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Title: The Future of Democractic Sovereignty and Transnational Law Author(s): BENHABIB, Seyla Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2012/04 Abstract: This essay examines the rise of legal cosmopolitanism in the period since the UDHR of 1948 as it gives rise to two very distinct sets of literature and preoccupations. I contrast the mainly negative conclusions drawn by ...

Title: Gender and public policy in Europe Author(s): MAZUR, Amy G.; MORGAN, Kimberly J.; ENGELI, Isabelle; SAUER, Birgit; CELIS, Karen; HAFNER-BURTON, Emilie M.; POLLACK, Mark A.; ZIPPEL, Kathrin; AVDEYEVA, Olga Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Gender and the division of labor in grandparent couples Author(s): LEOPOLD, Thomas; SKOPEK, Jan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2013/13 Abstract: Grandmothers provide far more childcare assistance than do grandfathers. This gender gap in grandparenting is well-documented, but not well-understood. The present study investigated whether, and to what extent, this gap ...

Title: Gender differences in trajectories of health limitations and subsequent mortality. A study based on the German Socio-Economic Panel 1995-2001 with a mortality follow up 2002-2005 Author(s): DOBLHAMMER, Gabriele; HOFFMANN, Rasmus Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Objectives: Although research on health limitations has investigated gender differences in health and mortality, gender differentials in individual-level trajectories have been studied less frequently. Moreover, there are ...

Title: Gender Differences in Trajectories of Health Limitations and Subsequent Mortality. A Study Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel 1995-2001 with A Mortality Follow-Up 2002-2005 Author(s): DOBLHAMMER, Gabriele; HOFFMANN, Rasmus Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Objectives. Although research on health limitations has investigated gender differences in health and mortality gender differentials in individual-level trajectories have been studied less frequently Moreover, there are ...

Title: The gender gap in gender-based voting : the role of context Author(s): GIGER, Nathalie; HOLLI, Anne-Marie; LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe; WASS, Hanna Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: If parties nominate both male and female candidates, open-list PR electoral rules enable voters to engage in same-gender voting (i.e. select candidate of the same gender). In this regard, there is a gender gap in Finland, ...

Title: General Husayn and his Legacy: Slavery, Manumission and Nationality in Imperial Contexts Author(s): OUALDI, M’hamed Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP;2010/34 Abstract: In 1887, six years after the colonization of Tunisia by France, General Husayn, a former slave serving the Tunisian state died in Florence. From that moment, a legal conflict over his legacy ensued involving the Tunisian, ...

Title: German and British Trade Unions: Problems and opportunities after enlargement Author(s): ZAHN, Rebecca Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2011/04 Abstract: This paper examines and compares German and British trade union responses in a European context following the recent European enlargements in 2004 and 2007, enlargements that are unprecedented in the history of the European ...

Title: Germany Author(s): ADLOFF, Frank; SCHWERTMANN, Philipp; SPRENGEL, Rainer; GRAF STRACHWITZ, Rupert Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Get out the vote : how encouraging voting changes political outcomes Author(s): VALASEK, Justin-Mattias Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: How do measures to increase turnout affect election outcomes? I use a novel approach to analyze how these measures influence both voter turnout and the candidates' political positions. In general, lowering the net expense ...

Title: Global Democracy and the World Social Forum Author(s): SMITH, Jakie; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo; [et al.] Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments About the Authors 1 Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums 2 What is the World Social Forums? 3 Who Participates in the World Social ...

Title: A Global History of Ottoman Cotton Textiles, 1600-1850 Author(s): GEKAS, Athanasios Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2007/30 Abstract: This paper arises from the project on "Cotton textiles as a global industry, 1200-1800", carried out at the LSE and as part of the Global Economic History Network. The paper revisits and situates the historiography of ...

Title: The Global Justice Movement in Italy Author(s): REITER, Herbert; ANDRETTA, Massimiliano; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: The Global Order as a Potential Case of Background Injustice Author(s): RONZONI, Miriam Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2009/23 Abstract: Is the global order unjust? And if so, why? The paper argues that the central question to be asked within the debate on global distributive and economic justice is not whether the global order is characterized by the ...

Title: The Global Order: A Case of Background Injustice? A Practice-Dependent Account Author(s): RONZONI, Miriam Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Global Warming and Climate Policies Author(s): GUESNERIE, Roger Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MW LS; 2008/01 Abstract: The paper starts reviewing some basics of the climate science and economics of the greeenhouse effect. It stresses the nature and extent of uncertainty on both sides as well as the political background of present climate ...

Title: Global Witness v. Afrimex Ltd.: Decision Applying OECD Guidelines on Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: On August 28, 2008, the United Kingdom's National Contact Point (UK-NCP) issued its decision in Global Witness v. Afrimex Ltd. In this case, Global Witness, a non-governmental organization, alleged that Afrimex Ltd. ...

Title: The globalisation of inequality Author(s): BOURGUIGNON, François Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; 2013/02 Abstract: There has been an apparently contradictory trend in the global inequality in living standards over the past quarter-century. On the one hand, global inequality between countries has decreased significantly, while on the ...

Title: Globalization and the Politics of Subsidies Author(s): AYDIN, Umut Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2008/11 Abstract: State subsidies to attract investment have proliferated since the 1980s, yet we know little about the factors that influence governments’ subsidy policies. In this paper, I propose that in making subsidy policies, governments ...

Title: A Good Buy – If You Can Get One. Purchasing cars under socialist conditions Author(s): GATEJEL, Luminita Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP; 2010/14 Abstract: This paper gives a panoramic mapping of the infamous socialist ‘economy of shortages’ (Kornai) as it was lived and experienced by ordinary socialist citizens. It starts out by framing the general conditions under which ...

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