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Title:Defying convergence : globalisation and varieties of defence-industrial capitalism Author(s):DEVORE, MarcDate:2015Citation:New political economy, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 569-593Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]Abstract:Globalisation is transforming the production of armaments in ways poorly understood, yet critical to states' security. Most analysts contend that this process forces states to converge upon laissez-faire policies that ...
Title:Degree of Coordination in Market-coupling and Counter-trading Author(s):OGGIONI, Giorgia; SMEERS, YvesDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/24; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:Cross-border trade remains a contentious issue in the restructuring of the European electricity market. Difficulties stem from the lack of a common market design, the separation between energy and transmission markets ...
Title:The Degree of Legal Independence of the Mediterranean Central Banks: International Comparison and Macroeconomic Implications Author(s):GISOLO, EnricoDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2007/30; Pierre Werner Chair Programme on Monetary UnionAbstract:The aim of the present paper is to assess the degree of central bank legal independence enjoyed by the central banks of the south shore of the Mediterranean Sea, which belong to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and to ...
Title:Deir al-Zor after Islamic state : between Kurdish self-administration and a return of the Syrian regime Author(s):AWAD, ZiadDate:2018Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:2018/02; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:بينما تشهد محافظة دير الزور حالة اضطراب هائل، تطرح الهزيمة العسكرية لداعش احتمالات عدة لمسألة استقرار هذه المنطقة وإعادة بناء السلام فيها في المدى المتوسط والبعيد. لذلك يحاول هذا البحث تحليل جانب من الآثار العميقة التي ...
Title:Delegation and varieties of capitalism : explaining the independence of national competition agencies in the European Union Author(s):GUIDI, Mattia Date:2014Citation:Comparative European politics, 2014, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 343–365Type:ArticleAbstract:This article aims to explain why, despite the fact that all national competition authorities (NCAs) in EU member states enforce the same law, relevant differences exist in the degree of independence that these agencies ...
Title:Delegation of Power and Agency Losses in EU Trade Politics Author(s):DA CONCEICAO-HELDT, EugeniaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/18Abstract:This paper addresses the problem of agency losses (agency shirking and agency slippage) in the process of power delegation in EU trade policy. The central question is whether a conflictual situation exists between the ...
Title:Delegation without Borders: On individual rights, constitutions and the global order Author(s):BROUSSEAU, Eric; SGARD, Jérôme; SCHEMEIL, YvesDate:2012Citation:Global Constitutionalism, 2012, 1, 3, 455-484Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:Political and economic rights are envisaged as the outcome of an ongoing bargain between citizens and their rulers. Over the long run, this constitutive process shapes the development of both the economy and the state. ...
Title:Deliberately Changing the Discourse: What Does Make Arguing Effective? Author(s):ULBERT, Cornelia; RISSE, ThomasDate:2005Citation:Acta Politica, 2005, 40, 3, 351-367Type:Article
Title:Deliberation behind closed doors : transparency and lobbying in the European Union Author(s):NAURIN, Daniel Date:2007Citation:Colchester : ECPR Press, 2007, ECPR monographsType:BookAbstract:Do transparency and publicity have the power to civilise politics? In deliberative democratic theory this is a common claim. Publicity, it is argued, forces actors to switch from market-style bargaining to a behaviour more ...
Title:Deliberation in the public policies planning process Editor(s):PODGÓRSKA-RYKAŁA, Joanna ; SROKA, JacekDate:2022Citation:Kraków : Wydawnictwo Libron, 2022Type:BookAbstract:Over the last decades much has been written about the role of deliberation in public life, and much is still being written. This does not mean that the idea of deliberation is no longer a flickering mirage, and the ...
Title:Deliberative democracy, public policy, and local government Author(s):PODGÓRSKA-RYKAŁA, Joanna Date:2024Citation:New York ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2024, Public administration and public policyType:BookAbstract:This book examines deliberative democracy and its practical forms and applications in local government public policy. Author Joanna Podgórska-Rykała explores the topic of democracy, leaning in particular on the origins of ...
Title:Deliberative layering : explaining diverse interest mobilization across the European Parliament's policy cycle Author(s):COEN, David; LEHMANN, Wilhelm ; KATSAITIS, Alexander Date:2021Citation:Journal of public affairs, 2021, Vol. 21, No. 1, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Drawing from work on deliberation and information‐access, this paper conceptually frames why and when different types of interests mobilize across the parliamentary policy cycle. We posit that each policy stage holds its ...
Title:Deliberative mini-publics as a response to the crisis of representative democracy : first attempts at institutionalization in European cities Author(s):PODGÓRSKA-RYKAŁA, Joanna Date:2024Citation:Przegląd politologiczny, 2024, No. 4, pp. 149-167Type:ArticleAbstract:The growing crisis of representative democracy and associated citizen dissatisfaction has stimulated innovative thinking about democracy. Over the past two decades, a wide range of democratic innovations have emerged to ...
Title:A Delicate Balance: Religious schools and tolerance in Europe Author(s):MAUSSEN, Marcel; BADER, VeitDate:2012Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:ACCEPT-PLURALISM; 2012/04; 3. National Case Studies - School Life; Comparative Policy Briefs
Title:The demand for foreign workers by foreign firms : evidence from Africa Author(s):CONIGLIO, Nicola D.; HOXHAJ, Rezart ; SERIC, AdnanDate:2017Citation:Review of world economics, 2017, Vol. 153, No. 2, pp. 353–384Type:ArticleAbstract:Foreign workers play a crucial role in channelling resources and information flows both within the boundaries of firms and between foreign firms and the host country economy. In this study we employ a novel firm-level ...
Title:Demand for migrant workers : institutional system effects beyond national borders Author(s):ANDERSON, Bridget; KHADKA, Upasana; RUHS, Martin Date:2023Citation:Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleSeries/Number:[RSC]; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:This paper explores how wealthy countries’ reliance on migrant workers is not restricted to migrants working within their borders but extends, through global supply chains, to migrants employed in lower-income countries. ...
Title:Demand in the context of trafficking in human beings in the domestic work sector in Belgium Author(s):CAMARGO MAGALHÃES, BeatrizDate:2016Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]; [DemandAT]Abstract:Belgian anti-THB policy is often pointed as exemplary given its broad definition of the crime of trafficking for labour exploitation, as being the work or service carried out in conditions contrary to human dignity, in ...
Title:Demand in the context of trafficking in human beings in the domestic work sector in Cyprus Author(s):ANGELI, Danai Date:2016Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]; [DemandAT]Abstract:Domestic work has been of particular significance in the Cypriot labour market and in particular its migrant workforce. Over the past two decades, thousands of migrant women have flown into the country to work as domestic ...
Title:Demand in the context of trafficking in human beings in the domestic work sector in France Author(s):LEVY, FlorenceDate:2016Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]; [DemandAT]Abstract:The fight against trafficking in human beings (THB) is now part of the French political agenda. Yet the priority is given to the fight against sexual exploitation while labour exploitation is still regarded as a minor ...
Title:Demand in the context of trafficking in human beings in the domestic work sector in Greece Author(s):ANGELI, Danai Date:2016Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]; [DemandAT]Abstract:Even though Greece counts as one of Europe’s four main trafficking hubs and even though migrant domestic workers have been arriving in the country since the late 70s, these two storylines somehow fail to meet. According ...