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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

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

A new right: the Swedish parliamentary election of September 2022 一个新的权利：2022年9月瑞典议会选举

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-10 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2156199

N. Aylott, Niklas Bolin

引用次数: 7

A theory of external judicial politics: the ECJ as cautious gatekeeper in external relations 外部司法政治理论:欧洲法院作为对外关系的谨慎守门人

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2062144

J. Basedow

引用次数: 0

A tale of two logics: how solidarity and threat perceptions shape immigrant attitudes towards immigration in Western Europe 两个逻辑的故事：团结和威胁观念如何塑造西欧移民对移民的态度

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2143162

Michael Neureiter, F. Schulte

引用次数: 3

Different yet the same? Differentiated integration and flexibility in implementation in the European Union 不同却相同？欧洲联盟在执行方面的差异化一体化和灵活性

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2150944

Sebastiaan Princen, F. Schimmelfennig, Ronja Sczepanski, Hubert Smekal, Robert Zbíral

引用次数: 6

How have secularisation and educational expansion affected support for the mainstream right in Western Europe? 世俗化和教育扩张对西欧主流右翼的支持有何影响?

IF 4.2 1区社会学

West European Politics Pub Date : 2022-12-08 DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2150943

Raul Gómez

引用次数: 0