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...

For many years women tended to vote more conservative than men (the 'old' gender vote gap), but since the 1980s this gap in many countries has shifted direction: now women in many countries are more likely to support left parties than men of the same age, in the same income bracket, and at the...

Based on qualitative research conducted in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom, the article analyses the "citizens' perspective" on the "EU financial crisis" as it is communicated in the European public sphere. With reference to this aim, we argue in the following...

Introduction, by Karel Čapek.--The period of princes and kings, by V. Chaloupecký.--The heritage of the Bohemian reformation, by J. L. Hromádka.--The Habsburgs and Czechs at the period of the reformation and counter-reformation, by František Hrubý.--The spirit of modern Czechoslovak...