Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) by Title

Title:From Berlusconi to Monti : Italian politics Editor(s):BOSCO, Anna; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2013Citation:New York : Berghahn, 2013Type:BookAbstract:In 2011, Silvio Berlusconi’s government fell amid a severe financial crisis that called into question the sustainability of Italy’s enormous public debt. But Italy’s entire political class suffered a downgrade at the hands ...

Title:From boundary to borderland : transforming the meaning of borders through the European neighbourhood policy Author(s):COMELLI, Michele; GRECO, Ettore; TOCCI, NathalieDate:2007Citation:European foreign affairs review, 2007, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 203-218Type:ArticleAbstract:This article looks at the European Neighbourhood Policy as an attempt by the EU to transform its external borders from areas of demarcation and division to areas of exchange and interaction. It outlines five possible ...

Title:From Brussels with love : leverage, benchmarking, and the action plans with Jordan and Tunisia in the EU's democratization policy Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.; SCHUMACHER, TobiasDate:2011Citation:Democratization, 2011, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 932-955Type:ArticleAbstract:With the adoption of the European neighbourhood policy (ENP) in 2003, the European Union (EU) for the first time introduced benchmarking procedures in the realm of democracy promotion, while also establishing the principles ...

Title:From Competitive Regionalism to Cooperative Federalism: the Europeanization of the Spanish State of the Autonomies Author(s):BORZEL, Tanja A.Date:2000Citation:Publius-The Journal of Federalism, 2000, 30, 2, 17-42Type:ArticleAbstract:Intergovernmental relations in Spain have undergone a significant transformation during the past 22 years. With the transition to democracy Spain has developed from a unitary-centralist into a quasi-federal policy in which ...

Title:From creeping to sprinting : the foreign policy of Montenegro Author(s):DZANKIC, JelenaDate:2014Citation:Soeren KEIL and Bernhard STAHL (eds), The foreign policies of Post-Yugoslav States : from Yugoslavia to Europe, London : Palgrave, 2014, New Perspectives on South-East Europe, pp. 173-197Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter seeks to solve the puzzle of how Montenegro’s foreign policy was gradually shaped from that of a republic in the FRY to that of an independent state. Given that the developments in Montenegro’s foreign policy ...

Title:From distribution networks to smart distribution systems : rethinking the regulation of European electricity DSOs Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio J.; SCHWENEN, Sebastian; BATLLE, Carlos; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; THINK ReportsAbstract:An increasing deployment of distributed energy resources allows for new business models that have the potential to substantially change today’s electricity markets. These changes bring challenges for distribution system ...

Title:From distribution networks to smart distribution systems : rethinking the regulation of European electricity DSOs Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio J.; SCHWENEN, Sebastian; BATLLE, Carlos; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Florence School of Regulation; 2013/05; THINK Policy BriefsAbstract:• An emerging broad range of technologies for distributed energy resources (DER) is causing significant changes in the planning and operation of power systems. These changes cause challenges for power systems and regulators ...

Title:From distribution networks to smart distribution systems : rethinking the regulation of European electricity DSOs Author(s):RUESTER, Sophia; SCHWENEN, Sebastian; BATLLE, Carlos; PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio J.Date:2014Citation:Utilities Policy, 2014, Vol. 31, pp. 229-237Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:Distributed energy resources allow for new business models that have the potential to substantially change today's power system functioning paradigm. In particular, these changes pose challenges for distribution system ...

Title:From EMP to ENP: What's at Stake with the European Neighbourhood Policy towards the Southern Mediterranean? Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.; SCHUMACHER, TobiasDate:2005Citation:The European Foreign Affairs Review, 2005, 10, 1, 17-38Type:Article

Title:From Florence forum to Florence process : a look back Author(s):TRINH, Quynh Chi; MEEUS, LeonardoDate:2009Citation:IEEE, 6th international conference on the European energy market, 27-29 May 2009, Leuven : IEEE, 2009Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Market reforms in European electricity sector have profoundly changed the sector and how it is regulated. When Florence forum came into practice in 1998, it introduced a new concept of regulation: based on open discussion ...

Title:From Global to Polycentric Climate Governance Author(s):COLE, Daniel H.Date:2011-06-01Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/30; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Global governance institutions for climate change, such as those established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, have so far failed to make a significant impact on greenhouse ...

Title:From Goans to Gujaratis : a study of the Indian community in Portugal Author(s):LOURENCO, InêsDate:2013Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; CARIM-India Research Report; 2013/01Abstract:This text examines the population of Indian origin in Portugal, which comes mainly from three Indian states: Gujarat, Goa and Punjab. This population settled in Portugal in different waves, and correspondingly cultural ...

Title:From Guardians to Managers: Immigration Policy Implementation in Europe Editor(s):JORDAN, Bill; STRATH, Bo; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, AnnaDate:2003Citation:Special Issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2003, Vol 29, No. 2Type:Book

Title:From hammer and sickle to star and crescent : the question of religion for European identity and a political Europe Author(s):CHALLAND, BenoîtDate:2009Citation:Religion, state and society, 2009, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, pp. 65-80Type:ArticleAbstract:The paper suggests that European political identity, as a fragile project, is always in need of external significant ‘others’ in order to buttress a sense of common fate within the sui generis political entity of the ...

Title:From Imitation to Competitive-Cooperation. Ford Foundation and Management Education in Western Europe (1950's-1970's), Vol. I Author(s):GEMELLI, GiulianaDate:1997Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 1997/34

Title:From Imitation to Competitive-Cooperation. Ford Foundation and Management Education in Western Europe (1950's-1970's), Vol. II Author(s):GEMELLI, GiulianaDate:1997Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 1997/35

Title:From informing to empowering : improving government-civil society interactions within OGP Author(s):FRANCOLI, Mary; OSTLING, Alina; STEIBEL, FabroDate:2015Citation:Open government partnership Report
2015Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)]Abstract:Civic engagement is at the heart of OGP. However given the nascence of the initiative, we are still learning about the extent and the way governments and the civil society interact within the framework of OGP. This report ...

Title:From Millet to Nation: The Limits of Consociational Resolutions for Middle East Conflict Author(s):SHIELDS, SarahDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/84; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:This paper argues that Europeans worked to transform the bases for group affiliation in territories of the former Ottoman Empire, insisting on national and linguistic self-identification that created dissonance among the ...

Title:From negative to positive integration? : European state aid control through soft and hard law Author(s):BLAUBERGER, MichaelDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MPIfG Discussion Paper; 2008/04Abstract:European state aid control, a part of competition policy, typically follows the logic of negative integration. It significantly constrains the potential for Member States to distort competition by reducing their ability ...

Title:From Nice to Europe Author(s):AMATO, GiulianoDate:2000Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2000Type:OtherSeries/Number:Jean Monnet Lecture; 22