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Title:Reassessing South European pensions after the crisis : evidence from two decades of reforms Author(s):NATALI, David; STAMATI, Furio EUI affiliated

Date:2014Citation: South European society and politics, 2014, Vol. 19, No. 3 SI, pp. 309-330 Type:ArticleAbstract:The article studies pension reforms in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain between 1990 and 2013, focusing on three dimensions of change: multi-pillarisation, institutional harmonisation, and spending trends (cost-contain ...

Title:Catholicism, social economy and local welfare in times of crisis : comparing Spanish and Italian territories Author(s):ITÇAINA, XabierDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2014/02Abstract:Interactions between politics and religion are frequently reduced to mediatized and politicized ethical and civilizational issues. Focusing instead on the role of religious - here Catholic - actors in the local experience ...

Title:North African Migration and Europe’s Contextual Mediterranean Border in Light of the Lampedusa Migrant Crisis of 2011 Author(s):MCMAHON, SimonDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2012/07Abstract:In the opening months of 2011 thousands of migrants arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. In their responses, national governments in Europe appeared to self-interestedly close their national borders, rather ...

Title:How do established voters react to new parties? : the case of Italy, 1985-2008 Author(s):FRANKLIN, Mark N.; VAN SPANJE, JoostDate:2012Citation: Electoral studies, 2012, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 297-305 Type:ArticleAbstract:The Italian party system largely collapsed in the early 1990s, providing us with a natural experimental situation in which voters were confronted with new parties - indeed, with an entirely new party system. How did they ...

Title:Independence or interdependence norms of leaving home in Italy and Germany Author(s):LUETZELBERGER, ThereseDate:2014Citation: European societies, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 28-47 Type:ArticleAbstract:This article contributes to understanding the relatively early residential independence of young Northern Europeans, by comparison to their Southern European peers. It explores the norms and underlying meanings that influence ...

Title:Online networks of the Italian and German extreme right Author(s):CAIANI, Manuela; WAGEMANN, Claudius EUI affiliated

Date:2009Citation: Information, 2009, 12, 1, 66-109 Type:ArticleAbstract:This article applies instruments of social network analysis to a study of communication networks within the Italian and German extremist right. Web links between organizational websites are used as a proxy. Indeed, extremist ...

Title:Still Elected Dictators? A study of Executive accountability in multi-party democracies - the issuing of Executive decrees and their treatment in the Legislature in different institutional settings across time: Italy (1947-2006), Argentina (1983-2006) and Romania (1992-2007) Author(s):STINGA, LaurentiuDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2009/04Abstract:The current paper explores the capacity of the Argentine, Italian and Romanian Legislatures to hold the Executive branch of government accountable for its policy initiatives issued by emergency Executive decree, rather ...

Title:Reforming Italy: Institutional Change and the Federal Option Author(s):KEATING, Michael; WILSON, AlexDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Edinburgh Europa Paper Series; 2010/04Abstract:The reform of regional government has been a key element in efforts to reform the Italian state. The aims are administrative modernization; national integration; coherent regional development; fiscal responsibility and ...