paper, which explores the causal conditions for correct and timely transposition of EU directives. In this context, some … transposition of six labor-law directives in four member states, the paper demonstrates the limited explanatory power of this …

democracy and a market economy with different speed and sequencing. The related political-economy issues gave rise to an ongoing … debate on the question as to whether the introduction of democracy in view of comprehensive economic reforms may better be … delayed. After some theoretical considerations around governance, democracy, and reforms an overview of empirical studies on …

countries. Using data from the democracy barometer, we seek to determine the factors that explain the variation in the …

examines under what conditions procedures of direct democracy become a means of protest against mining, and with what political …

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these … investigations, this article asks for the preconditions of liberal democracy, particularly for their moral foundations. In contrast … a moral quality of the citizens is a necessary prerequisite for the persistence of a liberal democracy. The second aim …