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A Concept of the Global to Conceive Global Governance. Four Metaphorical Proposals

Innerarity, Daniel - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2013

This paper suggests four metaphors to correct our habitual way of thinking about globalization. It begins with the idea that the world can be understood more effectively based on the properties of gases, rather than liquids; secondly, it analyzes the properties and effects of the excessive...

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Prospects for Constitutionalization of the WTO

Nelson, Douglas R. - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

The WTO is regarded as one of the few successes of (proto-) constitutionalism in response to globalization. However, the rapid deepening of economic integration that has occurred in recent decades has meant that the relevant civil society is less obviously well-represented by nation-state...

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A systemic view of the soft power

Kudryavtsev, Andrey A. - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

Soft power is a useful concept of political theory and sociology developed by J.S. Nye Jr. in 1990. However, this concept can be overly abstract and hence somewhat artificial. In particular, this concept has been criticized by other sources and points of view. This paper develops a more complex...

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Domestic Politics and Referendums on the Constitutional Treaty

González, Gemma Mateo - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2006

referendum be explained? Recently, some scholars have considered the need to give legitimacy to the decisions of the EU as one of …

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Independence Referendums: Who Should Vote and Who Should be Offered Citizenship?

Bauböck, Rainer - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

participation in independence referendum (that may result in the creation of a new independent state) and the determination of … independence referendum franchise and of the initial determination of the citizenry, critically appraising the incongruence between … the franchise for the 18 September 2014 Scottish independence referendum, and the blueprint for Scottish citizenship ab …

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