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Title:A 'new' National Front? : gender, religion, secularism and the French populist radical right Author(s):SCRINZI, FrancescaDate:2017Citation:Michaela KÖTTIG, Renate BITZAN and Andrea PETÖ (eds), Gender and far right politics in Europe, Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Gender and politics, pp. 127-140Type:Contribution to book
Title:Conventional versus non-conventional political participation in Turkey : dimensions, means, and consequences Author(s):BEE, Cristiano; KAYA, AyhanDate:2017Citation:Turkish studies, 2017, FirstOnlineType:ArticleAbstract:This special issue focuses on the emergence of different forms of civic and political activism in Turkey. In doing so, we have taken into account different components of active citizenship and looked more specifically into ...
Title:Neighbouring host-countries' policies for Syrian refugees : the cases of Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey Author(s):ACHILLI, Luigi; YASSIN, Nasser; ERDOGAN, M. MuratDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:IEMed Paper; 2017/19; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:The question of how neighbouring countries manage the socioeconomic challenges of incoming Syrian refugees necessitates assessment of the policies developed, over the past few years by the governments of Jordan, Lebanon ...
Title:Washington slept here : how Donald Trump caught the politicians napping on trade Author(s):VANGRASSTEK, CraigDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/02; Global Governance Programme-248Abstract:This paper explores how Donald Trump managed first to secure the Republican Party nomination, and then an upset victory in the general election, by running on an unapologetically protectionist platform. It argues Trump ...
Title:Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data Author(s):POLK, Jonathan; ROVNY, Jan; BAKKER, Ryan; EDWARDS, Erica; HOOGHE, Liesbet; JOLLY, Seth; KOEDAM, Jelly; KOSTELKA, Filip; MARKS, Gary; SCHUMACHER, Gijs; STEENBERGEN, Marco; VACHUDOVA, Milada; ZILOVIC, MarcoDate:2017Citation:Research and politics, 2017, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-9Type:ArticleAbstract:This article addresses the variation of anti-corruption and anti-elite salience in party positioning across Europe. It demonstrates that while anti-corruption salience is primarily related to the (regional) context in which ...
Title:Measuring media literacy in the EU : results from the Media Pluralism Monitor 2015 Author(s):CERNISON, Matteo; OSTLING, AlinaDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/01; Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)Abstract:The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom is developing and testing a number of indicators through the Media Pluralism Monitor,[1] a tool for assessing risks to media pluralism in the EU and beyond. This paper ...
Title:TPP, American national security, and Chinese SOEs Author(s):BHALA, RajDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/03; Global Governance Programme-249Abstract:Free trade agreements (FTAs) are about far more than free trade. They are about national security. A trade deal may be ambitious in liberalizing or managing cross-border flows in goods, services, intellectual property (IP), ...
Title:Still lagging behind? : foreign policy think tanks in Poland : the origins and contemporary challenges Author(s):SUS, MonikaDate:2017Citation:Donald E. ABELSON, Stephen BROOKS and Xin HUA (eds), Think tanks, foreign policy and geo-politics : pathways to influence, London : Routledge, 2017, pp. 154-165Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Questions about the role and influence of think tanks in matters of foreign policy and geopolitics are both timely and important. The reconfiguration of global power, explosion of social media, shifts away from traditional ...
Title:On the debris of Aleppo : a gloomy and uncertain reconstruction for Syria : an analysis Author(s):FAVIER, AgnèsDate:2017Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2017/01; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:The current military map that has emerged following the fall of Aleppo, and the gradual purging of dozens of rebel towns in Rif Damascus in 2016, is the culmination of dynamics that were initiated as early as in 2013. They ...
Title:The signaling effect of gasoline taxes and its distributional implications Author(s):TIEZZI, Silvia; VERDE, Stefano F.Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/06; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:This paper proposes and tests a better defined interpretation of the different responses of gasoline demand to tax changes and to market-related price changes. Namely, the signaling effect of gasoline taxes is one that ...
Title:The emerging order of interparliamentary cooperation in the EU : functional specialization, the EU speakers conference, and the parliamentary dimension of the Council Presidency Author(s):COOPER, IanDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/05Abstract:This Working Paper analyses three trends in interparliamentary cooperation in the European Union (EU). All of them pertain to the notable increase in the number of interparliamentary meetings in recent years. First, there ...
Title:The European Parliament's diplomacy : a tool for projecting EU power in times of crisis? : the case of the Cox–Kwasniewski mission Author(s):NITOIU, Cristian; SUS, MonikaDate:2017Citation:Journal of common market studies, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 71-86Type:ArticleAbstract:The aim of this paper is to shed light on the way the European Parliament ’s diplomacy affects EU power, particularly during times of crisis. The analysis is focused on the Cox–Kwasniewski mission that the Parliament sent ...
Title:A network anatomy of Chinese state-owned enterprises Author(s):LIN, Li-WenDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/07; Global Governance Programme-251Abstract:This Article provides an anatomy of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by unpacking their various relations with different types of state organs. It shows that Chinese SOEs are embedded in a network composed of dense ...
Title:Providing political leadership? : three case studies on Germany's ambiguous role in the eurozone crisis Author(s):SCHOELLER, Magnus G.Date:2017Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2017, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-20Type:ArticleAbstract:Throughout the eurozone crisis, observers called upon Germany to assume leadership. Yet, Germany has not emerged as the hoped-for leader. According to the issue at stake, we observe three different outcomes: firstly, Germany ...
Title:The integration of migrants and refugees : an EUI forum on migration, citizenship and demography Editor(s):BAUBÖCK, Rainer; TRIPKOVIC, MilenaDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 2017Type:BookAbstract:This book addresses the challenges that the current migration and refugee crisis poses to the traditional integration mechanisms and processes employed by European countries. These challenges arise from the unprecedented ...
Title:Protecting fundamental values in the European Union through the rule of law : articles 2 and 7 TEU from a legal, historical and comparative angle Author(s):WILMS, GünterDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 2017Type:BookAbstract:The present study combines practical experience with the implementation of Union law ‘on the ground’ with an academic approach. It intends to facilitate the interpretation of the fundamental values mentioned in Article 2 ...
Title:Late neoliberalism and its discontents in the economic crisis : comparing social movements in the European periphery Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; ANDRETTA, Massimiliano; FERNANDES, Tiago; ROMANOS, Eduardo; O'CONNOR, Francis; VOGIATZOGLOU, MarkosDate:2017Citation:Cham : Springer, 2017Type:BookAbstract:This book analyses protests against the Great Recession in the European periphery. While social movements have long been considered as children of affluent times - or at least of times of opening opportunities - these ...
Title:Why does Alejandro know more about politics than Catalina? : explaining the Latin American gender gap in political knowledge Author(s):FRAILE, Marta; GÓMEZ, RaúlDate:2017Citation:British journal of political science, 2017, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 91-112Type:ArticleAbstract:This article tests contextual and individual-level explanations of the gender gap in political knowledge in Latin American countries. It suggests that this gap is impacted by political and economic settings through two ...
Title:Debates, rhetoric and political action : practices of textual interpretation and analysis Author(s):WIESNER, Claudia; HAAPALA, Taru; PALONEN, KariDate:2017Citation:London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Rhetoric, politics and societyType:BookAbstract:This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective ...
Title:Child trafficking, youth labour mobility and the politics of protection Author(s):HOWARD, NeilDate:2017Citation:London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Palgrave studies on children and developmentType:BookAbstract:This book provides the first overarching, empirically grounded, critical analysis of child trafficking as an idea, ordering principle, and artefact of politics. It examines (once) hegemonic anti-child trafficking discourse, ...