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2. The Stability of the Globalized Welfare State
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Kite, Cynthia and Södersten, Bo, editor
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- 2004
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3. Scandinavia faces EU : debates and decisions on membership 1961-1994
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Kite, Cynthia
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EC/EU ,policy process ,foreign policy ,Political Science ,Statsvetenskap ,domestic structure approach ,Scandinavia ,issue area - Abstract
This study begins with the observation that three similar states - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - have had different EC/EU policies, and that one of the foreign policy literature's most interesting approaches, domestic structures analysis, does not shed light on this variation. The goal of the study is to develop an understanding of the different policies by analyzing the question of EC/EU membership using an approach in which issue area, defined in terms of both substance and impact, is linked to policy process and policy choice. Substantive issue area is studied by analyzing parliamentary debates in the three countries. An issue area typology with four substantive categories - economic, political/ policy, international/security, and other — is used to classify arguments made in the debates. The analysis shows that the question was an economic and political issue in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the 1990s. It was a security issue in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued that this variation helps explain variation in EC/EU policy. In particular, the findings support the argument that the importance of the substantive definition of the EC/EU question is related to the coalitional possibilities it creates. The size of the coalition has, in turn, an impact on policy process and outcome. When the coalitions are large, the process moves more quickly, and parliaments and political parties tend to be consulted or informed rather than active participants. The question of EC/EU membership is also analyzed using an impact typology in which questions are classified as generating one of three types of conflict: none, managed and unmanaged. The EC/EU membership question is classified on the basis of public opinion data and conflict or agreement within political parties. The analysis shows that there were three cases in which the EC/EU question created managed conflict: Denmark and Sweden in the 1960s and Sweden in the 1970s. In other cases, conflict was unmanaged. In an analysis of the importance of variation with regard to type of conflict, it is argued that the data support the hypothesis that the existence of unmanaged conflict is related to decisions to call referenda to decide the membership question. In the face of unmanaged conflict political elites were encouraged to give authority for decision making over to voters. This was, in turn, linked to the emergence of ad hoc organizations dedicated to influencing public opinion for or against membership. This study suggests that the issue areas approach can offer important contributions to the analysis of foreign policy. A challenge for future research is to analyze how issue areas and domestic structure interact to generate policy process and outcome. Central questions should include the relative importance of the two and analyses of the conditions under which one or the other is likely to dominate. digitalisering@umu
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- 1996
4. The globalized, generous welfare state: Possibility or oxymoron?
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Kite, Cynthia, primary
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- 2002
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5. The Evaluation of State Programs for International Business Development.
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Kudrie, Robert Thomas and Kite, Cynthia Marie
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In recent years virtually all of the states have begun efforts to promote international business. They engage in a wide range of activities at home and abroad to increase state exports and to lure foreign direct investors to their states. It is somewhat surprising that only a modest amount of evaluation of these substantial efforts has taken place, and most of it sheds little light on the effects of the programs. Much activity has gone completely unrecorded, output measures abound where outcome monitoring appears possible, and little attention has been paid to causality. The article discusses the reasons that nearly all states have failed so far to produce effective evaluation and offers a series of suggestions aimed at both a more comprehensive tracking of outcomes and a more satisfactory causal linkage between outcomes and program efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1989
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6. Green States Green Firms?
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Kite, Cynthia
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This paper examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) and climate change. Based on Grant's typology of green strategies -as presented in "Green Marketing Manifesto" - it compares what a set of firms do to contribute to reducing their climate impact as ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
7. Arguing Against New International Norms - a preliminary investigation.
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Wimelius, Malin and Kite, Cynthia
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NATION-state , *STATE, The , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Much of the growing research on how norms influence state behaviour has focused on successful norm diffusion and revealed much about the identity of norm-promoters, their strategies and their resources. Empirical research has also made it clear that norm entrepreneurs' efforts to bring about change encounter (and often provoke) resistance - both indifference and outright opposition. Broadly speaking, our interest in this paper is those who openly oppose attempts to establish new international norms. Who are these resisters? What arguments do they make? Our goal in this paper is to study resisters and their arguments in deliberations and debates at the UN. We focus on two specific cases: gender non discrimination and Responsibility to Protect. Building on the norm diffusion literature and insights from the literature on transnational advocacy networks, we develop an analytical framework that enables us to identify and categorize the arguments resisters use. We expect that many of these will be based on principled ideas. This means that we conceptualize opposition/resistance to new norms as a political struggle over which norm rather than a norm-or-no-norm struggle.Please e-mail for a full copy of the paper. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
