures of multi-level party competition. ...

Title: Party Government in the EU: On the Road to Presidentialization? Author(s): POGUNTKE, Thomas Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This paper investigates how the growing importance of the European Union has changed the internal dynamics of national political parties. It can be shown that European integration strengthens national party elites, and ...

Title: Party mergers and vote shifts in Italy Author(s): HANRETTY, Chris Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Using data from exit polls and two different methods of ecological inference, I demonstrate how Italian voters shifted between 2006 and 2008. Newly merged parties (PdL, PD) were successful in retaining their former voters; ...

Title: Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe: Principles and practices Author(s): KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper is based on the concluding chapter of a forthcoming volume reporting the results of a research project that has investigated the principles and practices of party patronage in contemporary European democracies ...

Title: Patterns of European Policy Development: The Case of Clean Air Policy Author(s): KNILL, Christoph Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunities in Thirteen Countries Author(s): BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; SHAVIT, Yossi Date: 1992 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Plaid Cymru in the 1990s: Dilemmas and Ambiguities of Welsh Regional Nationalism Author(s): CHRISTIANSEN, Thomas Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Plurality Competition and Party Realignment in Italy: The 1994 Parliamentary Elections Author(s): BARTOLINI, Stefano; D'ALIMONTE, Roberto Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Political Accountability as a Radial Concept Author(s): STINGA, Laurentiu Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: In the current article, I attempt to conceptualize political accountability in a disciplined fashion by proposing a strategy of conceptualization based on the internal radial structure of this difficult social science ...

Title: Political Charisma Revisited, and Reclaimed for Political Science Author(s): PAPPAS, Takis S. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper, initially prompted by the puzzles raised from the atypical emergence of charismatic politics in the otherwise ordinary political system that our contemporary democracy is supposed to be, seeks to bring political ...

Title: The Political Economy of Welfare Recalibration: What Determines the State’s Responses to the Emergence of New Social Risks? Author(s): HIEDA, Takeshi Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This study examines the conditions under which welfare states are likely to adapt their social policies to the transformation of social risk structures under post-industrialization. It argues that in the era of welfare ...

Title: The Political Effects of Becoming a Citizen: Solution or selection? Author(s): STREET, Alex Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The status of citizenship confers the right to participate as a full member of the political community. One might therefore expect foreign residents who acquire citizenship to become more engaged with politics. However, ...

Title: The Political Factors Accounting for the Relationship Between Governments and the Parties Which Support Them Author(s): BLONDEL, Jean Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: The Political Psychology of Trickster-Clown:An Analytical Experiment Around Communism as a Myth Author(s): HORVATH, Agnes Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Political Representation and Income Inequality Author(s): HAKHVERDIAN, Armen Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Whose preferences determine the direction of government policy? Is it the political centre, formally known as the median or mean voter, or is government policy more responsive to socio-economic elites? This paper examines ...

Title: The Politics of Civic Combinations Author(s): BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, Balazs Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Working Papers Series, Center on Organizational Innovation, Columbia University Abstract: Participation of civic organizations in diverse social and developmental partnership projects is one of the fastest growing and, at the same time, one of the most contested forms of institutional experimentation. Described ...

Title: The Politics of Pity and the Ethos of Compassion: Morals, Prices and Emotions in the Art of Selling a Street Paper Author(s): GUINEA, Daniel Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

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