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 ...
Title:A Double-Faced Medium? The challenges and opportunities of the Internet for social movements
Author(s):MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:While most of the literature focusing on the Internet and politics tends to assess the positive contribution of Computer-Mediated Communication to political processes, this paper stresses both positive and negative ...
Title:Early conclusion in the co-decision legislative procedure
Author(s):RASMUSSEN, AnneDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:There are broader democratic implications in whether legislative deals are concluded between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in the co-decision procedure at first reading, as the potential of different ...
Title:East European Transformations and the Paradoxes of Transnationalization
Author(s):BOHLE, DorotheeDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:With the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the vulnerability of democratic capitalism in East- Central Europe has come once again to the fore. Almost all new EU member states have accumulated major economic imbalances, ...