8. Resisting Norms ? How do Actors Oppose Norm Change in International Politics?
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Kite, Cynthia and Wimelius, Malin Eklund
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HUMANITARIAN intervention , *SOCIAL norms , *HUMAN rights , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *INTERNATIONAL conflict - Abstract
In recent years, a considerable body of research has shown that norms influence state behavior and international politics more generally. Moreover, norms are not static, but develop and change over time. It follows from this that efforts to shape and transform norms as well as what we refer to as opposition to such efforts are important aspects of international politics. This paper?s main focus is the latter ? i.e. opposition to efforts to change international norms.Research devoted to explaining how and why international norms change is large and growing. Most of it focuses on actors seeking to create new norms and/or supposedly successful examples of progressive norm change. There is much less research about opposition to norm change ? that is, research that focuses on actors who are opposed to others? efforts to bring about change. There is also a lack of research that does not implicitly view opponents as reactionary or non-progressive. As a result, research on norms can downplay or underestimate how efforts to develop new norms or change old ones are processes characterized by conflict, disagreement about values, the exercise of power and the presence of superiority/subordination in international politics: This paper seeks to address this under-researched topic. It will do so in three ways. First, we present a theoretical framework for studying opposition to norm change. Second, we use the framework to examine opposition in two cases of norm development: the responsibility to protect and women?s human rights. Finally, the paper compares and contrasts the finding of the two cases in order to evaluate the usefulness of the framework and to problematize the meaning of success and failure as regards efforts to shape and/or change international norms. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
9. International System and National Roles - Looking for a Link.
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Kite, Cynthia
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *SOCIAL role , *THEORY , *RESEARCH , *PRACTICAL politics - Abstract
Are state behavior and international politics strongly influenced by roles? If so, are these roles largely a product of domestic politics or is their production and reproduction linked to systemic factors? In this paper I assume that national roles might be important influences in international politics. I focus on two questions. The first question is what system level theories suggest about the sources and/or importance of national roles in international politics. The second is how we might develop an approach to national roles which links them to the international system rather than to domestic politics alone. I provide some tentative answers with the help of work by Lake (2005) and Holsti (1970) and discuss how this might be explored further in future research. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
10. NAFTA -- accomplishments, challenges, future directions (thinking with the help of Europe).
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Kite, Cynthia
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INTERNATIONAL economic relations , *RATIFICATION of treaties , *FREE trade , *SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 & economics ,NORTH American Free Trade Agreement - Abstract
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rules governing trade relations in North America underwent important changes as a result of the successful negotiation and ratification of two treaties. First came the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) in 1987. This was followed by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ratified by Canada, Mexico and the US in 1993. CUFTA was largely absorbed into NAFTA - alternatively one might say that CUFTA was "enlarged". More than 10 years have past since NAFTA came into effect in January 1994, and numerous observers have begun to reflect over what the agreement has accomplished and how North Americanism can be protected and further developed. These reflections are usually based on a favorable view of both the agreement itself and "North Americanism" and rooted in a conviction that they need to be further developed in order to avoid the risk of stagnation, irrelevance, or even backsliding. The negative consequences of September 11 also highlighted NAFTA weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Finally, and not least, the example of European integration, which has deepened and grown considerably in the past 15 years, has encouraged reflection about the future of North American regional integration. The purpose of this paper is to think about the possibility of increased North American integration in light of what the European experience reveals about regional integration. It is obvious that the European context and experience are quite different from North America, and this often leads observers to conclude that there is little about the former that will help us understand the latter. While I do not want to argue that North American developments will mirror Europe's, I do think we gain insights from studying European developments. A considerable body of theory has been developed to explain cooperation in Europe. I will summarize what it suggests about driving forces behind integration. I also look at the empirical record of European integration. I then compare similarities and differences between the European and North American experiences. I conclude by discussing proposals for pushing North American integration further and whether recent Canadian and US elections can be expected to make any difference in this regard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
