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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An Endogenous ‘Refugee Crisis’: Exploring Frame Drain and Emerging Conflicts in Migration Politics
Abstract Migration governance in Europe is shaped by contesting frames that reflect deeper tensions between security, humanitarianism and sovereignty. This article traces how these frames evolve over time and how the so‐called refugee ‘crisis’ reconfigures framing dynamics and actor relations between 2000 and 2020. Rather than treating the crisis as an
Ece Özlem Atikcan +2 more
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Evidence-based evaluation and optimization paths of public health emergency response plans in China: a text analysis and empirical study based on 31 provinces. [PDF]
Fan L, Wang S.
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Abstract Despite a rich research literature addressing the rise of a genuine multilevel administration (MLA) in the European Union (EU), impacts on municipal bureaucracies remain understudied. This article maps how the MLA affects local bureaucracies, based on a multi‐sited qualitative study of public procurement and environmental departments in 20 ...
Marthe Indset, Linda Alamaa
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Multicentre field evaluation of Xpert MTB/XDR in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
Massou F +39 more
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Abstract Why has the United Kingdom repeatedly restored substantive compatibility with European Union (EU) regulatory norms despite formal withdrawal? This article introduces the concept of asymmetric regulatory embeddedness (ARE) to explain post‐membership governance in highly integrated sectors. ARE captures the structural condition in which a former
George Asiamah
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Breaking the glass ceiling: concretising learning systems for vaccination by 2030 and beyond in Africa. [PDF]
Adamu AA +4 more
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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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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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European Identity in Youth: Longitudinal Dynamics and the Role of School Experiences. [PDF]
Körner A +4 more
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