Feb

15

Copy-paste journalism – plagiarism in the media?

February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

I have been working on a paper on dating for a while (hopefully ready for publication in summer), so I try to gather articles on the subject when they appear in the news I read. It so happened that the Economist published an article (Sex and Love: The modern Matchmakers) in its current edition (from [...]

Aug

16

How Eurobonds are the way forward

August 16, 2011 | 14 Comments

Market pressures on ailing Euro-zone countries persist and the Merkels and Sarkozys struggle to find an answer. The latest hype gaining ground is the idea of Eurobonds. These would be jointly issued bonds by all Euro-zone (or even EU) governments to finance government debt by national (or sub-national) governments. Ironically, I remember several interesting discussions [...]

Aug

13

Über das Wesen der Vorzugsstimmen im Wahlrecht

August 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

Bis vor kurzem war ich recht überzeugt, dass der zuletzt in Deutschland vorherrschende Trend zu Vorzugsstimmen im Wahlrecht (z.B. Bremen, Hamburg) eine gute Sache ist. Beim Lesen von Robert Putnams “Making Democracy Work” bin ich auf eine Beobachtung aus Italien gestoßen, die mich nachdenklicher macht. In diesem ausgezeichneten Buch beschreibt Putnam, wie die Möglichkeit der [...]

Oct

27

Blogs and news on the EU budget

October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The budget review has sparked some fresh and good debate on the future of the EU’s budget. A couple of blogs have been opened recently to contribute to this debate and they are probably the best place to gather information over what is going on. Here comes an overview: LowCarbonBudget.eu by the UK’s Green Alliance. [...]

Oct

27

Books and articles on EU budget debate

October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

As a follow-up to my previous post on standard books on the EU budget, here comes an overview of some literature since the mid-19990s on the EU budget. Advisory Council on International Affairs (2007): The finances of the European Union. The AVI works on request of the Dutch parliament/government on international affairs. This report can [...]

Oct

26

EU studies conferences 2011

October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Here comes an overview of the relevant EU studies academic conferences in 2011 (ordered by deadline). As always, please comment or inform me if relevant conferences are missing. Please also note that there is an EU conference in Taiwan for Asian scholars in February. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 12-17 April 2011 St. Gallen, [...]

Oct

23

Standard books on the EU budget

October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment

For some time now I have been looking out for good standard books or articles on the politics of the EU budget process. Still, I am left a little clueless. Either there is hardly anything available or I continue to oversee it. Please help me if you know of more publications in English, German or [...]