11. Varieties of American Popular Nationalism.
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Bonikowski, Bart and DiMaggio, Paul
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AMERICAN nationalism ,ETHNONATIONALISM ,PRIDE & vanity -- Social aspects ,NATIONALISTS ,MEMBERSHIP -- Social aspects ,PATRIOTISM ,SOCIAL classes ,AMERICAN attitudes ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,ECONOMICS ,ETHNIC groups ,PUBLIC opinion ,RESEARCH funding ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,STATISTICS ,SURVEYS ,DATA analysis ,SOCIAL attitudes ,MAXIMUM likelihood statistics ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Despite the relevance of nationalism for politics and intergroup relations, sociologists have devoted surprisingly little attention to the phenomenon in the United States, and historians and political psychologists who do study the United States have limited their focus to specific forms of nationalist sentiment: ethnocultural or civic nationalism, patriotism, or national pride. This article innovates, first, by examining an unusually broad set of measures (from the 2004 GSS) tapping national identification, ethnocultural and civic criteria for national membership, domain-specific national pride, and invidious comparisons to other nations, thus providing a fuller depiction of Americans’ national self-understanding. Second, we use latent class analysis to explore heterogeneity, partitioning the sample into classes characterized by distinctive patterns of attitudes. Conventional distinctions between ethnocultural and civic nationalism describe just about half of the U.S. population and do not account for the unexpectedly low levels of national pride found among respondents who hold restrictive definitions of American nationhood. A subset of primarily younger and well-educated Americans lacks any strong form of patriotic sentiment; a larger class, primarily older and less well educated, embraces every form of nationalist sentiment. Controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and partisan identification, these classes vary significantly in attitudes toward ethnic minorities, immigration, and national sovereignty. Finally, using comparable data from 1996 and 2012, we find structural continuity and distributional change in national sentiments over a period marked by terrorist attacks, war, economic crisis, and political contention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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12. Der Konsument im Zwiespalt der Gefühle.
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Dahlem, Stefan
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Copyright of Ambivalenzen des Konsums und der Werblichen Kommunikation is the property of Springer Nature / Books and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2007
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13. What to Make of the Dutch and Danish `Miracles'?
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Green-Pedersen, Christoffer
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- 2004
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14. Tocqueville Pioneer of Fiscal Sociology.
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- 2010
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15. Does European Integration Lead to a 'Presidentialization' of Executive Politics?
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Bäck, Hanna, Dumont, Patrick, Meier, Henk Erik, Persson, Thomas, and Vernby, Kåre
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INTERNATIONAL economic integration ,EUROPEAN integration ,REPRESENTATIVE government ,EUROPEANIZATION ,MINISTERIAL responsibility ,EXECUTIVE power - Abstract
In this article, we address recent claims that executivelegislative relations in parliamentary democracies are undergoing important changes owing to either a 'presidentialization' or a 'Europeanization' of domestic political systems. Therefore, we test empirically whether parliamentary democracies are indeed experiencing changes in executivelegislative relations and whether these developments can, in part, be explained by an increase in European integration. Using data on ministerial selection in Swedish cabinets during the years 1952-2006, we find that there appears to be a slight tendency towards 'presidentialization', which is indicated by a decrease in ministers with a parliamentary background being appointed, and that there exists some support for the notion that Sweden's political and economic integration into the European Union is part of the explanation for this change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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16. The Relationship between Negative Political Advertising and Public Mood: Effects and Consequences.
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Stevens, Daniel
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POLITICAL advertising ,PUBLIC opinion ,SOCIAL choice ,UNITED States elections ,PRESS & politics - Abstract
This paper presents and tests a theory of how negative political advertising affects individuals in US elections. The theory begins with the claim that negative advertising depresses public mood. Mood is then used as information in judgments, it is argued, but more by low than by high political sophisticates: high sophisticates recognize and discount the effects of the advertisements, low sophisticates do not, instead attributing their depressed mood to their own inability to understand politics, to the political system, or to an aspect of the election such as an unappealing choice of candidates. These judgments may then affect behavior, implying that negative advertising campaigns may alter the composition of the electorate in US elections. The theory is tested in a survey experiment on a national sample. Analysis confirms the impact of negative advertising on public mood, and some relationship from mood to judgments for low sophisticates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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17. LABOR HISTORY SYMPOSIUM.
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PHELAN, CRAIG, MARTIN, CATHIE JO, KITSCHELT, HERBERT, STEPHENS, JOHN D., SOSKICE, DAVID, and IVERSEN, TORBEN
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BOOKS -- Reviews ,WELFARE state ,NONFICTION - Abstract
The article features a symposium of comments by a number of scholars that analyze the book "Capitalism, Democracy, and Welfare," by Torben Iversen. Iversen provides a response to their comments at the end of the article.
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- 2006
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18. Let's Discuss This Later: Party Responses to Euro-Division in Scandinavia.
