Title:Policy Concertation, Europeanization and New Political Cleavages: the Case of Switzerland
Author(s):AFONSO, AlexandreDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates the impact of Europeanization on corporatist policy concertation by emphasizing the mediation of political cleavages.The analysis shows that in Switzerland, Europeanization has tended to strengthen ...
Title:Protecting European law from international law
Author(s):LAVRANOS, NikolaosDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution analyses the relationship between international law and Community law in the light of two recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) cases on Article 307 EC, that is, the Kadi and bilateral investment treaties ...
Title:The Refoundation of Symmetric Equilibrium in Schumpeterian Growth Models
Author(s):COZZI, Guido; GIORDANI, Paolo; ZAMPARELLI, LucaDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We provide a refoundation of the symmetric growth equilibrium characterizing the research sector of vertical R&D-driven growth models. We argue that the usual assumptions made in this class of models leave the agents ...
Title:Shifting from Academic ‘Brain Drain’ to ‘Brain Gain’ in Europe
Author(s):GRIGOLO, Michele; LIETAERT, Matthieu; MARIMON, RamonDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Many researchers trained in Europe leave to work abroad, particularly in the USA. This brain drain phenomenon is the result of a lack of openness and competition in European academic systems. Some changes relating to the ...
Title:Social Stratification and Cultural Consumption in Hungary: Book Readership
Author(s):BUKODI, ErzsebetDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption, specifically book readership, and social stratification in Hungary. Results show that status, education ...