Unreachable, Inescapable: Sustainable Development as Normative Camouflage in EU–MERCOSUR Trade
Abstract This article examines how sustainable development functions as a mechanism of stabilising asymmetry in North–South trade governance, using the European Union (EU)–Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) agreement as a case study. Whilst sustainability is often framed as a normative good or institutional advance, the article shows instead how it ...
Asha Herten‐Crabb
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Eurocrats Wanted: Why Some Member States Lag in European Commission Recruitment
Abstract The article investigates the underrepresentation of certain member states within the European Commission (EC) and explores the broader challenges of achieving geographical balance in European Union (EU) recruitment. Drawing on the theory of representative bureaucracy, the study systematises factors that shape the attractiveness of EU careers ...
Jarolím Antal +2 more
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Historical roots and modern realities: Austria's sports ecosystem. [PDF]
Pranjić I, Begović M.
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Fundamental Rights in Austrian Civil Law
It could be shown that fundamental rights play a vital role in private law. Generally, they are not applied directly, but they have to be taken into account when it comes to the interpretation of provisions governing the private law relations between two
Schauer, Martin
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Explaining Differentiated Policy Implementation of EU Animal Welfare Regulations
Abstract Farm animal welfare has emerged as a growing policy subsystem within the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy. However, despite a harmonized EU framework, member states differ substantially in how they implement EU directives on farm animal welfare.
Ilana Schröder +2 more
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Józef Dietl (1804-1878) and "his" crisis: Eponyms of a political physician and the culture of remembrance in Polish and Austrian urology and medicine. [PDF]
Moll FH, Chlosta P, Shariat SF.
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
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The current situation of treatment for patients suffering from schizophrenia in the Austrian forensic system. [PDF]
Dvorak A, Swoboda P, Stompe T.
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Criminal and Civil Responsibility of the Donor in a Case of Transmission of Malaria by a Blood Transfusion in a Nonendemic Country. [PDF]
Wagner T +4 more
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Abstract Social control agents aim to restrict corporate illegality, yet its prevalence highlights inconsistencies in enforcement mechanisms. To explore this issue, we examine how newspapers reduce corporate illegality by imposing ethical norms on firms.
Tony Jaehyun Choi, Kam Phung
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