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Title: Pan-European Pension Funds: Current Situation and Future Prospects Author(s): GUARDIANCICH, Igor Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The competitive pressures arising from European economic integration increasingly challenge the territorial sovereignty of national welfare states. This generates the need to situate domestic social security schemes amid ...

Title: The Survival and Return of Institutions: Examples from Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe Author(s): GUARDIANCICH, Igor Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Opening a new phase in historical institutionalism, Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen show how a rigid dichotomy between incremental adaptation and radical transformation fails to capture important transformative processes ...

Title: On Cosmopolitan Occupations: The case of the World Tribunal on Iraq Author(s): CUBUKCU, Ayca Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Within the tradition of ‘civil society tribunals’, the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) was an unprecedented endeavour in global scale, scope, structure and sophistication. Embedded within the global antiwar movement from 2003 ...

Title: Trade Unions and New Member State Workers in Germany and the UK Author(s): ZAHN, Rebecca Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article compares German and British trade union responses in a European context following the European enlargements in 2004 and 2007 that are unprecedented in the history of the European Union (EU). In particular, ...

Title: Intellectual Property Law in the Peoples' Republic of China: A powerful economic tool for innovation and development Author(s): WECHSLER, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Transgovernmental Networks as Catalysts for Democratic Change? EU Functional Cooperation with Arab Authoritarian Regimes and Socialization of Involved State Officials into Democratic Governance Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: With the European Neighbourhood Policy, the European Union (EU) intensified functional cooperation in a wide range of sectors. This contribution investigates whether this kind of transnational exchange can trigger subtle ...

Title: La prospettiva dell’Unione europea: dare preminenza al mercato interno o rivedere la dottrina Laval? Author(s): DE WITTE, Bruno; ZAHN, Rebecca Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Constitutional Failure or Constitutional Odyssey? What can we learn from Canada and Switzerland Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: 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 ...

Title: Born To Be Together: The constitutional complexity of the EU Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

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

Title: Life Course Risks or Cumulative Disadvantage? The Structuring Effect of Social Stratification Determinants and Life Course Events on Poverty Transitions in Europe Author(s): VANDECASTEELE, Leen Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The aim of this article is to assess the importance of a life event perspective on poverty in relation to the traditional social stratification approach. Lately, poverty has often been seen as a life course risk associated ...

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: 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: 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: 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: Expertise publique sous influence? Rapports publics français et québécois relatifs à l'expression religieuse dans les institutions publiques Author(s): KOUSSENS, David Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: À partir d'une modélisation abstraite des types de neutralité décelables dans la gouvernance publique, cet article propose une analyse des postures de neutralité que l'on peut retracer dans les rapports publics français ...

Title: The Tortuous Path to the European System of Financial Supervision Author(s): GIANI, Leonardo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The regulatory response to the financial crisis has necessitated (and it still is necessitating) the adoption of a vast array of legal reforms. However, some of the elements of these reforms have departed from their ...

Title: Neue Beschäftigungsstrategien jenseits von externer und interner Flexibilisierung Author(s): TÜNTE, Markus; APITZSCH, Birgit; SHIRE, Karen A. Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Recent research about regular employment in core areas of high qualified service work in Germany yields contradictory findings about continuities and changes in employment stability. In addressing current debates about ...

Title: Innovation, Kreativität und immaterialgüterrechtliche Fragestellungen: Ein indisch-europäischer Dialog, 19.-20. November 2010 in Kalkutta, Indien Author(s): MACKENRODT, Mark-Oliver; WECHSLER, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article

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 ...

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