We bring attention to a previously overlooked determinant of de jure-de facto constitutional gaps: a polity's transition to a nation-state. We argue that nation-statehood, predicated on the formation of a strong sense of national identity, lowers the government's incentive to violate...

The multiple dimensions of globalization include economic, political, cultural and social aspects, with economic globalization taking precedence over the other dimensions and technology as the great enabler of globalization. Globalization and nations state systems have been considered to at...

Das Deutsche Reich feiert 2021 seinen 150. Geburtstag. Die Reichsgründung fiel in die zweite Phase der Industrialisierung, die in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts begann und sich zunehmend beschleunigte. Anlässlich des diesjährigen Jubiläums widmen sich die Autoren bedeutenden...

This paper studies the relationship between inflows of migrants into local areas and the self-reported well-being of natives. We document a negative association between inflows of migrants and the mental health of natives, but we uncover no significant relationship for life satisfaction. These...

In an era when globalization has supposedly challenged the ability of the nation state to manage economic affairs, I shall argue that the state not only still matters but that it also plays a major role in processes of labour market stratification for migrant workers. Using the organizing...

The nation-state system, democratic politics, and full economic integration are mutually incompatible. Of the three, at most two can be had together. The Bretton Woods/GATT regime was successful because its architects subjugated international economic integration to the needs and demands of...

Some contrastive approaches, which are presented in the social science literature on the analysis of processes proceeding within the framework of globalization, are featured in this article. At the same time some peculiarities of the impact of the globalization on society’s social, political,...

Das Deutsche Reich feiert 2021 seinen 150. Geburtstag. Die Reichsgründung fiel in die zweite Phase der Industrialisierung, die in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts begann und sich zunehmend beschleunigte. Anlässlich des diesjährigen Jubiläums widmen sich die Autoren bedeutenden...

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using panel data for 191 countries over the period 1951 to 2004. Our results indicate a robust positive relationship between temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in...

We explore the relationship between international policy coordination and domestic policy credibility when both must be self-supporting. Our arguments are presented in the context of a two-country, two-period model of dynamic emission abatement with transboundary pollution, where government...

"In modern times, international borders reflect discontinuous changes in political authority, no matter what the inconveniences are for the individuals that they separate. What explains this fact? Why are the citizens of neighboring regions that happen to lie across an international border often...

"What explains neo-nationalism - the surge of populist nationalism in the contemporary phase of globalized development? Drawing on Karl Polanyi's study of the "great transformation," Oleksandr Svitych argues that neo-nationalism is a societal protective reaction against the pro-market structural...

In a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation...

The legitimacy of not just “democracy” but of the African State itself, is challenged by the crisis in Mali, The crisis provoked by the coup d'état of March 2012, led to the collapse of the democratic Malian state, a jihadist Al Qaida take-over of North Mali, and the return of the French...

This article responds to the arguments made by Dani Rodrik in his book Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy. It does so from the perspectives of international economic law and international law theory. The book calls for striking a different, better balance between economic...

Democracy and ballot box voting have often been held up as central elements of the American political tradition. Less emphasis has been placed on the centrality of “voting with your feet.” Yet in many ways, it is an even more fundamental and distinctive feature of American politics than...

Civilising Rural Ireland examines how modern Ireland emerged out of the social and economic transformation prompted by the rural co-operative movement. The movement emerged in response to systemic economic problems that arose throughout the nineteenth century and coincided with a wide-ranging...

Die Neuerfindung der Weltpolitik. Das Zeitalter der kohlenstoffbasierten Energieerzeugung geht zu Ende. Eine vergleichbare Zäsur ist auch für das globale politische System zu erwarten. Menschen sind Gewohnheitstiere und stellen sich die Zukunft nur allzu gerne als eine Weiterführung der...

Introduction : studying social concertation in Europe / Bernhard Ebbinghaus and J. Timo Weishaupt -- Social concertation in Europe during the great recession : exploring when governments include social partners in crisis management / Benedikt Bender and Bernhard Ebbinghaus -- Back to the future...

Chapter 1: Introduction. European economic integration and international coordination in the first globalisation era, 1850–1914 -- Chapter 2: European economic integration before 1914 – a closer look -- Chapter 3: The European making of national public services – Posts and Telegraphs --...

Since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, Russian-Western relations have experienced rapid deterioration, as exhibited by mounting ideological resentments, new Cold War-style rhetoric flowing from both sides, increasing geopolitical confrontation, and greater potential risks associated with...

Commentary by Benjamin Netanyahu -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why Judea is Jewish -- Chapter 2. Zionism -- Chapter 3. The Palestinian Fiction Factory and the Historical Record -- Chapter 4. Peace Process ≠ Peace -- Chapter 5. The True Nature of Anti-Zionism and the BDS Movement -- Chapter 6....

State Power and the Development of Capitalism -- The Working Class -- Social Democracy and the National Question -- February to October 1917 -- November 1917: Attempts at Reconciliation -- December: The Failure of Reconciliation -- The First Treaty of Brest Litovsk -- Battles for Kyiv -- Kyiv...

In der Hochphase des Neoliberalismus galt die Globalisierung als unvermeidlich und die umverteilende Demokratie als überholt. Wachsender Wohlstand für alle war das Versprechen, wachsende Unfähigkeit, die kapitalistische Ungleichheitsmaschine zu bändigen, ist das Ergebnis. Taumelnde...

Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the governance of labour administration / Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly, Maria Gavris and Maria Luz Vega Ruiz -- Part I: Key issues in labour administration -- 2. Evolution of national systems of labour administration since the adoption of...

In an interconnected world, national economic policies regularly lead to large international spillover effects, which frequently trigger calls for international policy cooperation. However, the premise of successful cooperation is that there is a Pareto inefficiency, i.e. if there is scope to...

The increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. In order for the population to accept to fight and endure war, the government elites began to...

The article outlines the options for collaboration between the European Union (EU) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP accepts full participants (states), sub-national participants (pilot program), and observers. As of now, the OGP’s charter states that it only accepts...

In an interconnected world, national economic policies regularly lead to large international spillover effects, which frequently trigger calls for international policy cooperation. However, the premise of successful cooperation is that there is a Pareto inefficiency, id est if there is scope to...