Probabilistic Wildfire Risk Assessment and Modernization Transitions: The Case of Greece
Fire, 2023 Wildfire is the primary cause of deforestation in fire-prone environments, disrupting the forest transition process generated by multiple social-ecological drivers of modernization.
Andreas Y. Troumbis +2 more
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THE POLITICAL COMPETITION OF MINORITY PARTIES IN SLOVAKIA: THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF PARTIES REPRESENTING THE HUNGARIAN MINORITY [PDF]
Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 2016 The political parties representing Hungarian minority in Slovakia have always played significant role in the Slovak party system which had been closely associated with the substantive number of ethnic Hungarians living in the country.
Jaroslav Mihálik, Viera Žúborová
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Perceptions of Political Competition and the Integrity of Elections [PDF]
, 2022 Political competition is generally regarded as one of the hallmarks of a well-functioning democracy. Competitive elections hold politicians to account, thereby increasing government performance to the benefit of citizens.
Dawson, Stephen, Dawson, Stephen,
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Rethinking European Competition Law: From a Consumer Welfare to a Capability Approach
Utrecht Law Review, 2016 European competition law is predominantly focused on maximizing consumer welfare. This overarching purpose (which is supported by economic theory) leaves little place for safeguarding non-economic values, such as sustainability.
Rutger Claassen, Anna Gerbrandy
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Politics, Investor Protection and Competition [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 External finance is critical for less established entrepreneurs, so poor investor protection can hinder competition. We model how lobbying by incumbents may reduce access to finance in countries where politicians are less accountable to voters. In a broad cross-section of countries and industries, we find that (i) the number of producers and entry ...
Perotti, E., Volpin, P.
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The Content and Nature of Political Competition in Europe: Conceptualizing Political Space and Axis of Party Competition [PDF]
, 2007 [From the introduction]. European Union countries face a comparable set of socio-economic challenges: from rationalization of the welfare systems and generation of economic growth and employment, to absorption of immigrant communities and the granting of
Rovny, Jan., Rovny, Jan
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The effect of political institutions on the size of government spending in European Union member states and Croatia [PDF]
Financial Theory and Practice, 2013 This paper presents an overview of theoretical and empirical research on the interaction between political institutions and economic variables. Using the dynamic panel model, the paper also investigates the indirect effects of electoral systems on the ...
Martina Basarac Sertic +1 more
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Comment gouverner une population invisible ?
Métropoles, 2014 One of the main objects of the literature on local government was the analysis of relationships between urban governments and social and economic groups.
Francesca Artioli
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Why Merkel refused the post of Chairman of the CDU Party [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2018 The article analyzes in detail the reasons that prompted Chancellor Merkel not to nominate her candidacy for the post of Chairman of the CDU party, which she headed for 18 years.
Ekaterina Timoshenkova
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Universalism and uniqueness in contemporary soft power strategies [PDF]
Przegląd Europejski, 2021 The author analyses the principles and regularities of the competition of soft power strategies of different states as an actual problem of comparative politics.
Vladimir G. Ivanov
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