Title:The Corporatist Sisyphus: Past, present and future
Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; GROTE, Jurgen R.Date:1997Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Nota di lavoro Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Title:The Covert War against Iran’s Nuclear Program: An effective counterproliferation strategy?
Author(s):MAHER, RichardDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:For nearly a decade the United States and some of its key allies have sought to disrupt, delay, and potentially reverse Iran’s nuclear program through diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, and veiled threats of military ...
Title:Democracy Beyond Parties
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Center for the Study of DemocracyAbstract:This paper is concerned primarily with the way in which the changing character
of political parties impacts upon their standing, legitimacy, and effectiveness.
We see an emerging notion of democracy that is being steadily ...
Title:The Democratic Legitimacy of Urban Planning Procedures: Public private partnerships in Turin and Zurich
Author(s):STRÖBELE, Maarit FelicitasDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CIS Working PaperAbstract:Many European cities are faced with the task of transforming former industrial zones into new residential and commercial neighbourhoods. Such urban planning processes frequently include both public and private sector actors ...
Title:The Development of Minich and Cambridge Therapeutic Biotech Firms: A Case Study of Institutional Adaptation
Author(s):JONG, SimchaDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Defying institutional stereotypes which state that the German capitalist model does not support the formation of entrepreneurial high tech industries in technologically disruptive markets, Munich entrepreneurs have succeeded ...
Title:The Divorce Cycle in Cross-National Perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys
Author(s):HARKONEN, Juho; DRONKERS, JaapDate:2008Series/Report no.:CIQLE Working PapersAbstract:We use data on women’s first marriages from the Fertility and Family Surveys to analyse the intergenerational transmission of divorce―the divorce cycle―across 18 countries and seek explanations for the cross-national ...
Title:Does Political Culture Matter? Deciphering the Whys of Ukrainian Tax Compliance
Author(s):BERENSON, Marc P.Date:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In gauging how well residents in the new post-communist states such as Ukraine become true citizens, who are capable of fulfilling their obligations to their governments, it is necessary to measure how compliant the populace ...