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The dilemma between bilateral agreements and immigration control: how would swiss voters decide?

This chapter analyzes the dilemma that Swiss citizens face between the reintroduction of some form of immigration control and the continuation of the bilateral agreements with the European Union (EU). More specifically, the purpose of the chapter is to shed light on the sociodemographic and political characteristics of the pivotal group of voters who supported the initiative against...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2020

Economic outcomes of social movements

Economic outcomes have long been neglected by students of social movements. However, recently a number of studies have emerged addressing this topic. This chapter reviews works on economic outcomes of social movements. Economic impacts of social movements are defined here as pertaining to the economic sphere either in terms of government actions to regulate the economy/impose...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Common market, normative power or super-state? Conflicting political identities in EU asylum and immigration policy

Drawing an analogy to the role of immigration policy in processes of state formation, this article argues that the development of common asylum/immigration policies is indicative of the normative tensions implied in the EU's transition from a regulatory polity towards a political Union. Based on an analysis of key legislative texts from the emergence of common immigration...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Regional migration governance – building block of global initiatives?

migration control have proliferated all over the world and occupy an important space in recent UN initiatives to boost global cooperation on migration and refugees. Unlike Europe, where these different aspects of migration policy have come under the ambit of one institution, the European Union, regional initiatives in other parts of the world tend to emerge in different fora, with...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Territory: political theory and indigenous claims. An essay on the coloniality of territory

Territory: political theory and indigenous claims. An essay on the coloniality of territory

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Environmental protection and political ideology in Germany : An analysis of party manifestos (1949-2013)

Environmental protection and political ideology in Germany : An analysis of party manifestos (1949-2013

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Political theory and the metaphysics of the self : Outline of a model-based approach

Political theory and the metaphysics of the self : Outline of a model-based approach

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

China and DAC donors: The role of corruption and natural resources in the foreign aid allocation

China and DAC donors: The role of corruption and natural resources in the foreign aid allocation

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Personalized philanthropy

Estimating moral and financial subjective values to explain preferences for philanthropy Philanthropy is characterized by a tension between promoting moral values aimed at increasing humanity’s quality of life and the material cost incurred to achieve said goal. Material values and preferences are well captured by computational models of choice; however, little is known about moral...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Filling in the Resource Gap of Urban Regime Analysis to Make It Travel in Time and Space

Responding to recent studies that have argued that urban regime analysis (URA) is inappropriate for studying urban politics in Europe or in the 21st century, this article argues that URA is a powerful analytical tool to understand the dynamics of contemporary urban governance. It does so by drawing on evidence from the Swiss cities of Zurich and Bern since the turn of the millennium...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Political theory and the metaphysics of the self: Outline of a model-based approach

Political theory and the metaphysics of the self: Outline of a model-based approach

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Democratic epistemology and democratic morality: the appeal and challenges of peircean pragmatism

Does the wide distribution of political power in democracies, relative to other modes of government, result in better decisions? Specifically, do we have any reason to believe that they are better qualitatively – more reasoned, better supported by the available evidence, more deserving of support – than those which have been made by other means? In order to answer this question we...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2018

A computationally efficient framework for automatic inertial sensor calibration

The calibration of (low-cost) inertial sensors has become increasingly important over the past years since their use has grown exponentially in many applications going from unmanned aerial vehicle navigation to 3D-animation. However, this calibration procedure is often quite problematic since the signals issued from these sensors have a complex spectral structure and the methods...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2018

Citizens and the crisis: The Great recession as constraint and opportunity

We discuss a number of issues addressed in the volume. In particular, after an introduction about the capacity for resilience shown by European citizens, we summarize the volume’s content in terms of the economic crisis posing constraints to citizens, but also as opening up opportunities for change. Additionally, we discuss the intertwining of the economic and the political...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2018

Citizens and the crisis: Experiences, perceptions, and responses to the great recession in Europe

This volume presents evidence-based research on citizens’ experiences and reactions to the Great Recession in Europe. How did European citizen experience and react to the crisis? How are the experiences of crisis and political responses socially differentiated? Are some social classes and more deprived groups particularly hard hit? How did the crisis impact on political choices? What...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2018

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