Europe's 'political space,' its dimensionality and its impact on European policies have received increased academic attention lately. Yet, one very basic element of this political space, the party composition of EU member states' governments, has never been studied in a systematic way in the...

In a recent article, Caporaso and Tarrow have argued that the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is increasingly moving in a social policy direction that will ultimately put European politics on a “Polanyian” course. We take issue with their claim and distinguish three...

Ohne das der Begriff ‚europäisches Sozialmodell’ exakt definiert ist, wird er in der politischen und wissenschaftlichen Diskussion inzwischen wie selbstverständlich gebraucht. Im Kontext mit der Errichtung des Binnenmarktes und den ersten Vorbereitungen zur Errichtung einer Europäischen...