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ecpr - Standing Group on the European Union

Fifth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics

23 to 26 June 2010
Porto, Portugal

Organized by the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union


Virtual Paper Room

Here you will find conference papers available for download. Please note that the virtual paper room includes only those papers that were submitted by the authors for posting on-line. Please also note that the virtual paper room records only the lead author. Any subsequent authors will be listed only in the papers themselves.

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Papers on File to Date: 165

AuthorPaper Title
Adriaan Schout and Sarah WolffEVER CLOSER UNION? SUPRANATIONALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTALISM AS CONCEPT
Alexandra JonasDesirable, but not feasible? An EU White Paper and the compatibility of the British, French and German security and defence policies
Alice CunhaChanging the Scene: The EU in Portuguese Foreign Policy
Amy Verdun and Assem DandashlyThe Slow Trip to the East: The Domestic Politics of Euro Adoption in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
Ana Margheritis and William HummelLinking Regional Integration and Migration Policies in Europe and Latin America: Facts and Concepts in Comparative Perspective
Ana Paula BrandãoThe Lisbon Treaty and EU Security Actorness
Ana-Iuliana PostuThe European Parliament Committees – Organisation System of a Talking Shop?
Anastasia ChebakovaRe-thinking a Problematic Relationship: Towards a Hybrid Strategic Vision in EU-Russia Cooperation
Andrea Schlenker"Unity in diversity"? - The acceptance of cultural diversity and its impact on the compatibility of national and European identity
Andrea SpeharThe Missing Factor: Swedish Social Democracy and Immigration Policy
Andrew ThompsonStudying the European Commission: key issues of method
Annabelle Littoz-MonnetWhen the Outcome is in the Process: a Multi-level Account of European Integration Dynamics
Antonio RaimundoBetween Europeanisation and domestic influences: Portugal's post-colonial relations with Angola
Ariadna RipollAdapt or die: How co-decision shaped the fate of the 'Returns' directive in the European Parliament
Arnout Justaert and Stephan KeukeleireStructural Diplomacy, Contextual Difference, and the Process of Learning.
Artur GruszczakThe European Union as a gated community: The challenge of good security governance
Bahar BaserStateless Diasporas and Their Long-Distance Nationalist Activism in Host Countries - The Cases of Tamils from Sri Lanka and Kurds from Turkey
Bernhard ZeilingerGoverning 'Wider Europe' in an Interdependent World. EU´s External Policy towards Eastern Europe on Migration Management.
Bettina WagnerWhen Central and Eastern Europeans became EU Citizens: Support for the EU before and after EU Accession in post-communist Europe
Bjorn Hoylandy and Vibeke Woien HansenVoting in the Consensual Council of Ministers
Brian Hocking and Michael SmithAn Emerging Diplomatic System for the EU? Frameworks and Issues
Christine Neuhold and Rik de RuiterWhy is fast track the way to go? A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the first reading procedure in co-decision
Cláudia Toriz RamosDo We Need Theory?
Daniel Finke and Janina ThiemTwo Principals, Two Motives: The Amendment Process and Roll Call Votes in the European Parliament.
Daniela SicurelliCompeting models of peacekeeping. The role of the EU and China in Africa
Dario Barbieri, Nicola Bellè, Paolo Fedele, Edoardo OngaroDeterminants of Autonomy of European Union Agencies
Dave CudworthPolicy, Space and the Education of Gypsy/Traveller and Roma children in Europe
David Allen and Michael SmithSTRATEGIC DIPLOMACY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: EXPLORING RELATIONS WITH THE BRIC COUNTRIES
Davor JancicThe Portuguese Assembly of the Republic: From democratic consolidation to European participation?
Deborah MabbettEU Age Discrimination Law in Germany and the UK: Legal Irritant and Reform Lever
Denis Saint-MartinStudying Policy Transfer in Time: Or, Why is the Politics of Lobbying Reform in the EU on “Fast Forward”?
Dennis-Jonathan Mann"We, the people" versus "We, the peoples" - nature of the Union debates compared
Derek Averre and Richard ConnollyEU-Russia relations: a partnership for modernization?
Dicle KorkmazInternal and External Dynamics of European Energy Security
Dimitris BourisState-building as Conflict Resolution - Can the EU Face the Challenge in the Palestinian Territory?
Dionyssis G. DimitrakopoulosBetween the Party Family and the Nation State: Post-Decisional Politics and EU Socio-Economic Regulation
Dirk Peters, Wolfgang Wagner and Cosima GlahnControlling ESDP: the Role of Parliaments