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Aylott, Nicholas
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POLITICAL parties ,SOCIALISM ,POLITICAL science ,EUROPEAN politics & government - Abstract
The issue of European integration has disrupted party politics in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in various ways. This article assesses the impact of internal division over Europe within certain parties, and these parties' responses to it. It is argued that party leaderships have increasingly attempted to compartmentalize the different arenas in which they operate, and to isolate potentially damaging European questions in quarantined areas. This can be observed in, for example, party leaders' resort to referendums to decide contentious EU-related matters, the suspension of party discipline when such matters are debated and the careful sequencing of different party goals. The experiences of the Scandinavian social democratic parties are examined as comparative cases. Finally, some hypotheses that might inform further research are suggested, and some wider consequences of these strategies of compartmentalization are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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19. East-West conflict and Europeanization : international effects on democratic politics in the Nordic States
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On January 26, 2009, the government of Iceland led by Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned. The resignation came a week after a crowd of at least 2,000 broke windows and threw eggs and yogurt at Iceland's parliament building to protest the country's growing economic crisis. The events that led to the fall of the government can be traced to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States in the fall of 2008. This developed into a global financial crisis, and Iceland's banks, heavily indebted, immediately had problems borrowing money. In contrast to the United States, the government lacked the resources needed to bail out the banks. The currency plummeted. The banking system collapsed. Haarde's government was forced to nationalize banks, fix the value of the currency, and turn to the IMF for a loan. Others, notably Sweden and Britain, also provided help. In the end, however, none of this saved the government. As one protester explained, "We've lost all faith in our leaders" (Moody 2009; see also chapter 5, this volume). What is surprising in this story is not that a government was forced out of office by events that originated beyond its borders. Rather, it is that the impact of international developments on the domestic policy process, the authority of national actors and institutions, and the national democratic chain of delegation and accountability is often overlooked. And when it is acknowledged, it is seen as a deviation from politics "as usual." This chapter seeks to correct this view by considering how, over time, democratic politics in the Nordic countries have been influenced by the international environment. This chapter is brief, but the overall message is that international developments can influence democratic politics in a variety of ways, sometimes rather predictably, other times unexpectedly. In addition, the analysis will show that these five countries have not necessarily been affected in the same way or to the same degree. Rather
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- 2011
20. Arguing against new international norms : a preliminary examination
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Presented at International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 2008
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- 2008
21. Resisting International Norms
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Presented at International Studies Association, Chacago, February 2007
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- 2007
22. Canadian Foreign Policy
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- 2007
23. Scandinavian Security and Intelligence.
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Weller, Geoffrey R.
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NATIONAL security ,WORLD War II - Abstract
Analyzes the evolving nature of Scandinavian security and intelligence in the era after the Second World War. Discussion on the Scandinavian intelligence agencies; Details on the Cold War intelligence activities; Overview of the post Cold War intelligence activities.
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- 1998
24. Domestic Background : Public Opinion and Party Attitudes to Integration
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- 2006
25. Hur vinner man freden?
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- 2005
26. The Stability of the Globalized Welfare State
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- 2004
27. Politiska förändringar i Umeå Kommun under 1990-talet i kris eller utveckling?
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- 2004
28. The Madisonian Turn : Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe
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BERGMAN, TORBJÖRN, STRØM, KAARE, BERGMAN, TORBJÖRN, and STRØM, KAARE
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- 2011
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29. Canadian Studies in the New Millennium
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James, Patrick, Kasoff, Mark, James, Patrick, and Kasoff, Mark
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- 2007
30. Scandinavia faces EU : debates and decisions on membership 1961-1994
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This study begins with the observation that three similar states - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - have had different EC/EU policies, and that one of the foreign policy literature's most interesting approaches, domestic structures analysis, does not shed light on this variation. The goal of the study is to develop an understanding of the different policies by analyzing the question of EC/EU membership using an approach in which issue area, defined in terms of both substance and impact, is linked to policy process and policy choice. Substantive issue area is studied by analyzing parliamentary debates in the three countries. An issue area typology with four substantive categories - economic, political/ policy, international/security, and other — is used to classify arguments made in the debates. The analysis shows that the question was an economic and political issue in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the 1990s. It was a security issue in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued that this variation helps explain variation in EC/EU policy. In particular, the findings support the argument that the importance of the substantive definition of the EC/EU question is related to the coalitional possibilities it creates. The size of the coalition has, in turn, an impact on policy process and outcome. When the coalitions are large, the process moves more quickly, and parliaments and political parties tend to be consulted or informed rather than active participants. The question of EC/EU membership is also analyzed using an impact typology in which questions are classified as generating one of three types of conflict: none, managed and unmanaged. The EC/EU membership question is classified on the basis of public opinion data and conflict or agreement within political parties. The analysis shows that there were three cases in which the EC/EU question created managed conflict: Denmark and Sweden in the 1960s and Sweden in the 1970s. In other cases, conflict was unmanaged. In an anal, digitalisering@umu
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- 1996
