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, ...
Title:Embedding "political consumerism" : a conceptual critique
Author(s):BALSIGER, PhilipDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper develops a theoretically and empirically founded critique of the concept of political consumerism. In the course of the last decade, political consumerism was “discovered” as a new form of political participation, ...