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Title:Making up for an unlucky month of birth in school : causal evidence on the compensatory advantage of family background in England Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio
; GRÄTZ, MichaelDate:2015Citation:
- Sociological science, 2015, Vol. 2, pp. 235-251
Type:ArticleAbstract:Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy. In this article we use the ...


Title:Contested norms in new-adopter states : international determinants of LGBT rights legislation. Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2015Citation:
- European journal of international relations, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 293-322
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article is concerned with the question of why lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) rights legislation is introduced at higher levels in some cases and less so in others. To address this puzzle, the article analyzes ...
Title:With arms wide shut: threat perception, norm reception and mobilized resistance to LGBT rights Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2014Citation:
- Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 337-362
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article utilizes original survey and interview data to explore why norms governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights mobilize an active resistance in some cases and not in others. Based on a ...
Title:Introduction : Europe at stake : European Union in it politics and society Author(s):DI MAURO, Danilo
; SERRICCHIO, FabioDate:2014Citation:
- Perspectives on European politics and society, 2014, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 139-142
Type:ArticleAbstract:For a long time, Italy has been traditionally described as one of the strongest pro- European countries. its' general discontent for domestic politicians and institutions seemed initially to amplify these sentiments, ...

Title:Comment on organizing in the crowd Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella
Date:2014Citation:
- Information communication and society, 2014, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 269-271
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This short article comments on Bennet's and Segerberg's work on connecting action. After singling out some conditions which, according to social movement studies, would make an aggregating logic and personalized messages ...

Title:Regional powers as leaders or Rambos? : the ambivalent behaviour of Brazil and South Africa in regional economic integration Author(s):KRAPOHL, Sebastian; MEISSNER, Katharina L.
; MUNTSCHICK, JohannesDate:2014Citation:
- Journal of Common Market studies, 2014, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 879-895
Type:ArticleAbstract:The behaviour of regional powers towards their own regions is often volatile in the developing world, which leads to unstable integration processes. This article argues that this volatility is due to limited intra-regional ...

Title:From bad to worse? : reflections on the crisis in Greece and in Europe Author(s):LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe
Date:2014Citation:
- Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 2014, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 217-228
Type:ArticleAbstract:Welche Auswirkungen hatten die tief greifenden Maßnahmen, die seit Ausbruch der Krise in Griechenland eingeleitet wurden? In dem Essay werden die positiven und negativen Konsequenzen analysiert, und sodann wird diskutiert, ...

Title:'La pace costituente' : per un'interpretazione integrativa delle relazioni internazionali Author(s):FERRARA, Pasquale
Date:2013Citation:
- Sophia, 2013, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 203-216
Type:ArticleAbstract:This text presents the inaugural lecture of the academic year 2012/2013 at the Sophia University Institute (delivered on 18 October 2012). The author seeks a possible description of the concept of “constitutive peace”. It ...


Title:Protesting for justice and democracy : Italian indignados? Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella
; ANDRETTA, MassimilianoDate:2013Citation:
- Contemporary Italian Politics, 2013, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 23-37
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article analyses anti-austerity protest in Italy as a sort of ‘functional equivalent’ of the Indignados movements in other countries. While the typical forms of action of these movements, the acampada, were not very ...

Title:¿De las ‘guerras’ metodológicas al pluralismo metodológico? Author(s):BAUBÖCK, Rainer
; DELLA PORTA, Donatella
; LAGO, Ignacio; UNGUREANU, CamilDate:2012Citation:
- Revista espanola de ciencia politica y de la administracion, 2012, No. 29. pp. 11-38
Type:ArticleAbstract:La polvareda del Methodenstreit todavía sigue sin haberse asentado, además aún no existe un consenso sobre qué metodología es la más apropiada para investigar la sociedad y la política. Este artículo surge de un debate ...


