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Title: Social Policy in Postwar Czechoslovakia. The Development of Old-Age Pensions and Housing Policies During the Period 1945-1989 Author(s): DE DEKEN, Johan Jeroen Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Social Stratification and Cultural Participation in Hungary: A Post-communist Pattern of Consumption? Author(s): BUKODI, Erzsebet Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption and social stratification in Hungary. Education continues to exert a powerful influence on cultural ...

Title: Soft Europeanisation? How the Soft Pressure from Above Affects the Bottom (Differently): The Belgian, Spanish and Swedish Experiences Author(s): LÓPEZ-SANTANA, Mariely Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The aim of this paper is to capture and explain the differential influences of non-binding agreements (i.e., soft law) launched by the European Union. More specifically, this piece proposes a theoretical framework to ...

Title: Some Propositions About Civil Society and the Consolidation of Democracy Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C. Date: 1993 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: IHS Reihe Politikwissenschaft Abstract: »Civil Society« is a concept that has been much discussed in relation to the processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America and, especially, in Eastern Europe. Despite widespread recognition of its potential ...

Title: Some Reflections on Cabinets and Policy-Making: Types of Policy, Features of Cabinets, and Their Consequences for Policy Outputs Author(s): LA SPINA, Antonio Date: 1990 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Sources of Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies: Lessons from East Central Europe Author(s): CASAL BÉRTOA, Fernando Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Building on Casal Bértoa and Mair´s (2010) work on the institutionalization of post-communist party systems and as a response to their uneasiness with the failure of the party politics literature to determine what causes ...

Title: The Stabilisation and Association Process in the Balkans: Overloaded Agenda and Weak Incentives? Author(s): ELBASANI, Arolda Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Following more than one decade of violent and uncertain transitions in the Balkans, the EU has envisaged a new strategy comprising the perspective of membership for all the countries in the region. The so-called Stabilisation ...

Title: Stability and Change in the Effects of Female Educational Attainment on the Risk of Union Dissolution. A Seventeen-Country Comparison Author(s): HARKONEN, Juho; DRONKERS, Jaap Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: In this paper we explore the changes in the relationship between female educational attainment and the risk of union disruption in seventeen countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), France, West-Germany, ...

Title: State and Civil Society as defined by the Muslim Brothers in Europe Author(s): LARISE, Dunja Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In the last ten years political Islam, as well as its aims and strategies, has developed into one of the most discussed political issues in Europe. Nevertheless scant attention has been paid to the concrete theoretical ...

Title: States and Migration Industries in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea Author(s): SURAK, Kristin Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Among the crescendo of calls for “systemic” approaches to the study of international migration, a small body of literature has emerged around what might be termed the migration industry, or the matrix of border-spanning ...

Title: Still Elected Dictators? A study of Executive accountability in multi-party democracies - the issuing of Executive decrees and their treatment in the Legislature in different institutional settings across time: Italy (1947-2006), Argentina (1983-2006) and Romania (1992-2007) Author(s): STINGA, Laurentiu Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The current paper explores the capacity of the Argentine, Italian and Romanian Legislatures to hold the Executive branch of government accountable for its policy initiatives issued by emergency Executive decree, rather ...

Title: Still the Century of Political Exchange? Policy Adjustment and Political Exchange in Southern Europe Author(s): MOLINA ROMO, Oscar Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Stratification in Italy: An Investigation of Failed Reforms Author(s): SHAVIT, Yossi; WESTERBEEK, Karin Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Suffering as a Political Situation: A Phenomenological Approach Author(s): GATTA, Giunia Date: 2010-10-22 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I argue that, despite resistance by many to its incorporation into public discourse, suffering is a constitutive element of politics today, both a consequence of and a motive for political action. I consider ...

Title: Supranational Regulation and Contested Accountability: The Case of GMO Risk Regulation in the European Union Author(s): SKOGSTAD, Grace Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The regulation of genetically modified organisms in the EU has become embroiled in a tension between agency and fiduciary principles of delegated authority and the alternate understandings of political accountability they ...

Title: Taking rights territorially. On territorial rights and the right to exclude Author(s): ANGELI, Oliviero Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: What does it mean that rights are territorial? Do states have territorial rights? Do these rights justify the exclusion of would-be immigrants? This paper will address these questions and explore the problems associated. ...

Title: Territorial Policy Communities and Devolution in the United Kingdom Author(s): KEATING, Michael; LOUGHLIN, John Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: The Elite Coup: The transition to democracy in Bulgaria Author(s): ROSSI, Federico M. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The transition to democracy in Bulgaria is commonly defined as a coup d'état carried out by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) elites against the long-standing dictator Todor Zhivkov. The Bulgarian transition to democracy ...

Title: The Unintended Consequence of the Struggle for Independence: The transition to democracy in the Baltic Countries Author(s): ROSSI, Federico M. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The Baltic countries' struggle was for independence more than any other thing. The achievement of democracy was a by-product of the secessionist project of increasing autonomy from Moscow. A possible explanation for this ...

Title: The Theories of Ethnic Entrepreneurship, and the Alternative Arguments of Social Action and Network Analysis Author(s): CASSARINO, Jean-Pierre Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

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