Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) by Title
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Title:Innovative features in poverty reduction programmes : an impact evaluation of chile solidario on households and children Author(s):MARTORANO, Bruno; SANFILIPPO, MarcoDate:2012Citation:Journal of International Development, 2012, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 1030-1041Type:ArticleAbstract:The Chile Solidario programme is an innovative conditional cash transfer (CCT) in the Latin American context, aimed at addressing specifically the multidimensional nature of poverty. This paper, using data from the Panel ...
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Title:Insecurity, Migration and Return: The Case of Lebanon following the Summer 2006 War Author(s):HOURANI, Guita G.; SENSENIG-DABBOUS, EugeneDate:2007Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]; [CARIM-South]; CARIM Research Report; 2007/01 -
Title:Inside and outside : EU external relations in focus Author(s):CURTIN, Deirdre; ECKES, ChristinaDate:2016Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS) Report; 2016/13Abstract:Foreign affairs have always involved a degree of secrecy and the EU external action is no exception. Out of security concerns and to protect the confidentiality of international negotiations, EU foreign policy actors such ...
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Title:Inside the mind of a permanent representative in Brussels : personal reflections Author(s):MCDONAGH, BobbyDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/50Abstract:This paper is a personal reflection of the role of a Permanent Representative in Brussels. It offers insights into the thought processes of an individual member of COREPER which plays a central role in the EU’s negotiating ...
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Title:Inside wars : local dynamics of conflicts in Syria and Libya Editor(s):NARBONE, Luigi; FAVIER, Agnès; COLLOMBIER, VirginieDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:BookSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:This ebook, Inside Wars: Local Dynamics of Conflicts in Syria and Libya, aims to make a contribution to the understanding of some of the under-researched local dynamics of the Syrian and Libyan conflicts. The objective is ...
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Title:Insiders and Outsiders: Borders in Nineteenth Century Europe Author(s):STRATH, BoDate:2006Citation:Stefan BERGER (ed.), A Companion to Nineteenth Century Europe, Oxford, Blackwell, 2006Type:Contribution to book
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Title:Installation entries and exits in the EU ETS industrial sector Author(s):VERDE, Stefano F.; GRAF, Christoph; JONG, Thijs; MARCANTONINI, ClaudioDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/19; Florence School of Regulation ClimateAbstract:Focusing on the industrial sector of the EU ETS, this study identifies and analyses the entries and the exits of installations into and from the system over the period 2005-2013. The overall number of exits was notable ...
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Title:Institution [Un]Building: Decentralising Government and the Case of Rwanda Author(s):MCCONNELL, JesseDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/39; European Report on DevelopmentAbstract:The challenge of institution building in African countries remains a major threat to the establishment of peace and justice, and the entrenchment of sustainable social and economic development. This may be attributed ...
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Title:Institution-Driven Competition: The Regulation of Cross-Border Broadcasting in the EU Author(s):HARCOURT, AlisonDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2004/44
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Title:Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe: Governing Change Editor(s):MOURY, Catherine; DE SOUSA, LuísDate:2009Citation:New York, Routledge, 2009Type:BookAbstract:This book discusses the future of the European Union following the failure of the Constitutional and reform treaties, examining the transformations, dynamics and major issues facing present-day Europe. Discussing key ...
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Title:Institutional change and continuity in the European Union: the super-commissioner saga Author(s):KARAGIANNIS, Yannis; GUIDI, MattiaDate:2014Citation:Acta politica, 2014, Vol. 49, pp. 174–195Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[BORDERLANDS]Abstract:We analyse the politics surrounding the proposal to create a super-commissioner with exclusive powers to veto national budgets in the European Union (EU). According to liberal institutionalism and liberal inter-governmentalism, ...
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Title:Institutional Change in Advanced European Democracies: An exploratory assessment Author(s):BEDOCK, Camille; MAIR, Peter; WILSON, AlexDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2012/11; EUDO - European Union Democracy ObservatoryAbstract:Recent decades have seen a wave of institutional changes of the core democratic rules in advanced democracies. These changes include reforms of electoral systems; decentralization of power to subnational governments; the ...
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Title:Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism: Coordinated Financial Systems since 1990 Author(s):CULPEPPER, Pepper D.Date:2005-01-01Citation:World Politics, 2005, 57, 2, 173-199Type:ArticleAbstract:What happens when the unstoppable force of liberalization collides with the immovable object of national financial institutions in the advanced industrial democracies? To answer this question and evaluate alternative ...
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Title:Institutional Change in Europe: Co-decision and comitology transformed Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Citation:Journal of Common Market Studies, 2012, 50, S1, 38-54Type:ArticleAbstract:This article explains how institutional rules change after they have been established in two important areas of European decision-making: co-decision and comitology. It shows how legislation under co-decision was transformed ...
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Title:Institutional Change in European Governance: The Commission’s implementing powers and the European Parliament Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, CatherineDate:2012Citation:David LEVI-FAUR (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Governance, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations, 642-655Type:Contribution to book
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Title:Institutional Changes: Alternative theories and consequences for institutional design Author(s):BROUSSEAU, Eric; GARROUSTE, Pierre; RAYNAUD, EmmanuelDate:2011Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:This paper surveys alternative approaches to the emergence and evolution of institutions. The challenge is to develop frameworks capable of capturing both stability and change. We follow a “descaling” approach to show how ...
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Title:Institutional Corruptions Author(s):LESSIG, LawrenceDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2012/68; Global Governance Programme-33Abstract:The concept of "institutional corruption" as developed by Professor Dennis Thompson is a critically important way to understand the failings of a modern democratic state. In this paper, Professor Lessig advances one way ...
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Title:Institutional design of democratic conditionality in regional organizations Author(s):CLOSA, CarlosDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/45; Global Governance Programme-54Abstract:Democratic conditionality accession clauses have become increasingly common in certain international organisations. Similarly, provisions on suspension of membership because of breaches of democratic order have emerged. ...
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Title:The Institutional Design of European Competition Policy Author(s):MANGANELLI, Antonio; NICITA, Antonio; ROSSI, Maria AlessandraDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/79; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:This paper analyzes the institutional design of the European competition policy system. Besides the multi-level public enforcement, the paper describes other two fundamental dimensions of the European competition policy ...
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Title:The Institutional Economics of Reflexive Governance in the Area of Utility Regulation Author(s):BROUSSEAU, Eric; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2010/90; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:Regulation of utilities in the XXI Century is challenged by the fast pace of change notably the acceleration of innovation, the restructuring of industry as sets of modular chains and the spreading of new information and ...