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Title:Challenging the Commission’s Right of Initiative? Conditions for institutional change and stability Author(s):RASMUSSEN, AnneDate:2007Citation:West European Politics, 2007, 30, 2, 244-264, Special issue edited by Adrienne Héritier and Henry FarrellType:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the conditions under which informal institutional change between EU Treaties becomes formalised in subsequent Treaties. Recent developments in institutional theory show how formal rule changes often ...
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Title:Challenging Unfair Terms: Some recent developments Author(s):CABRELLI, D.; ZAHN, RebeccaDate:2010Citation:Juridical Review, 2010, 2, 115–137Type:Article
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Title:The changes provoked by the European integration process – especially in times of crisis – on the relationships between parliament and government in France, Germany and Spain Author(s):FROMAGE, DianeDate:2015Citation:Revista del postgrado en derecho de la UNAM (Nueva época), 2015, No. 2, pp. 111-139Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the relationship between national Parliaments and their governments in the European integration process in the light of the French, the German and the Spanish examples. It shows that variations over ...
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Title:Charm Procedure in the XVIII Century: Restoring an order or recapturing innocence? Author(s):COHEN, DeborahDate:2007Citation:Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, 2007, 54, 2, 91-116Type:ArticleAbstract:In eighteenth-century France, there were almost no theoretical evolutions in the judicial field. Yet, ways of judging differed between the beginning and the end of the century. This paper is based on a close reading of ...
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Title:Civilizational analysis in international relations : mapping the field and advancing a “civilizational politics” line of research Author(s):BETTIZA, GregorioDate:2014Citation:International Studies Review, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-28Type:ArticleAbstract:This article maps and develops—theoretically and empirically—the field of civilizational analysis in international relations (IR). In particular, it teases out a more explicit “civilizational politics” line of research, ...
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Title:Cohousing's Relevance to Degrowth Theories Author(s):LIETAERT, MatthieuDate:2010Citation:Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010, 18, 6, 576-580Type:ArticleAbstract:In a context of ever faster globalisation, citizens and their environment are clearly put under pressure. This article introduces the cohousing movement as a model to make life more social and greener in an urban context. ...
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Title:COMECON integration and the automobile industry: the Czechoslovak case Author(s):FAVA, ValentinaDate:2008Citation:Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2008, 2, 93-116Type:Article
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Title:Commission V. Austria; Commission V. Sweden Author(s):LAVRANOS, NikolaosDate:2009Citation:American Journal of International Law, 2009, 103, 4, 716-722Type:Article
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Title:Competing Jurisdictions between MERCOSUR and WTO Author(s):LAVRANOS, Nikolaos; VIELLIARD, NicolasDate:2008Citation:The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 2008, 7, 2, 205-234Type:ArticleAbstract:The wider issues raised by the Brazilian Tyres case are discussed in this contribution. Regarding the institutional aspects, this case examines the difficulties between regional dispute settlement systems and the global ...
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Title:Completing the religious transition? : Muslims and Catholics navigate secularism in democratic Spain Author(s):GUIA, AitanaDate:2015Citation:New diversities, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 95-110Type:ArticleAbstract:In Europe, Muslims are often seen as the enemies of secularism and laïcité, the strict separation of church and state pioneered in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century France. Yet the Spanish experience shows that ... -
Title:Compulsory language educational policies and identity formation Author(s):ASPACHS-BRACONS, Oriol; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; COSTA-FONT, Joan; MASELLA, PaoloDate:2008Citation:Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, 2-3, 434-444Type:ArticleAbstract:Education can be at the root of the process of identity formation. Using survey data from Catalonia and the Basque Country, where in 1983 the education system became bilingual, we study how parental choices and schooling ...
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Title:Concentration of Working-Age Male Mortality among Manual Workers in Urban Latvia and Russia, 1970-1989 Author(s):ANDREEV, Evgueni M.; HOFFMANN, Rasmus; CARLSON, Elwood D.; SHKOLNIKOV, Vladimir M.; KHARKOVA Tatiana L.Date:2009Citation:European Societies, 11, 1, 2009, 161-185.Type:Article
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Title:Consensus Democracy and Support for Populist Parties in Western Europe Author(s):HAKHVERDIAN, Armen; KOOP, ChristelDate:2007Citation:Acta Politica, 2007, 42, 4, 401-420Type:ArticleAbstract:Inspired by a previous debate in Acta Politica between Rudy Andeweg and Arend Lijphart on the pros and cons of consensus democracy, this article explores whether support for populist parties is traceable to the institutional ...
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Title:Constitutional Failure or Constitutional Odyssey? What can we learn from Canada and Switzerland Author(s):MARTINICO, GiuseppeDate:2011Citation:Perspectives on Federalism, 2011, 3, 1, E-51-E-77Type:ArticleAbstract:According to many scholars, the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty and the disappointment caused by the contents of the Lisbon Treaty –- defined by Somek (2007) as a mere post-Constitutional Treaty – mark the failure ...
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Title:Constitutionalism as a “Resource”. A constitutional approach to the development debate Author(s):MARTINICO, GiuseppeDate:2011Citation:International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2011, 1, 2, 154-170Type:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
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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:2007Citation:West European politics, 2007, 30, 2, 227-415Type:Article
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Title:Contested norms in new-adopter states : international determinants of LGBT rights legislation. Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2015Citation:European journal of international relations, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 293-322Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article is concerned with the question of why lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) rights legislation is introduced at higher levels in some cases and less so in others. To address this puzzle, the article analyzes ...
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Title:Cooperative transnationalism in contemporary Europe : europeanization and political opportunities for LGBT mobilization in the European Union Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2013Citation:European Political Science Review, 2013, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 279-310Type:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
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Title:Corporate Human Rights Obligations Under Stabilization Clauses Author(s):LETNAR CERNIC, JernejDate:2010Citation:German Law Journal, 2010, 11, 2, 210-229Type:ArticleAbstract: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 ...
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Title:Corporate responsibility for human rights: A critical analysis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Author(s):LETNAR CERNIC, JernejDate:2008Citation:Hanse Law Review, 2008, 14, 1, 71-102Type:ArticleAbstract: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 ...