The origins and diversities of European Welfare States

Political science   |   Political science   |   Term papers   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « and possible that a welfare state emerge Mass democracy and citizenship are at the basis of the welfare state The role played by the European Nation-State. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The origins of European Welfare States: Common or Diverse?. Common origins of the Welfare State's first development in Europe.. Early sources of diversity in the origin of the Welfare State. Diversity of European welfare states: Is a...»

Citizenship & Democracy: Civil Society and the Democratization of Kosovo

Political science   |   Political science   |   Case study   |   05/05/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Conclusion; Works consulted. Citizenship & Democracy Civil Society and the Democratization of UN-sponsored forces and their replacement by European Union forces ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Recent history of Kosovo. Importance of civil society. History of civil society in Kosovo. Civil society advantages. Civil society disadvantages. Civil society organizations in Kosovo today. Conclusion. Works consulted....»

How can the "crisis" of the Welfare States affect the policy of fight against poverty?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « HANSEN, « Reforming the French Welfare State: Solidarity, Social Exclusion and the three crisis of citizenship », West European Politics, 2000, 23, n 1, p. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «The crisis of financing: The unevenness between receipts and expenditures.. Post-industrial evolutions: from an inadequate system of social protection.. A tax and market based model.. The crisis of efficiency: Cases of extreme poverty.. The...»

Communatarism" in Great Britain and the "French Republican model" of integration: With which method should the public policies be controlled while dealing with a multicultural society

Political science   |   Political science   |   Term papers   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « a multicultural society The issues of national identity, citizenship and multiculturalism appeared with the massive immigration of non-European immigrants ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Historical comparative perspective between two models: The English Communautarism versus the French republican model of integration. The French republican model of integration from the Jacobin origins to his current application. The...»

The far-right in Europe

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « integrate them; it seems that the definition of the British citizenship is less are an exception in Europe; nowadays the bulk of the European countries have a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The far-right in Europe: Some keys to understand.. The end of workers movement.. The EU and the inertia of the political community.. The immigration issue.. The far-right movement: How it works.. The need for a new political...»

Comparative analysis of the political parties and the party systems: the case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Political science   |   Political science   |   Case study   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « Slovakia: Defining the borders as well as the citizenship. also shared the same political goals in the past years ; the candidacy for the European Union and ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Sharing between the the two successor states of the former Czechoslovakia.. The aim of this paper - analyzing comparatively the party systems of the two countries.. The structuring of the political cleavages in the Czech Republic and...»

"Post-parliamentary strategies need, therefore, to be recast as complements, rather than substitute, for parliamentarism at Union level" (Lord and Beetham). Discuss

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/21/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « Aware of this problem, the European institutions have taken action to regulate elected on the basis of political equality - ie citizenship - can provide for ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Structural factors for blunted parliamentarism at EU level.. The absence of a cohesive European political community.. Political obstacles to a 'full' parliamentarization of the EU.. Post-parliamentary strategies: Theorizing and...»

To what extent does the concept of civil society help in the explanation or justification of the process of democratization?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « the place where one learns the skills and habits of civility and good citizenship. We can take the example of the European Union political regime in which the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The concept of civil society . Civil society as the basis of democracy. Co-existence of civil society and authoritarian governments . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Where would you place New Labour on the ideological spectrum?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « with duty and responsibility to the socialist ideal of citizenship, and a However, New Labour changed faster than any other European socialist party, notably ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 'New' Labour: the imprint of Thatcherism.. The modernizers such as Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson.. Ideological changes that seemed to bring Labour closer to the Conservatives.. Labour's victory in 1997.. The imprint of...»

The third way

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « also promised that health spending would eventually reach the European average and in with duty and responsibility to the socialist ideal of citizenship, and a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The third way.. Controversy among students of social-democracy.. The field of welfare.. New Labour: Its incorporation of values more associated with neo-liberalism than with social-democracy.. New Labour.. Blair and the Labour...»

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