Title:Beyond Occidentalism: Europe and the Self in Present-day Arabic Narrative Discourse
Author(s):CASINI, LorenzoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The paper deals with the theme of the representation of Europe in present-day Arabic narrative discourse. In the first part, which is mainly theoretical, the notion of Occidentalism is defined with particular reference to ...
Title:Beyond the Republic of Fear: Symbolic Domination in Bacthist Iraq
Author(s):LENNER, KatharinaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper explores the significance of official rhetoric, symbolism and cultural production as a social
practice of domination in Bacthist Iraq. In order to make sense of this aspect of domination, it is
necessary to ...
Title:Bini Smaghi vs. the Parties: Representative government and institutional constraints
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Although it is generally seen as desirable that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now in increasing tension with one another. Prudence and consistency in government, ...
Title:Biomedicine and EU Law: Unlikely Encounters?
Author(s):HENNETTE-VAUCHEZ, StéphanieDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Over the last decade, a significant body of biomedical law has emerged within EU law. In so far as the EU has long been portrayed as aiming mostly if not only at economic integration, it is surprising at face value to see ...
Title:Bringing EU Migration Cooperation to the Eastern Neighbourhood: Convergence beyond the acquis communautaire?
Author(s):HERNÁNDEZ I SAGRERA, Raül; KORNEEV, OlegDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The European Union (EU) external cooperation in the migration field has been mostly developed in Eastern Europe. Indeed, the EU migration cooperation with Russia and Eastern Partnership countries has so far had outcomes ...
Title:Bringing the Diplomat Back In: Elements of a New Historical Research Agenda
Author(s):GRAM-SKJOLDAGER, KarenDate:2011-03-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:In the 20th century and since 1945 in particular the institution of diplomacy has changed. While
traditional bilateral diplomatic relations have expanded rapidly as a consequence of decolonisation,
other developments ...
Title:Budget support in fragile states : feeding the beast or building resilience?
Author(s):DE CATHEU, JuanaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Budget support is an aid modality that has been making headlines, usually triggered by cases of corruption or unsavoury moves by recipient governments. Such headlines raise questions about the impact of budget support, and ...
Title:"Building a Safe, Just and Tolerant Society": British Attitudes towards Asylum and Migration
Author(s):JOFFÉ, GeorgeDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Until the end of empire, Britain did not have a well-developed policy towards nationality and inward population movement, whether as migration or for purposes of asylum. Yet, in the wake of the Second World War, significant ...
Title:Building Blocks: Investment in Renewable and Nonrenewable Technologies
Author(s):BUSHNELL, JamesDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper examines how the increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation can change the economic landscape for merchant power investment in conventional thermal generation. An equilibrium model of generation ...
Title:Building Efficient Models of Global Governance: The Role of the EU Regional Tier
Author(s):MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah HelenDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:States have increasingly engaged in international regulatory agreements in a wide range of issue areas. In game-theory terms, global models of governance reduce uncertainty and can improve policy coordination, bargaining ...
Title:Building Gas Markets: US versus EU, market versus market model
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, Michelle; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The liberalization process of the gas sector has showed that the reasoning to introduce competition in gas industries separates the services in at least two groups: commodities with relatively low transaction costs, and ...