Title:Political Charisma Revisited, and Reclaimed for Political Science
Author(s):PAPPAS, Takis S.Date:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract: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 Effects of Becoming a Citizen: Solution or selection?
Author(s):STREET, AlexDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract: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:Political Representation and Income Inequality
Author(s):HAKHVERDIAN, ArmenDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract: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, BalazsDate:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Working Papers Series, Center on Organizational Innovation, Columbia UniversityAbstract: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:Populism Emergent: A framework for analyzing its contexts, mechanics, and outcomes
Author(s):PAPPAS, Takis S.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper, based on cross-regional empirical research, provides an integrated analytical framework for understanding the emergence of populism in seemingly different political contexts in both Europe (including Greece, ...
Title:Populism in Europe: CasaPound
Author(s):BARTLETT, Jamie; BIRDWELL, Jonathan; FROIO, CaterinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Demos Country briefing papers; 2012Abstract:This paper is the fifth in a series of country briefing papers released in 2012 about the online support of populist political parties and street-based groups in Europe. These papers are based on a dataset of approximately ...
Title:Populism in Europe: Lega Nord
Author(s):BARTLETT, Jamie; BIRDWELL, Jonathan; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Demos Country briefing papersAbstract:Of all populist movements in Europe, Italy’s Lega Nord can perhaps lay claim to the greatest political success. The party has been in government three times, including for eight of the last 11 years, and has held several ...
Title:The Post-Lisbon Battle Over Comitology: Another round of the politics of structural choice
Author(s):BRANDSMA, Gijs Jan; BLOM-HANSEN, JensDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty has presented the three EU institutions with a rare opportunity to completely re-design the system of control of the Commission’s delegated powers. Hitherto, the Commission’s ability ...