After the extensive destruction caused by the violence that followed the vote for independence on August 30th, 1999, the reconstruction of East Timor's infrastructure inevitably was the top priority. Supported by massive aid inflows, achievements in this area have been quite remarkable. As a...

While the consequences of becoming an EU member state for national policies are usually the core concern of pre-membership debates and of post-accession assessments, studies on the effects of European integration on the political systems of the now fifteen member states have so far been less...

Much scholarly writing on states and state boundaries assumes that these form or at least condition the bounds of identity. The ‘institutionalisation’ process is said to be one where the boundaries of the state become the boundaries of everyday life and imagined community. In an...

Die Heterogenität der zugewanderten Bevölkerung in Deutschland spielt bei der Analyse migrations- und integrationsbezogener Fragen eine wachsende Rolle. Seit der Welle Y ist im Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) die Variable MIGBACK enthalten, welche die Identifikation des Migrationsstatus der...