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Title: Everyone’s a winner (almost) : bargaining success in the Council of Ministers of the European Union Author(s): CROSS, James P. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper examines member state bargaining success in legislative negotiations in the European Union. Bargaining success is thought to be determined by factors attributable to intervention behaviour, relative policy ...

Title: Striking a pose : transparency and position taking in the Council of the European Union Author(s): CROSS, James P. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In recent years, transparency (or the lack thereof) has become a central concern of the European Union and its attempts to increase the democratic legitimacy of the legislative decision-making process. The claim regularly ...

Title: The capabilities approach as a bridge between animals and robots Author(s): LAUKYTE, Migle Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper I argue that robots, understood as artificially intelligent and autonomous entities, may one day be regarded as subjects of rights. The argument is built by looking at Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach, ...

Title: 'All’s well that ends well' : the strategy of electoral (mis)behavior in competitive-authoritarian regimes Author(s): LEVIN, Ines Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In competitive authoritarian regimes, formal democratic institutions and periodic elections are sponsored by the authoritarian ruler, but voting outcomes are sometimes manipulated to prevent government turnover. In this ...

Title: The strange non-death of multiculturalism Author(s): MODOOD, Tariq Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: One of the strange features of the ‘Multiculturalism is dead’ discourses is that they now define ‘multiculturalism’. It is now commonplace for even neutral commentators to define multiculturalism as a view which emphasises ...

Title: The return from the return to narrative Author(s): DE VRIES, Jan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Social scientific history in its various forms developed rapidly and enjoyed great influence in the 1960s and 70s. Around 1980 it was quickly and, in the United States decisively, eclipsed. An influential article predicting ...

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: Viral engagement : fast, cheap, and broad, but good for democracy ? Author(s): FUNG, Archon; SHKABATUR, Jennifer Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: In 2011 and 2012, several high profile campaigns spread with unexpected speed and potency. These “viral engagements” include the mobilization that scuttled the Stop Online Piracy Act, popular protest against the Susan G. ...

Title: Universal crime, particular punishment : trying the atrocities of the Japanese occupation as treason in the Philippines, 1947-1953 Author(s): LAWSON, Konrad M. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Trials against both war crimes and treason were held in the Philippines after the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945. In the former, a universalistic category of crimes were punished, while in the latter, the crime was ...

Title: Private law and the visible hand of EU regulation Author(s): SVETIEV, Yane Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: A question that is central to current debates about the Europeanisation of private law is that of how to conceptualise the relationship between European law and national private law. And a key aspect of that question is ...

Title: Brain imaging as a diagnostic and as a communicative tool in disorders of consciousness Author(s): BAGGIO, Giosuè; MORATTI, Sofia Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Recently, a number of neuroimaging studies have been conducted, aimed at detecting signs of consciousness in patients with a diagnosis of vegetative or minimally conscious state. The contributions appeared during an ongoing ...

Title: Translating modernity : visions and uses of Europe in Finland Author(s): NYGÅRD, Stefan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Translating modernity to the periphery is a recurring theme in the discussions on Europe at its geocultural margins. In small and young countries such as Finland, “Europe” has been mobilized for nation-building in terms ...

Title: Diaspora politics and developmental empire : the Syro-Lebanese at the League of Nations Author(s): JACKSON, Simon Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The globalisation of inequality Author(s): BOURGUIGNON, François Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS 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: Governance, Development, and Foreign Direct Investment Author(s): DIXIT, Avinash Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Less-developed countries and transition economies wish to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), but are often handicapped by their weak governance structures, i.e. by insecurity of property rights and contracts. Potential ...

Title: An Empirical Study of Credit Shock Transmission in a Small Open Economy Author(s): BEDOCK, Nathan; STEVANOVIC, Dalibor Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper we identify and measure the effects of credit shocks in a small open economy. To incorporate information from a large number of economic and financial indicators we use the structural factor-augmented VARMA ...

Title: Raiffeisenism Abroad: Why did German microfinance fail in Ireland but prosper in the Netherlands? Author(s): COLVIN, Christopher L.; MCLAUGHLIN, Eoin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: What was the recipe for the success of Raiffeisen’s banking model? What made it possible for imitations of this German rural cooperative microfinance institution to work well in some European countries, but fail in others? ...

Title: The Englaro Case: Withdrawal of treatment in Italy from a patient in a permanent vegetative state Author(s): MORATTI, Sofia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In 2009, the international media reported the case of Eluana Englaro, a 38-year-old woman in a Permanent Vegetative State (PVS) who died following the withdrawal of her feeding tube. By the time of her death, she had been ...

Title: Catholic Communities and their Festivities under the Portuguese Padroado in Early Modern Southeast Asia Author(s): ALBERTS, Tara Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Varieties of Capitalism: Trajectories of liberalization and the new politics of solidarity Author(s): THELEN, Kathleen Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This essay reviews recent literature on varieties of capitalism, drawing on insights from existing studies to propose a new, more differentiated way of thinking about contemporary changes in the political economies of the ...

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