Even if a democracy were more likely to pursue free trade than an autocracy, the simultaneous spread of democracy in the workld would not necessarily yield a reduction in protection, but might in fact cause an increase. The reason for this paradoxical outcome is the fact that democratic...

The paper raises the question of whether democracies are more likely to pursue free trade than nondemocracies. The paper argues that democratization in response to a surge in political contestation is likely to cause an increase in protection in a nondemocracy, but a reduction in a democracy....

The new social movements, and environmentalism among them, were explained as forms of "new politics", rising from the spread of postmaterialist values and lifestyles among the new middle classes. Yet, an analysis of empirical data and findings shows that Postmaterialism and the "new politics"...

This article argues that the Corporatist Sisyphus is headed back up the hill, goaded as before by an architectonic national state. Moreover, he is just about on time. If previous speculation about a twenty to twenty-five year cycle was correct and if one traces their last downturn to the First...

This paper argues that the fanatical will and power that hypnotised people in Eastern Europe during Communism was initiated by the activities of a Jungian archetype: the trickster-clown. Furthermore, in comparison with this, the paper develops an alternate figure based on the work of Max Weber:...

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...