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Title: Constitutionalism as a “Resource”. A constitutional approach to the development debate Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In this paper, I argue that cooperation for development may be seen as a technique of 'second-modernity' constitutionalism. I base this argument on the developmental goal of correcting the asymmetries produced by economic ...

Title: Contested competences in Europe: incomplete contracts and interstitial institutional change Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne; BOUWEN, Pieter; FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne; JUPILLE, Joseph; SORIANO, Leonor Moral; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik; MOURY, Catherine; CAPORASO, James A. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Cooperative transnationalism in contemporary europe : europeanization and political opportunities for LGBT mobilization in the European Union Author(s): AYOUB, Phillip M. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article builds on previous research on Europeanization and political opportunity structures (POS) for mobilization, to explore the processes of transnational LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) mobilization ...

Title: Corporate Human Rights Obligations Under Stabilization Clauses Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Lawyers, economists and social scientists alike have for a number of years agreed that foreign investment has the potential to act as a catalyst for the enjoyment of an individual's fundamental human rights, particularly ...

Title: Corporate responsibility for human rights: A critical analysis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: When an individual has suffered a violation of her human rights by or involving corporations, she should have recourse to a court or quasi-judicial mechanism to enforce responsibility of perpetrator. It appears that the ...

Title: Corporate responsibility for human rights: Analyzing the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy Author(s): LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyses the Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy of the International Labour Organization. It argues that given the current lack of a legally binding ...

Title: Dating Cinderella: On subsidiarity as a political safeguard of federalism in the European Union Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of the debate on the subsidiarity principle. Subsidiarity is one of the most ambiguous and debated notions in law, and it definitively belongs to all the legal ...

Title: Decentralising the Active Welfare State: The relevance of intergovernmental structures in Italy and Spain Author(s): LÓPEZ-SANTANA, Mariely; MOYER, Rossella Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article contributes to the literatures on the governance of activation and the territorial structure of the welfare state by drawing attention to the institutional designs of active welfare states and the architectures ...

Title: Decision Rules, Social Norms and the Expression of Disagreement: The case of qualified majority voting in the Council of the European Union Author(s): NOVAK, Stéphanie Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: When a group has to make a decision, one can assume that the members’ incentives to state their position vary according to the different decision rules. Decision-making in the Council of the European Union offers an ...

Title: Democracy Promotion through Functional Cooperation? The case of the European neighbourhood policy Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina; LAVENEX, Sandra; SCHIMMELFENNIG, Frank; SKRIPKA, Tatiana; WETZEL, Anne Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This contribution explores whether and under what conditions functional sectoral cooperation between the EU and the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) promotes democratic governance. In an analysis of ...

Title: Demokratisierung durch Zusammenarbeit? Funktionale Kooperation mit autoritären Regimen und Sozialisation in demokratischem Regieren Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Is functional cooperation with authoritarian regimes a blessing or a curse for democratization? Scholars predominantly view cooperation with authoritarian regimes as counterproductive in terms of democratization because ...

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: Diverging performances : the detrimental effects of early educational selection on equality of opportunity in Hungary Author(s): HORN, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The Hungarian system is ideal to test the effect of early-selection on inequality of opportunity, since students are selected at three different ages. The early-selective academic tracks skim off the best students first ...

Title: Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance? Author(s): GIORDANI, Paolo; COZZI, Guido Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In a two-period, sunspot, pure-exchange economy we analyse the case in which agents do not assign subjective probabilistic beliefs to the ‘sunspot activity’. Two generations, each of which is made up of identical agents, ...

Title: Does child care availability play a role in maternal employment and children’s development? Evidence from Italy Author(s): BRILLI, Ylenia; DEL BOCA, Daniela; PRONZATO, Chiara D. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of public child care availability in Italy in mothers’ working status and children’s scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test ...

Title: Does Europeanisation Weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes Author(s): AFONSO, Alexandre; FONTANA, Marie-Christine; PAPADOPOULOS, Yannis Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken ...

Title: Does Trade Foster Institutions? An Empirical Assessment Author(s): NICOLINI, Marcella; PACCAGNINI, Alessia Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The relationship between trade and institutions has been extensively debated by trade economists and political scientists. The aim of the present paper is to provide some empirical evidence on the causal relationship between ...

Title: Donatella della Porta and Manuela Caiani. Social Movements and Europeanization. Book Review Author(s): ZAHN, Rebecca Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The dynamic nature of the acquis communautaire in EU external relations Author(s): PETROV, Roman Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Economics and integration in Western and Eastern Europe after the Second World War Author(s): PLUMPE, Werner; STEINER, André; FAURI, Francesca; BÜHRER, Werner; AHRENS, Ralf; FAVA, Valentina; JUDT, Matthias Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article

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