Doreen K. AllerkampWho Sets the Agenda? How the European Council and the Team Presidencies Are Undermining the Commission’s Prerogative
Doreen K. AllerkampThe Council(s) Beyond Intergovernmentalism The Transformative Power of ‘Intergovernmental’ Council Decision‐Making
Eiko Thielemann and Nadine El-EnanyEuropean Refugee Policy from a Global Perspective: Is the EU Shirking its Responsibilities?
Emanuela BozziniThe environmental movement and climate change: evidence, opportunities and campaigns in the European Union
Emmanuel SigalasREPRESENTATION DURING THE 6th EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEP Activity and Explanations of Performance Variation
Eric PardoThe Second Energy Crisis in Ukraine in 2009: Russo-Ukrainian Negotiations up to 2010 and the Role of the European Union, Analysis of a Challenge to the EU Diplomacy
Erika CudworthSecuring what for whom? Multiple complex Inequalities and the politics of environmental security in Europe
Fabio Franchino and Marco MainentiDistributive Policies in Parliamentary Systems: State Aid Applications in the European Union
Ferdi De VilleEXPLAINING THE GENESIS OF A TRADE DISPUTE: THE EU’S TRADE IN SEAL PRODUCTS REGULATION
Flavia JurjeEuropeanization of Polity and Politics: a Network Analysis of the Decision-Making Process in Romania
Flora Fazekas and Marton VarjuEUROPEAN UNION LAW BEFORE THE HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND THE HUNGARIAN JUDICIARY
Florence Deloche-Gaudez and Laurie BeaudonnetDecision-Making in the Enlarged EU Council of Ministers: A Softer Consensus Norm as an Explanation for its Apparent Adaptability?
Florian StoeckelThe Class Gap? - Conditions under which Utilitarianism Plays a Role for Identi cation with the EU
Frank M. HägeCoalition Building and Consensus in International Negotiations
Frank WendlerPatterns of contestation on Europe Explaining the differential politicisation of European integration at EP and domestic elections
Gabriel Siles BrüggeBringing Politics Back In: Economic Interests and the Shift Toward Bilateralism in EU Trade Policy
Gerard ConwayLocating Competence in EU Law and the Legal Reasoning of the ECJ’
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Deirdre Curtin, Bettina Leufgen and Albert MeijerStudying Open Government in the European Union: From Normative Debates to Empirical Fact-Finding
Hannelore GoemanWhat’s in a name: the concept of integration policy at European level
Hans VollaardEuropean integration and consensus politics in the Netherlands
Heike KlueverLobbying coalitions and policy-making: How interest groups can shape policy formulation in the European Union
Heiko Giebler and Aiko WagnerOne question, two levels, two answers? Determinants of party choice in European and national elections
Hélène CauneFeeding the beast: when European soft governance creates an employment flexicurity model
Helmut P. GaisbauerMAIN STAGES OF DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION IN JHA: A THEORY OF CLUBS PERSPECTIVE
Hussein KassimBRINGING THE MEMBER STATES BACK IN: THE SUPRANATIONAL ORTHODOXY, MEMBER STATE RESURGENCE AND THE DECLINE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION SINCE THE 1990s
Ingvild OlsenThe Council Working Groups – Advisors or de facto Decision Makers?
Iona AnnettHistorical Institutionalism as a Regional Integration Theory: An outline of theory and methodology
Irma SlomczynskaPersisting Threats for Security – New Space Tools for the Global EU
Isabel CamisãoEuropean Commission: bureaucratic agent or political leader? Assessing the institution's role in EU treaty reform
Jaclyn GranickEnabling Inclusion in the European Union:The European Disability Forum, civil society activists, and their campaign for disability rights
Jappe EckhardtPolitical Mobilization of Importers and Retailers during the EU-China Shoe Dispute (2005-2009)
Joachim Schild and Philipp HesselTwo sorts of scepticism or one? Citizens' support for European integration and Globalization
John Constantelos & Polly J. DivenPublic Confidence in the EU: A Multivariate Analysis of the World Values Survey’s Fifth Wave
John FitzgibbonThe Failure of Political Parties and the Triumph of Civil Society: Ireland’s two Lisbon votes in wider perspective
Jorrit RijpmaJustice and Home Affairs Agencies: Governing the Area of Freedom Security and Justice after Lisbon
José Manuel Pagés MadrigalLAND MANAGEMENT IN EUROMED REGION. Policies territories and landscapes.
Julia SchmidtEuropean Crisis Management Missions and Human Rights
Kai OppermannPlebiscitary Politics and European Integration: Juxtaposing a Defensive and an Offensive Case for Pledging EU Referendums
Karin BoreviDimensions of citizenship. European integration policies from a Scandinavian perspective.
Katerina StancovaIntegrating the EU Migration Policy into the EU Neighbourhood Policy: the Origins and Prospects.
