The aim of this paper is to reflect theoretically on the current East-Central European "situation".

The first section of this paper will further define political conditionality and discuss some of the problems that arise with its use. The second section will review how conditionality came to be adopted by the union. The way in which the EU has implemented conditionality will be discussed in...

European regulatory policy - making unfolds in the context of the diverse regulatory interests and traditions of member states. The latter meet in the European arena, have to be balanced and brought to a compromise. As aresult European regulation often gains features of a "policy patchwork" in...

This paper presents the research design and some results of a comparative analysis of the value systems of 24 European countries.

With the exception of Portugal, a paradox of the Southern European democracies is that they were founded and made workable by ambiguous democrats. In Italy and Greece, it was the lineal descendants of pre-fascist conservatism who came back to power, while, in Spain, former francoist...