Title:Arab Society in Revolt: The West's Mediterranean Challenge
Author(s):MERLINI, Cesare; ROY, OlivierDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Arab Spring will be remembered as a period of great change for the Arab states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. The significant transitions in governance are the result of the profound social, cultural, ...
Title:The Arab Spring and Migration in Egypt: One year on: impacts, perceptions and attitudes
Author(s):HAFEZ, Hend; GHALY, AymanDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy Centre Research ReportAbstract:It is important to understand the various perspectives on migration issues in order to develop effective and coherent migration policies both in sending and receiving countries. This study attempts to give a snapshot of ...
Title:The Arab Spring and the Crisis of the European Border Regime: Manufacturing Emergency in the Lampedusa Crisis
Author(s):CAMPESI, GiuseppeDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The so-called Arab Spring has thrown out of kilter the precarious balance on which the Euro-Mediterranean border-control regime has been built over the years, illustrating the need to set this regime on a new foundation. ...
Title:Arab State Broadcasting Systems in Transition: The Promise of the Public Service Broadcasting Model
Author(s):AYISH, MuhammadDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In an Arab region entangled in global political, economic, social, and technological transformations, it seems natural to see traditionally paternalistic state broadcasting systems going through transitions. It has been ...
Title:Are Foreign Migrants More Assimilated Than Native Ones?
Author(s):FAINI, Riccardo; STRØM, Steinar; VENTURINI, Alessandra; VILLOSIO, ClaudiaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:IZA Discussion PapersAbstract:The novelties of the paper are two. First the paper compares the pattern of wage assimilation of foreigners with both native immigrants and local natives in Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. ...
Title:Are Intellectual Property Rights Hindering Technological Advance? the Need for Technological Commons
Author(s):ROUVINEN, Petri; STANKIEWICZ, RikardDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In the last quarter century, the scope of patenting has been expanded, the requirements for patentability have been lowered, the experimental use exemption has been narrowed, and patent holders' rights have been strengthened. ...
Title:Are Migrants Spurring Innovation?
Author(s):VENTURINI, Alessandra; MONTOBBIO, Fabio; FASSI, ClaudioDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy Centre Research Report