Kristine KernClimate Governance in the EU Multi-level System: The Role of Cities
Laura ChappellThe European Defence Agency and Permanent Structured Cooperation: Are we heading towards another missed opportunity?
Laura CramDoes the EU Need a Navel? Banal Europeanism, Appreciated - Europeanism and European Integration
Laurie BeaudonnetThe importance of being social: the impact of welfare on support for Europe
Linda BergBoundaries of Identity and Solidarity
Lucie CernaThe EU Blue Card: A Bridge Too Far?
Lucie TunkrovaThe EU Accession Process and Gender Issues: Central Europe and Turkey
Luicy PedrozaTHE DIFFERENTIATED ENFRANCHISEMENT OF NON-CITIZEN MIGRANTS IN PORTUGAL WHY ARE "ALL EQUAL, BUT SOME MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"?
Luigi CarafaWhen The Birds Fly Together. Analysing Conditions of Rule Extension in the Context of EU-Turkey Energy Cooperation
Madalina Busuioc, Deirdre Curtin and Martijn GroenleerLiving Europol: Between Autonomy and Accountability
Madeleine O. HosliVoting Cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly: The Case of the European Union
Madeleine O. HosliDomestic Policy Dimensions and European Union Negotiations: Voting Rules in the Council
Marco Brunazzo and Vincent Della SalaSaints, Sinners and Agnostics? The Idea of Europe and European Integration in the Italian Imagination
Maren HofiusA Norm’s Life Spiral - Exploring the Possibility of Normative Convergence in the European Neighbourhood Policy
Maria Eduarda Gonçalves and Maria Inês GameiroEuropean values, fundamental rights and EU law and politics on biometrics
Marie-Eve BélangerEnlarging the Union to create the Community: an analysis of the enlargement as a vector of the European Order
Marie-Pierre GrangerGovernments in Luxembourg: How Do Governments Use EU Litigation to Protect National Policies or Influence EU Policy and Law-Making
Markéta BílskáThe news coverage of the 2004 European elections in the new member states: The cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Markus HaverlandThe European Union and Dutch Government-Business Relations From corporatism to statism?
Martine HubertyLuxembourg's role in the creation and reform of the Stability and Growth Pact in 1996 and 2005
Mercedes Guinea LlorenteDemocracy promotion in the European neighbourhood: the case of Belarus
Michael Johns"Old" and "New" Minorities within the EU: The Growing Need for Policies on Social Cohesion
Michael Kluth & Jess PilegaardIn the Balance - An Empirical Test of Competing Neo-Realist Theories Applied to the EU as an Actor in the Global Balance of Power
Michael Smith and Huaixian XieThe EU and China: The Logistics of 'Strategic Partnership'
Michaël TathamYou scrub my back and I stab yours? Explaining conflict in state and substate interest representation in Brussels
Michaël TathamDevolution and EU policy-shaping: Bridging the gap between Multi-Level Governance and Liberal Intergovernmentalism.
Michaël TathamLimited institutional change in an international organisation: explaining the EU’s shift away from its "federal blindness"
Milenko PetrovicInvestigating the Limits of EU Eastern Enlargement: politics, geography or ‘absorption capacity’?
Monika MühlböckNational parties as a linking device between Council and European Parliament?
Morten Egeberg and Jarle TrondalEU-level agencies: New executive centre formation or vehicles for national control?
Natasja ReslowExplaining the development of EU migration policy: the case of the Mobility Partnerships
Nelli BabayanI Can’t Be Just Neighbours with You! Applying EU Membership Criteria to the ENP Countries
Nelson MateusEU’s security agenda and the challenge of flows
Nurcan Ozgur Baklacioglu"Building “Fortress Turkey": Europeanization of Asylum Policy in Turkey
Ole ElgströmEU Leadership in an Emerging New World Order
Orestis Troumpounis"Engineering Electoral Systems to Increase Turnout"
Patrick Bernhagen and Richard RoseEuropean Interest Intermediation vs. Representation of European Citizens
Paul CopelandThe Political Impasse of the Revision of the Working Time Directive and the Travails of Hard Law in the European Social Dimension
Paul Copeland and Beryl ter HaarBusting the myth that European soft coordination methods create no “ripples” in national legal orders
Pauline CullenEuropean Union Social NGOs, Gender Equality and Contests for Recognition
Paulo Vila MaiorThe Schizophrenic European Monetary Union: Between Orthodoxy and Financial Crisis’ Transformative Potential
Pedro Pinto de SousaReshaping Financial Regulation: accounting for the European Parliament's Role
Peter Grand'Taking Sides?' - A Comparison of Theorizing and Modeling Public Opinion on European Integration.
Pieterjan DesmetSweat over SwED Assessing the Effect of Political Knowledge and National Institutional Quality
