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 ...
Title:Fundamental Guarantees in the Armed Conflict in the Slovenian Context: Lessons Learnt?
Author(s):LETNAR CERNIC, JernejDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the treatment of detainees in treaty and customary international humanitarian law. Detainees are persons who do not or have ceased to take a direct part in hostilities or are hors de combat. It ...
Title:'Furnished with Gentlemen': The ambassador’s house in sixteenth-century Italy
Author(s):FLETCHER, CatherineDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article responds to recent calls for a ‘new diplomatic history’ of early modern Europe with an investigation of an important subset of Renaissance diplomatic practices: those related to the house, household and ...
Title:Gender and public policy in Europe
Author(s):MAZUR, Amy G.; MORGAN, Kimberly J.; ENGELI, Isabelle; SAUER, Birgit; CELIS, Karen; HAFNER-BURTON, Emilie M.; POLLACK, Mark A.; ZIPPEL, Kathrin; AVDEYEVA, OlgaDate:2009Type of Publication:Article
Title:Horizontal Equity
Author(s):GALBIATI, Roberto; VERTOVA, PietroDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The principle of horizontal equity (HE) is considered as a basic principle to follow in order to design and evaluate a redistributive policy. However, the theoretical debate has not yet clarified what exactly horizontal ...
Title:Ideals or compromises? The attitude–behaviour relationship in mothers' employment
Author(s):STEIBER, Nadia; HAAS, BarbaraDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article addresses the marked variations in women's employment that exist within and across countries, with a specific focus on mothers of children below school-going age. Using comparative survey data for 26 countries, ...
Title:Il consumatore medio
Author(s):PONCIBO', CristinaDate:2007Type of Publication:Article
Title:The Importance of Industrial Policy in Quality-Ladder Growth Models
Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; ZAMPARELLI, LucaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We extend the class of quality-ladder growth models (Grossman and Helpman, 1991, Segerstrom, 1998 and others), to encompass an economy with asymmetric fundamentals. In contrast to the standard framework, in our model ...
Title:Insecure Alliances: Risk, inequality, and support for the Welfare State
Author(s):REHM, Philipp; HACKER, Jacob S.; SCHLESINGER, MarkDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Popular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in part the degree to which economic ...
Title:Institutions and Sectoral Logics in Creative Industries: The media cluster in Cologne
Author(s):APITZSCH, Birgit; PIOTTI, GenyDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Institutional actors at the regional or local level increasingly see the development of the creative industry sector as a means of improving local competitiveness. However, research on relations between institutions and ...