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Assembly dissolution powers and incumbency advantages in coalition formation 联合政府组建中的议会解散权和在职优势

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2165356

Petra Schleiter, C. Bucur

引用次数: 2

The mobilisation potential of anti-containment protests in Germany 德国反遏制抗议的动员潜力

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2166728

Sophia Hunger, Swen Hutter, Eylem Kanol

引用次数: 9

Weaponisation of finance: the role of European central banks and financial sanctions against Russia 金融武器化：欧洲央行的作用和对俄罗斯的金融制裁

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2155906

L. Quaglia, A. Verdun

引用次数: 2

Institutional accountability: the differentiated implementation of collaborative governance in two EU states 制度问责:两个欧盟国家协作治理的差异化实施

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2158639

I. Mancheva, M. Pihlajamäki, M. Keskinen

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引用次数: 2

Coalition agreements and governments’ policy-making productivity 联盟协议与政府的决策效率

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2161794

Matthew E. Bergman, Mariyana Angelova, H. Bäck, W. Müller

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引用次数: 2

Exiting after Brexit: public perceptions of future European Union member state departures. 英国脱欧后退出:公众对未来欧盟成员国退出的看法

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-23 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2164135

Joseph Ganderson

引用次数: 0

Cleavage politics, polarisation and participation in Western Europe 西欧的分裂政治、两极分化和参与

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2161786

Endre Borbáth, Swen Hutter, A. Leininger

引用次数: 3

The formalisation of minority governments 少数民族政府的形式化

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-17 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2157994

Maria Thürk, S. Krauss

引用次数: 2

Differentiated participation, uniform procedures: EU agencies in direct policy implementation 差别参与、统一程序:欧盟各机构直接参与政策执行

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-16 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2161727

Adina Akbik, C. Freudlsperger, M. Migliorati

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引用次数: 1

Kinder, gentler – and crisis-proof? Consensus democracy, inclusive institutions and COVID-19 pandemic performance 更友善、更温和、更能抵御危机？共识民主、包容性机构与新冠肺炎疫情表现

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-16 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2156164

Rahel Freiburghaus, A. Vatter, Isabelle Stadelmann‐Steffen

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引用次数: 3