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The European Convention: bargaining in the shadow of rhetoric.
May 1, 2004... The European Convention on the Future of Europe was initially presented as a turning point in the history of European integration. This article argues that, although its composition was broader, its process more transparent and its rules more flexible than classic ...

Southern European public bureaucracies in comparative perspective.
May 1, 2004... Perhaps paradoxically, the comparative study of modern bureaucracies has been less advanced in European countries associated with negative stereotypes of administrative performance. Such is the case of the countries of Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). Comparative studies...

Ethnoreligious politics in France: Jews and Muslims.
May 1, 2004... FRENCH IDEOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF ETHNORELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES A preliminary explanation of both the topic and the title is in order. The topic itself is sensitive and politically incorrect, given the Jacobin republican ideology, which is still valid. According to that ideology, lobbies of...

Non-compliance with EU directives in the member states: opposition through the backdoor?
May 1, 2004... NON-COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSITION: QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH DESIGN In recent times, scholars of European integration have increasingly focused on the effects of Europeanisation on domestic systems of governance. This perspective has produced a number of studies dealing with the impact of...

Explaining the emergence of radical right-wing populist parties: the case of Denmark.
May 1, 2004... Denmark became famous in the early 1970s as the home of the strongest right-wing populist party on the continent, the Progress Party, which emerged in the landslide election of 1973 with 15.9 per cent of the vote. Today, the Progress Party has withered away, whereas another rightist party, of...