Piotr TosiekComitology Implementation of EU Policies – Democratic Intergovernmentalism?
Rafael PeelsThe ambiguous institutionalisation of transnational networked politics
Rafael Vázquez García & Aleksandra SojkaPerceiving European identity by political elites and public opinion in Postcommunist Europe. The Intune Project, 2007-2009
Rafal RiedelWhen environmental challenges spill over into energy policy problems – the case of the Polish (potential) veto on the EU climate–energy package during the council summit in December 2008
Rebecca K. Chen"Consultancy Democracy? Exploring the role of expertise in European policy-making"
Reuben WongG-3?: Conceptualising a US-EU-China triad in international relations
Ricardo Borges de CastroThe European Union, Turkey and "democratic secularism"
Richard Rose and Patrick BernhagenInequalities in Representation in the European Parliament
Rik de RuiterMulti-lateral surveillance tools, international organisations and social policy reform in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Robin Hertz and Leuffen DirkComparing European Union Decision‐Making before and after Eastern Enlargement
Rory CostelloA People’s House and a States’ House? Understanding conflict between the European Union’s legislative institutions
Roxana BarbulescuInside the Fortress. Varieties of immigrant integration regimes in Spain and Italy
Roxana Barbulescu and Georgia MavrodiStrategies, Preferences and Policies of the Southern EU Member-States in Coping with Migration
Sakis Gekas"I will not tell French schoolchildren that the borders of Europe extend to Syria and Iraq". Blurring the history of Europe with the European Union.
Sandra Bernardo and Paulo Vila MaiorDesirability meets feasibility? The road ahead for fiscal consolidation in Portugal.
Sandrino SmeetsFinding new clothes for the Emperor? An analysis of Balkan negotiations in the Council of Minister from the perspective of rhetorical action
Sara KonoeInternational Finance and Policy Cooperation: Before and After the 2007-2010 Financial Crisis
Saskia van GenugtenThe Netherlands and Islam: a test to its celebrated Tolerance
Scott JamesSummit Fever: The Reconfiguration of Executive Power and the 'Intergovernmental Empowerment' Model
Senka Neuman-Stanivuković and Marek NeumanDomestic Preference Formation in the Czech Republic vis-à-vis the EU’s Foreign and Regional Policy: Polycentrism or Statecentrism?
Sercan GidisogluWho is deciding in the EU?: The growing role of EU's institutional culture and informal procedures in decision-making
Seth Kincaid JollyThe Dimensionality of Party Politics in Europe
Seth Kincaid JollyThe Europhile Fringe in Retreat? Evolving Regionalist Support for European Integration
Simon HugSophisticated Voting in Bicameralism
Sotiris ZartaloudisFollow the money: Tracing the Europeanization of Greek Employment Policy with regard to Public Employment Service’s Reform.
Spyros Blavoukos and George PagoulatosWhen EU Policy Programs Met Mixed Market Economies: Fiscal Consolidation and Structural Convergence Revisited
Stefan GänzleDoes the EU cope with the 'Security-Development Nexus'? The European Commu-nity’s Instrument for Stability
Stefania PanebiancoVolatile Regionalism in the Mediterranean Area
Stefanie Bailer, Mikko Mattila and Gerals SchneiderMoney Makes the EU Go Round: The Objective Foundations of Conflict in the Council of Ministers
Stefano BraghiroliCohesive armies off loyal troops? Looking at MEPs' parliamentary loyalty through their institutional self-representation
Stephanie BergbauerPolitical parties and the mobilisation of collective identities in European integration
Tal SadehThe Snake is Back - The Sustainability of the Euro Area Re-examined
Tatjana Evas and Ulrike LiebertEnhancing democracy through constitutional pluralism? The Czech, German and Latvian Lisbon ruling in dialogue
Theofanis ExadaktylosThe EU Enlargement to the East: Europeanizing German Foreign Policy
Thomas DoleysManaging State Aid in Times of Crisis: The Role of the European Commission
Thomas JensenTime and The Consensus Norm: Examining the Dynamics of Voting in the Council
Tim VeenActor Alignments in the Council of the European Union: On Stability and Determinants
Timo BehrDealing with Political Islam: Foreign Policy-Making between the Union and the Member States
Tina FreyburgPlanting the Seeds of Change Inside? Functional Cooperation with Authoritarian Regimes and Socialization into Democratic
Tuomas ForsbergINTEGRATION THEORIES, THEORY DEVELOPMENT AND EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
Tuomas ForsbergTHE EU AS A PEACE-MAKER IN THE RUSSOGEORGIAN WAR
Ulrike LiebertEuropeanization of the Mass Media: Normative Assessment and Empirical Analysis
Vincent Della SalaCrisis, What Crisis? Narrating Crisis and Decline in the European Union
Wolfgang WagnerPositive and Negative Integration in EU Criminal Law Cooperation