31. Scandinavia faces EU : debates and decisions on membership 1961-1994
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This study begins with the observation that three similar states - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - have had different EC/EU policies, and that one of the foreign policy literature's most interesting approaches, domestic structures analysis, does not shed light on this variation. The goal of the study is to develop an understanding of the different policies by analyzing the question of EC/EU membership using an approach in which issue area, defined in terms of both substance and impact, is linked to policy process and policy choice. Substantive issue area is studied by analyzing parliamentary debates in the three countries. An issue area typology with four substantive categories - economic, political/ policy, international/security, and other — is used to classify arguments made in the debates. The analysis shows that the question was an economic and political issue in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the 1990s. It was a security issue in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued that this variation helps explain variation in EC/EU policy. In particular, the findings support the argument that the importance of the substantive definition of the EC/EU question is related to the coalitional possibilities it creates. The size of the coalition has, in turn, an impact on policy process and outcome. When the coalitions are large, the process moves more quickly, and parliaments and political parties tend to be consulted or informed rather than active participants. The question of EC/EU membership is also analyzed using an impact typology in which questions are classified as generating one of three types of conflict: none, managed and unmanaged. The EC/EU membership question is classified on the basis of public opinion data and conflict or agreement within political parties. The analysis shows that there were three cases in which the EC/EU question created managed conflict: Denmark and Sweden in the 1960s and Sweden in the 1970s. In other cases, conflict was unmanaged. In an anal, digitalisering@umu
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- 1996
32. Scandinavia faces EU : debates and decisions on membership 1961-1994
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This study begins with the observation that three similar states - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - have had different EC/EU policies, and that one of the foreign policy literature's most interesting approaches, domestic structures analysis, does not shed light on this variation. The goal of the study is to develop an understanding of the different policies by analyzing the question of EC/EU membership using an approach in which issue area, defined in terms of both substance and impact, is linked to policy process and policy choice. Substantive issue area is studied by analyzing parliamentary debates in the three countries. An issue area typology with four substantive categories - economic, political/ policy, international/security, and other — is used to classify arguments made in the debates. The analysis shows that the question was an economic and political issue in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the 1990s. It was a security issue in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued that this variation helps explain variation in EC/EU policy. In particular, the findings support the argument that the importance of the substantive definition of the EC/EU question is related to the coalitional possibilities it creates. The size of the coalition has, in turn, an impact on policy process and outcome. When the coalitions are large, the process moves more quickly, and parliaments and political parties tend to be consulted or informed rather than active participants. The question of EC/EU membership is also analyzed using an impact typology in which questions are classified as generating one of three types of conflict: none, managed and unmanaged. The EC/EU membership question is classified on the basis of public opinion data and conflict or agreement within political parties. The analysis shows that there were three cases in which the EC/EU question created managed conflict: Denmark and Sweden in the 1960s and Sweden in the 1970s. In other cases, conflict was unmanaged. In an anal, digitalisering@umu
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- 1996
33. Scandinavia faces EU : debates and decisions on membership 1961-1994
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This study begins with the observation that three similar states - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - have had different EC/EU policies, and that one of the foreign policy literature's most interesting approaches, domestic structures analysis, does not shed light on this variation. The goal of the study is to develop an understanding of the different policies by analyzing the question of EC/EU membership using an approach in which issue area, defined in terms of both substance and impact, is linked to policy process and policy choice. Substantive issue area is studied by analyzing parliamentary debates in the three countries. An issue area typology with four substantive categories - economic, political/ policy, international/security, and other — is used to classify arguments made in the debates. The analysis shows that the question was an economic and political issue in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the 1990s. It was a security issue in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued that this variation helps explain variation in EC/EU policy. In particular, the findings support the argument that the importance of the substantive definition of the EC/EU question is related to the coalitional possibilities it creates. The size of the coalition has, in turn, an impact on policy process and outcome. When the coalitions are large, the process moves more quickly, and parliaments and political parties tend to be consulted or informed rather than active participants. The question of EC/EU membership is also analyzed using an impact typology in which questions are classified as generating one of three types of conflict: none, managed and unmanaged. The EC/EU membership question is classified on the basis of public opinion data and conflict or agreement within political parties. The analysis shows that there were three cases in which the EC/EU question created managed conflict: Denmark and Sweden in the 1960s and Sweden in the 1970s. In other cases, conflict was unmanaged. In an anal, digitalisering@umu
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- 1996
34. Power, Alliances, and Redistribution : The Politics of Social Protection for Low-Income Earners in Argentina, 1943–2015
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Carl Friedrich Bossert and Carl Friedrich Bossert
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- Equality--Argentina, Power (Social sciences)--Argentina, Poor--Government policy--Argentina, Income distribution--Argentina
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Lateinamerika gilt als der ungleichste Kontinent der Welt. Paradoxerweise hat die Entwicklung ressourcenintensiver Sozialsysteme wenig dazu beigetragen, das soziale Ungleichgewicht zu verändern. Der Autor zeichnet dieses Paradox am Beispiel Argentiniens nach, deckt die zugrundeliegenden Macht- und Interessenskonflikte auf und stellt erfolgreiche Strategien zur Umsetzung einer integrativen Politik vor. Als erste Studie dieser Art untersucht sie systematisch die langfristige Entwicklung der sozialen Absicherung von Geringverdienern in Argentinien und analysiert die entscheidenden politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Einflussfaktoren.
