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Title: Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis Author(s): BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ... -
Title: Embedding "political consumerism" : a conceptual critique Author(s): BALSIGER, Philip Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: 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, ...
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Title: School-based vocational or workplace-based apprenticeship training ? evidence on the school-to- work transition of Hungarian apprentices Author(s): HORN, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Workplace-based training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school to work transition. Apprentices have been shown to have lower initial unemployment probabilities as compared to other secondary-school ...
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Title: French in the eyes of others : cultural citizenship, marginalization, and France’s middle-class North African second-generation Author(s): BEAMAN, Jean Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper, based on 45 interviews with adult children of North African immigrants in the Paris metropolitan area, I discuss those individuals who, despite their educational and professional successes, remain excluded ...
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Title: The Outbreak of Civil War in Greece: Strategic leadership, brinkmanship, and deterrence failure Author(s): PAPPAS, Takis S. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This article argues against two firmly-established ideas about the 1944 communist insurgency that led to the outbreak of civil war in postliberation Greece: (a) blame attribution to predominantly one actor, who, depending ...
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Title: Ministerial Careers and 'The Missing Piece': Introducing and operationalising the ministerial careers framework Author(s): BRIGHT, Jonathan; DÖRING, Holger; LITTLE, Conor Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The literature on ministerial careers has recently been reinvigorated by individual contributions and collaborative projects. However, few studies of ministerial careers have been able to take into account the varying ...
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Title: The European Union and Global Financial Harmonisation Author(s): QUAGLIA, Lucia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This research examines the influence of the European Union (EU) in international financial harmonisation over the last two decades. It asks why the EU ‘uploads’ international financial regulation in some (few) cases, ...
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Title: Egypt in 2011: A regime that no longer knows how to adapt? Fluid conjunctures and regime transformations in perspective Author(s): COLLOMBIER, Virginie Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The popular uprising that took place in Egypt in January and February 2011 may eventually lead to regime change. Whatever the end result of the ongoing process, however, the theories of authoritarian consolidation – which ...
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Title: Trends in Income Inequality, Intertemporal Variability, and Mobility Risk in Thirty Countries Author(s): NICHOLS, Austin; REHM, Philipp Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: We apply a novel decomposition of panel data on individual incomes in 30 countries and find the US is exceptional in its increases of income risk over the last decades. Income risk is decomposed into long-run inequality, ...
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Title: Dynamics of Radicalisation in the Relationship between Militant Islamist Groups and their Constituencies: The case of al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya in Egypt, 1986-1998 Author(s): MALTHANER, Stefan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Research on political violence has increasingly adopted relational approaches to analysing processes of radicalisation and escalation, focusing mainly on interactions between protest movements and the police, and the effects ...
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Title: The Covert War against Iran’s Nuclear Program: An effective counterproliferation strategy? Author(s): MAHER, Richard Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: 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 ...
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Title: Social Origins and Inequality in Educational Returns in the Labour Market in Spain Author(s): BERNARDI, Fabrizio Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This paper addresses four descriptive research questions. First, is there a direct effect of social background on labour market success over and above the effect of own education? Second, has this effect declined over time? ...
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Title: North African Migration and Europe’s Contextual Mediterranean Border in Light of the Lampedusa Migrant Crisis of 2011 Author(s): MCMAHON, Simon Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: In the opening months of 2011 thousands of migrants arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. In their responses, national governments in Europe appeared to self-interestedly close their national borders, rather ...
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Title: The Illusion of Inclusion: Configurations of populism in Hungary Author(s): BOZOKI, Andras Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Populist rhetoric always promises a new, more inclusive political community but very often this only achieves new ways of exclusion. Populism is one of the most flexible terms in the history of ideas and in political science ...
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Title: The (Non) Reform of the Georgian Pension System, 1991-2011: A brief history and update Author(s): GUGUSHVILI, Alexi Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Abstract: This study reviews the factors that played a major role in the development of the old-age pension system in Georgia, 1991-2009 and identifies three main stages in this process. Fiscal constraints and international technical ...
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Title: Populism in Europe: CasaPound Author(s): BARTLETT, Jamie; BIRDWELL, Jonathan; FROIO, Caterina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Demos Country briefing papers; 2012 Abstract: This paper is the fifth in a series of country briefing papers released in 2012 about the online support of populist political parties and street-based groups in Europe. These papers are based on a dataset of approximately ...
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Title: Democratic Diffusion under the Magnifying Glass: A micro perspective on the change of attitudes toward democratic governance through transnational linkages in authoritarian contexts Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Students of democratic diffusion argue that strong ties to democracies foster political transformation in non-democratic regimes. They theoretically specify a long causal chain linking the micro-phenomenon of the democratic ...
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Title: The Contrasting Local Perceptions of Europe: The 2009 milk strike in the French Basque country Author(s): ITÇAINA, Xabier Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Cahiers du Centre Emile Durkheim/Centre Emile Durkheim Working Papers Abstract: The dairy sector is mostly concerned with market volatility and with the transformations of European regulations. In September, 2009, more than 60,000 European dairy farmers halted or reduced milk deliveries to protest ...
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Title: The International Community and Global Governance of Human Security Author(s): PELTONEN, Hannes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This paper addresses the global governance of human security and particularly its provision across borders. It argues that the responsibility to protect (R2P) framework is part of global governance. Of special interest to ...
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Title: Rating Politics: The political economy of increased rating scrutiny over domestic politics and policy-making in developed economies since the economic and financial crisis Author(s): BARTA, Zsofia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Rating agencies have played a prominent role in the sovereign debt crisis currently besetting Europe. Sovereign rating downgrades contributed to the fall of the first domino, Greece, and have since continued to fuel anxiety ...
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