Title:Economic Liberalization, Devout Bourgeoisie, and Change in Political Islam: Comparing Turkey and Egypt
Author(s):GUMUSCU, SebnemDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper compares impact of economic liberalization on political Islamic movements in Turkey and Egypt. This comparison focuses on the economic and cultural effects of integration with the international markets on the ...
Title:Economic Theories and the Science of Inter-Branch Relations
Author(s):KARAGIANNIS, YannisDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Once again, the relations between the branches of government attract the attention of increasing
numbers of political scientists. The new literature raises questions such as the (a) determinants of the
delegation of ...
Title:Eff ective Multilateralism and the EU as a Military Power: Th e Worldview of Javier Solana
Author(s):BARROS-GARCIA, XianaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The worldview of Javier Solana, first holder of the post of European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, depicts a multipolar world which is full of negotiable conflicts. As a result of ...
Title:The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Estimates and Flat Tax Predictions using the Hungarian Tax Changes in 2005
Author(s):BAKOS, Péter; BENCZÚR, Péter; BENEDEK, DoraDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Many Central and Eastern European countries are adopting flat tax schemes in order to boost their economies and tax revenues. Though there are signs that some countries do manage to improve on both fronts, it is in general ...
Title:Electoral Representation at the European level and its Institutional Design: A reappraisal of recent reform plans
Author(s):LEHMANN, WilhelmDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The double role of national political parties in both national and European politics is an important explanatory factor for the dilatory development of European democracy. This paper contends that the present institutional ...
Title:Electricity Generation Capacity Tenders in the Security of Supply Interest: It’s All Wrong, but It’s All Right
Author(s):BJORNEBYE, HenrikDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This article discusses the relationship between Member State obligations to facilitate a stable internal electricity market investment climate on the one hand and rights to intervene in investment decisions by launching a ...
Title:Electricity Retailing in Norway
Author(s):VON DER FEHR, Nils-Henrik M.; HANSEN, Petter VegardDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We analyse retailer and household behaviour on the Norwegian electricity market, based on detailed information on prices and other market characteristics. We find that there exists a competitive market segment where a ...
Title:Embedded Law. Political Sociology of the European Community of Law: Elements of a Renewed Research Agenda
Author(s):VAUCHEZ, AntoineDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Rather than considering legal and judicial arenas as the mere surface of the heavy social processes that
shape European integration, this article contends that they are actually one the essential spaces where
the government ...
Title:Emerging Normative Frameworks on Transnational Human Rights Obligations
Author(s):VANDENHOLE, WouterDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Human rights problems and issues have become global, but human rights law has continued to focus primarily or exclusively on the domestic or territorial State. Given the multiplicity of State and non-state actors with ...