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- 2021
35. Rhetoric and Settler Inertia : Strategies of Canadian Decolonization
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Patrick Belanger and Patrick Belanger
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- Rhetoric, Decolonization--Canada, Indigenous peoples--Canada--Communication
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Rhetoric and Settler Inertia: Strategies of Canadian Decolonization explores how communication might accelerate decolonial actions in Canada. Tracing a middle path between essential Indigenous-focused calls for resurgence, and idealistic appeals to settler conscience, Patrick Belanger identifies communication forms that can generate settler support for decolonization. Accenting the importance of both Indigenous and settler audiences, this book suggests the promise of decolonial rhetoric framed in the language of mutual benefit.
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- 2019
36. Swedish Social Democracy and European Integration : The People's Home on the Market
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Nicholas Aylott and Nicholas Aylott
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- Democracy--Sweden
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First published in 1999, this volume why Europe's arguably most successful political party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, become so divided over European integration. Why were its grass-roots so reluctant to embrace EU membership and why did a Social Democratic government decide to stand aside from the launch of the single European currency? What connection is there between Europe and the Swedish model of political economy? While much has been written in English on Swedish Social Democracy, little of this literature has dealt with its difficulties during the 1990s and especially with its acute problems over Europe. This book fills that gap. Using original, primary data, Nicholas Aylott addresses the topic from macro and micro-political perspectives, taking account of historical, cultural, geopolitical and economic constraints, but also the interests and calculations of key individuals at critical junctures. It places the experience of Swedish Social Democracy into a broad comparative framework, drawing especially from the experiences of its Scandinavian sister parties. Up-to-date analysis of the party's debate on EMU is included.
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- 2018
37. From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties
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David Arter and David Arter
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- Political parties--Scandinavia
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How successful have the Nordic Agrarian-Centre Parties been in transforming themselves from class parties to catchall parties drawing significant support from voters engaged in the non-primary sectors of the economy? Using case studies from five comparable countries, David Arter provides an insightful account of an historic group of parties who still wield distinctive strength in the Nordic region. This detailed profile, the first ever in English, makes a unique contribution to the topical issues of party adaptation and institutional modernization.
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- 2017
38. Canadian Studies in the New Millennium, Second Edition
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Mark J. Kasoff, Patrick James, Mark J. Kasoff, and Patrick James
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- Comparative civilization--Textbooks
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This popular textbook offers a thorough and accessible approach to Canadian Studies through comparative analyses of Canada and the United States, their histories, geographies, political systems, economies, and cultures. Students and professors alike acknowledge it as an ideal tool for understanding the close relationship between the two countries, their shared experiences, and their differing views on a range of issues.Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Canadian Studies in the New Millennium includes new chapters on Demography and Immigration Policy, the Environment, and Civil Society and Social Policy, all written by leading scholars and educators in the field. At a time in which there is a growing mutual dependence between the US and Canada for security, trade, and investment, Canadian Studies in the New Millennium will continue to be a valuable resource for students, educators, and practitioners on both sides of the border.
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- 2013
39. Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defense : Militarism and Peacekeeping
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Annica Kronsell and Annica Kronsell
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- Peace-building--Women, Women and peace, Women--Armed Forces--Sweden, Women and war, Peacekeeping forces--Women, Militarism--Social aspects, Women and the military--European Union countries
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This book explores the post-national defense and its gender implications. Specifically, it explores how the United Nations Security Council resolution to increase the participation of women in peace negotiations, humanitarian planning, peacekeeping operations, post-conflict peacebuilding and governance has influenced the organization and policy practices of the post-national defense.
