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    Title: On the Role of Strategy in Nonviolent Revolutionary Social Change: The Case of Iran, 1977-1979  Author(s): RITTER, Daniel P. Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Are revolutions made or do they come? This question is at the heart of revolution theory and has received plentiful attention from scholars. In this paper I suggest that adherence to this traditional dichotomy may not be ...
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    Title: Sanction as a Viable Tool for Promoting Cooperation: A Cognitive and Simulation Model  Author(s): ANDRIGHETTO, Giulia; VILLATORO, Daniel Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Punishment plays a crucial role in achieving and maintaining norm compliance. Several works have shown that cooperation greatly increases when punishment opportunities are allowed. However, these studies have mainly looked ...
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    Title: The Organization of the EU Parliamentary Parties: the Impact of Eastern Enlargement  Author(s): BRESSANELLI, Edoardo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Studies in Public Policy, University of Aberdeen SPP 483 Abstract: This paper elaborates on the work of Bailer and colleagues (2009) and it seeks to apply two sociological theories on the effects of group size - oligarchization and formalization - to political Groups in the European ...
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    Title: Public Contestation and Politics of Transitional Justice: Poland and Albania Compared  Author(s): ELBASANI, Arolda; LIPINSKI, Artur Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: Is there a Tension between Transparency and Efficiency in Decisions? The case of the Council of the European Union  Author(s): NOVAK, Stéphanie Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Decision makers sometimes refer to the tension between transparency and efficiency in decisions. Yet, this argument is not so obvious, partly because the notion of efficiency is unclear. As a first step in the analysis of ...
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    Title: Kurdish Diaspora Political Activism in Europe with a Particular Focus on Great Britain  Author(s): BASER, Bahar Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Research Report, Berghof Peace Support/Centre for Just Peace and Democracy, 2011 Abstract: The Kurdish diaspora is the largest stateless diaspora in the world and it is thought to be the most politically active migrant group in Europe. Their activities consequently caused a spill over of the conflict in Turkey ...
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    Title: Social Class, Employment Contracts and Economic Security in the Russian Labour Market  Author(s): BESSUDNOV, Alexey Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I explore occupational class differences in employment contracts, fringe benefits and unemployment risks in Russia. Using panel data, I provide both a descriptive account of class differentials in these labour ...
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    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 ...
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    Title: Unemployment Insurance and Home Production  Author(s): TASKIN, Temel Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper, we incorporate home production into a quantitative model of unemployment and show that realistic levels of home production have a significant impact on the optimal unemployment insurance rate. Motivated by ...
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    Title: What the Bombing of Hanoi Tells Us About Compellence Theory  Author(s): DEKKER, Willem Martijn Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyses the dynamics of coercion and counter-coercion and argues that, for compellence to be successful, the opponent’s counter-coercive strategy must be undermined. Existing theories rely on a cost-benefit ...
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    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 ...
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    Title: The Post-Lisbon Battle Over Comitology: Another round of the politics of structural choice  Author(s): BRANDSMA, Gijs Jan; BLOM-HANSEN, Jens Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: 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 ...
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    Title: Which Indicators are Most Useful for Comparing Citizenship Policies?  Author(s): BAUBOCK, Rainer; HELBLING, Marc; HELBLING, Marc; REICHEL, David; VINK, Maarten; DUYVENDAK, Jan Willem; VAN REEKUM, Rogier; SCHOLTEN, Peter; BERTOSSI, Christophe; JANOSKI, Thomas; HUDDLESTON, Thomas; MANATSCHAL, Anita Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The comparative study of citizenship regimes has reached a new stage. Several authors and research teams have constructed indicators and compound indices that allow comparing larger numbers of countries in more systematic ...
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    Title: Size Matters: Why not for contemporary empirical democratic theory?  Author(s): KLINE, Reuben Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The question of how the size of a polity and the functioning of its democracy is curiously understudied, especially in a cross-national, empirical fashion. After introducing the issue, this survey offers an overview of the ...
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    Title: Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe: Principles and practices  Author(s): KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper is based on the concluding chapter of a forthcoming volume reporting the results of a research project that has investigated the principles and practices of party patronage in contemporary European democracies ...
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    Title: What's Left to Trade: the Changing Logic of Corporatist Policymaking in Europe  Author(s): AFONSO, Alexandre Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper outlines evolutions in the underlying logic of corporatist policymaking in Western Europe. Starting from the discrepancy between the observable decline in the power of organised labour on the one hand, and the ...
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    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 ...
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    Title: Political Charisma Revisited, and Reclaimed for Political Science  Author(s): PAPPAS, Takis S. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper, initially prompted by the puzzles raised from the atypical emergence of charismatic politics in the otherwise ordinary political system that our contemporary democracy is supposed to be, seeks to bring political ...
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    Title: The Nature of Union Citizenship between Autonomy and Dependency on (Member) State Citizenship. A Comparative Analysis of the Rottmann Ruling, Or: How to Avoid a European Dred Scott Decision?  Author(s): MANN, Dennis-Jonathan; PURNHAGEN, Kai Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Working Paper Abstract: The legal nature of EU citizenship remains a hotly debated issue, in particular its relationship with Member State citizenship/nationality. In this paper, we do not explore EU citizenship as such but rather focus on the ...
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    Title: Participation, Equality of Opportunity and Returns to Tertiary Education in Contemporary Europe  Author(s): BERNARDI, Fabrizio; BALLARINO, Gabriele Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: AlmaLaurea Working Paper Abstract: The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of higher educational expansion on two goals of the educational system, that of promoting equity of educational opportunities and that of providing credentials that ...