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Workshop on public-private partnerships in plant breeding
Lusser, Maria - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The report provides proceedings of the "Workshop on public-private partnerships in plant breeding" which was organised by JRC-IPTS in September 2013. It contains a summary and evaluation of the presentations and discussions from the workshop. Additionally short papers submitted by the presenters...
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European governmentality or decentralised network governance? The case of the European Employment Strategy
Möller, Kolja - RECON - 2010
academic literature it is stylized as a focal point for decentralised modes of governance. But drawing on Michel Foucault …’s governmentality approach the OMC does not seem to represent an innovative governance tool but a governmental system of power. The OMC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611202
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Constitutionalism and pluralism in a global context
Walker, Neil - RECON - 2010
Constitutional pluralism divides opinion. What makes it attractive to some in a globally connected world also accounts for the scepticism of others. Its allure lies in its ambition to square two ideas – ‘constitutionalism’ and ‘pluralism’ - typically understood as incompatible....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611205
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Democratic Boundaries in the US and Europe. Inequality, Localisation and Voluntarism in Social Welfare Provsion
Altman, Tess; Mayes, David G. - RECON - 2011
Our aim in this paper is to explore three related trends which have emerged in recent years that are contributing to important changes in the way both social welfare and democratic decision making over its form and content interact. These trends are: growing inequality, an increasing devolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145187
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Constitutionalism beyond the state: myth or necessity?
Cohen, Jean L. - RECON - 2010
Constitutionalism beyond the state is a deeply contested project. The emergence of global governance and global laws … production of international or global law. Thus questions about the legitimacy of global law and governance arise particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645015
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The quality of democracy in the Czech Republic
Mansfeldová, Zdenka; Guasti, Petra Rakušanová - RECON - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680865
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Social Welfare and Democracy in Europe: What Role for the Private and Voluntary Sectors?
Altman, Tess; Shore, Cris - RECON - 2010
This paper explores the role of the private and voluntary sectors in helping to fill gaps in public sector social welfare provision and considers the extent to which this augments or weakens the democratic process. While the public sector has tended to be the major provider in European social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684788
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Data Mining and ‘Renegade’ Aircrafts: The States as Agents of a Global Militant Security Governance Network — The German Example
Nickel, Rainer - RECON - 2010
Security governance has changed the way societies organise and control the execution of powers. This contribution will … in a wider context; they are embedded in a growing structure of security governance, which has evolved into a Global … Militant Security Governance. This formally non-hierarchical network structure poses a threat to the rule of law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694985
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Title: Strategic Intelligence Monitor on Personal Health Systems Phase 3 (SIMPHS 3) – Gesundes Kinzigtal (Germany) Case Study Report
Lupiañez-Villanueva, Francisco; Theben, Alexandra - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The Gesundes Kinzigtal case started about ten years ago as an initiative of OptiMedis AG, a management company with a health sciences background providing integrated care, and the local physicians network (Ärztenetz - MQNK). These two organisations had the capability to convince and fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123801
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Title: Strategic Intelligence Monitor on Personal Health Systems Phase 3 (SIMPHS 3) – NEXES (Spain) Case Study Report
Lupiañez-Villanueva, Francisco; Theben, Alexandra - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The NEXES case, based on a project co-funded by the ICT Policy Support Programme Area (CIP-ICT-PSP-2007.2.2 – ICT for ageing well), aims to deploy “integrated care services for chronic patients based on structured interventions addressing not only prevention, but also healthcare and social...
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