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- 2012
40. The Madisonian Turn : Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe
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Kaare Strøm, Torbjörn Bergman, Kaare Strøm, and Torbjörn Bergman
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- Comparative government, Legislative bodies--Scandinavia, Political parties--Scandinavia, Cabinet system--Scandinavia
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'The Madisonian Turn is an outstanding assessment of the functioning of democratic institutions in the Nordic countries. If democracy is in trouble in Scandinavia, then it is surely facing problems everywhere, so the book will be read carefully by those concerned about contemporary governance in all modern democracies.'---Michael Gallagher, Trinity College, Dublin'This welcome and timely re-evaluation of Nordic politics constitutes a major contribution to comparative government, and is likely to stand as the definitive treatment of politics in the region for many years to come.'---Peter Mair, European University Institute'This book is unique in its comparative scope and the wealth of information on the state of parliamentary democracy in the Nordic countries. It is particularly useful for the comparativists who do not come from these countries, because the original literature which it covers in detail is often not accessible for the English-speaking audience.'---Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Zurich'The strength of The Madisonian Turn is to interface detailed empirical evidence on the dynamics of democratic politics in Scandinavia with an elaboration and test of rival theories of change in the politics of postindustrial democracies. This book is an inspiration for students of Northern Europe, but also for scholars of comparative legislatures and political parties more generally.'---Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University Parliamentary democracy is the most common regime type in the contemporary political world, but the quality of governance depends on effective parliamentary oversight and strong political parties. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have traditionally been strongholds of parliamentary democracy. In recent years, however, critics have suggested that new challenges such as weakened popular attachment, the advent of cartel parties, the judicialization of politics, and European integration have threatened the institutions of parliamentary democracy in the Nordic region. This volume examines these claims and their implications. The authors find that the Nordic states have moved away from their previous resemblance to a Westminster model toward a form of parliamentary democracy with more separation-of-powers features---a Madisonian model. These features are evident both in vertical power relations (e.g., relations with the European Union) and horizontal ones (e.g., increasingly independent courts and central banks). Yet these developments are far from uniform and demonstrate that there may be different responses to the political challenges faced by contemporary Western democracies. Torbjörn Bergman is Professor of Political Science at Umeå University, Sweden. Kaare Strøm is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Jacket Credit: Heidi Hobde Dailey
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- 2011
41. Institutions and the Economy
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Francesco Duina and Francesco Duina
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- Institutional economics, Economics--Sociological aspects
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Institutions are central to economic life. They have a major impact on consumer preferences, the actions and processes of firms, levels of wealth and poverty in countries, the growth of international trade, and much more. Indeed, none of the preconditions for economic activity - such as the existence of buyers and sellers, recognizable goods and services, and the information we need to make choices - would be in place without institutions. Institutions, then, do more than support economic life: they enable and shape it. These insights challenge some of the most basic postulates on modern economic theory and are at the heart of many of the most exciting works in economic sociology. This book examines the role of institutions - defined as the formal and informal rules and practices that surround us as we go about our daily lives - in the economy. Illuminating complex ideas with carefully selected, vivid examples, the investigation focuses on economic activity as it unfolds at the individual, organizational, national, and international levels. This accessible and engaging book will be essential reading for students of economic sociology, and all those interested in the intimate relationship between institutions and the economy.
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- 2011
42. Historical Dictionary of Portugal
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Douglas L. Wheeler, Walter C. Opello, Douglas L. Wheeler, and Walter C. Opello
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Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. This, in spite of the fact that Portuguese society had received during 2,000 years of infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from her erstwhile overseas empire.The third edition of Historical Dictionary of Portugal greatly expands on the second edition through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
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- 2010
43. Social Democracy and European Integration : The Politics of Preference Formation
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos and Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
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- Socialist parties--European Union countries
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What kind of Europe do social democratic parties prefer? What is the origin of their preferences? Are they shaped by interests, institutions or ideas? If so, how? Why do social democratic political parties respond differently to the crucial question of the future of the European Union? While many social democratic parties initially opposed European integration either in principle or because of the form it took, gradually they came to lend their full, though often critical, support to it. Despite this evolution, important differences between them have remained. This book examines the preferences of social democratic parties in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Greece towards European integration, in comparative perspective. Using a variety of sources, including interviews with key party officials, the contributors explore what kind of Europe these parties want, and seek to explain the formation and evolution of these preferences over time. They examine the interplay of national peculiarities and cross-national factors and their impact on preferences on European integration. In addition to highlighting the role of party leaders, they reveal that, far from being united on European integration, these parties disagree with each other in part because they have retreated – to varying degrees – from key social democratic principles. Making an important contribution to the scholarship on preference formation and the research that links the European Union with the nation state, it will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU, comparative politics and political parties.
