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 ...
Title:Le processus des ratifications du traité établissant une Constitution pour l’Europe et la période de réflexion
Author(s):ZILLER, JacquesDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper examines the process of ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in the member states of the European Union, from the date of its signature in Rome on 29 October 2004 to the European ...
Title:Public Contestation and Politics of Transitional Justice: Poland and Albania Compared
Author(s):ELBASANI, Arolda; LIPINSKI, ArturDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:This article explores the role of politics and public debates in the pursuit of transitional justice after communism. Our analysis of Albania and Poland enables a variation of both explanatory factors and results. The two ...
Title:Public Policy Beyond the Headlines
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:1991Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPS
Title:Putting Direct Perpetrators on Trial: the Ovcara Massacre Trial in Belgrade
Author(s):MAHIEU, StephanieDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper is based on ethnographical fieldwork conducted in The Hague, Croatia and Serbia. It addresses the distinction between command and individual responsibility on the one hand, and between individual responsibility ...
Title:The Puzzle of Non-Party Actors in Party Democracy: Independents in Ireland
Author(s):BOLLEYER, Nicole; WEEKS, LiamDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:It is an accepted truth that parties are the central political actors in liberal democracy. This dominance of parties is often considered the logical outcome of rational politicians’ attempts to maximize their utility in ...
Title:Quality and Environmental Regulation: Verifying Compliance along the Supply Chain
Author(s):TZAVARA, Dionisia; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2010-03-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Among the factors providing incentives to monitor the behaviour of input suppliers are the regulatory requirements to which downstream firms are subject. We develop a formal economic model to examine the relationship between ...