Title:Democracy Promotion through Functional Cooperation? The case of the European neighbourhood policy
Author(s):FREYBURG, Tina; LAVENEX, Sandra; SCHIMMELFENNIG, Frank; SKRIPKA, Tatiana; WETZEL, AnneDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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:Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance?
Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; COZZI, GuidoDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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 Europeanisation Weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
Author(s):AFONSO, Alexandre; FONTANA, Marie-Christine; PAPADOPOULOS, YannisDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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, AlessiaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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:The Epilogue in the MOX Plant Dispute: An end without findings
Author(s):LAVRANOS, NikolaosDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyses the end of the MOX plant dispute, which was recently terminated by the UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunal. It is demonstrated that neither the ECJ nor the UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunal discussed the substance of the ...
Title:Everyone’s a winner (almost) : bargaining success in the Council of Ministers of the European Union
Author(s):CROSS, James P.Date:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract: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:Exporting the Acquis Communautaire into the Legal Systems of Third Countries
Author(s):PETROV, RomanDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the role of the EU as a global actor in international relations and
a promoter of its own standards and values abroad. In particular, this article studies selected
substantive and procedural means ...