Can Supranational Infrastructure Regulation Compensate for National Institutional Weaknesses?

The Institutional Dynamics of Regulation in the EU : Formal and Informal Institutions in Supranational Governance

Are virtues national, supranational, or universal?

Many studies investigated cultural differences in values, most notably by Hofstede and Schwarz. Relatively few have focused on virtues, a related and important concept in contemporary social science. The present paper examines the similarities and differences between nations, or blocks of - culturally related - nations on the perceived importance of virtues. Adults (N = 2.809 students) from 14 ...

Can Immigration Compensate for Europe’s Low Fertility?

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Education can compensate for society – a bit

In this paper I reflect on the findings of a number of loosely related research projects undertaken with colleagues over the last ten years. Their common theme is equity, in formal education and beyond, in wider family and social settings, and with inequity expressed as the stratification of a variety of educational outcomes. The projects are based on a standard mixture of pre-existing records,...

Can bioenergy compensate deforestation emissions?

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