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- 2010
44. Power, Alliances, and Redistribution : The Politics of Social Protection for Low-Income Earners in Argentina, 1943–2015
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Bossert, Carl Friedrich and Bossert, Carl Friedrich
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- 2021
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45. Opposing Europe?: The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism : Volume 1: Case Studies and Country Surveys
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Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart, Aleks Szczerbiak, and Paul Taggart
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- European Union--Membership, Political parties--European Union countries, Political campaigns--European Union countries
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The project of European integration now spans Europe, but in becoming bigger and broader the European Union has brought on itself significant criticism. As the EU becomes deeper, wider, and more ambitious, so opposition and scepticism become more prominent for citizens and more problematic for elites. Concerns about a'democratic deficit'and the distance between European elites and publics have come to be a common feature of European politics. As a consequence Euroscepticism has become a part of the terrain of conflict between political parties across Europe. Opposing Europe? provides the first comprehensive review of party-based Euroscepticism across the breadth of contemporary Europe, and the first in-depth comparative academic study of Euroscepticism. This, the first of two volumes, is made up of chapters that map, describe, and analyse Euroscepticism in the party systems of a range of countries and the European Parliament. Each is written to a common frame of reference that differentiates'hard'and'soft'Euroscepticism. The volume looks across Europe and includes EU member states and candidate and non-member states in order to draw out comparative lessons that relate to the nature of political parties, party systems, and the domestic politics of European integration. Opposing Europe? is a groundbreaking,'state of the art'book that provides a definitive review of a key issue in European politics. It is also one of the few attempts to integrate the fields of EU studies with both West European and East European studies in order to draw lessons about the way in which the EU interacts with domestic politics in both member and non-member states. Examining the way that parties position themselves and compete on the European issue provides powerful lessons for the trajectory of the European integration project more generally and on the prospects for the emergence of a European political system and polity.
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- 2008
46. The Europeanization of National Political Parties : Power and Organizational Adaptation
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Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther, Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, and Kurt Richard Luther
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- Political party organization--Europe
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This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the internal organizational dynamics of national political parties. It draws on the results of a major, cross-national project and is based on documentary analysis and some 150 interviews with senior party actors in six EU member states: Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden.Situated in the context of the debate on Europeanization, the contributors illustrate that national political parties have been surprisingly well equipped to handle the challenges of the increasing importance of multi-level governance in Europe. Following a rigorous analytical framework, the country studies examine thirty relevant political parties and systematically address a clearly defined set of empirical questions. The volume ends with two comparative chapters that analyze the findings from a cross-national perspective and that offer theoretical insights into the problems of party government amid increasing European integration.This text will appeal to all those researching in the fields of European studies, political science and comparative politics.
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- 2007
47. The United States and Europe : Beyond the Neo-Conservative Divide?
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John Baylis, Jon Roper, John Baylis, and Jon Roper
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- D1065.U6
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A penetrating new examination of the triangular political and cultural relationship between America, Britain, and continental Europe.This relationship is both fraught and dynamic. Post-war reconstruction of Europe brought integration. Creating a ‘United States of Europe'was a goal shared by many Americans. Yet the contemporary'War on Terror', has redefined relationships between America, Britain,'old'and'new'Europe. For Britain, the Channel seems wider than the Atlantic, although geopolitically it is part of Europe. This book brings together experts from Britain, Europe and America to explore the complexities of contemporary cultural and political relationships, considering the challenges that have been met and those that have to be faced.
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- 2006
48. Globalization and the Welfare State
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B. Södersten and B. Södersten
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- International economic relations--Congresses, Globalization--Economic aspects--Congresses, Globalization--Social aspects--Congresses, Welfare state--Congresses, Foreign trade and employment--Congresses, Anti-globalization movement--Congresses, Globalization--Economic aspects--Scandinavia--Congresses
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With contributions from leading thinkers such as J. Bhagwati and Robert Solow, this edited collection examines some hotly debated issues in today's world. The significance of globalization and its effects on welfare states is discussed and analyzed. A special chapter is devoted to terrorism, and it is explained why some people are willing to sacrifice their lives to gain'heavenly goods'. The role of multinationals in the globalization process is examined as is the importance of changing and evolving social norms regarding work and leisure for the survival of today's welfare states.
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- 2004
49. Fifteen Into One?
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Wolfgang Wessels, Andreas Maurer, Juergen Mittag, Wolfgang Wessels, Andreas Maurer, and Juergen Mittag
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- European federation
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No jacket copy available.
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- 2003
50. Fifteen into One? : The European Union and its member states
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Wessels, Wolfgang, Maurer, Andreas, Mittag, Jürgen, Wessels, Wolfgang, Maurer, Andreas, and Mittag, Jürgen
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- 2013
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