Veto player theory and reform making in Western Europe

Western Europe.

W hat would motivate british neo-nazi skinheads to invade a public library and beat up a reading group of retired pakistani immigrants? and what would motivate half a million british citizens to vote for extreme right-wing parties whose rhetoric fuels such behavior? trilling traces the rise of the radical right in the united kingdom and condemns establishment figures for not taking it more seri...

Cohabitation in Western Europe.

This article examines for a range of European countries: the extent to which men and women are not forming partnerships and how this has changed over time; the number of partnerships experienced; type of first partnership in terms of whether it commences with marriage or cohabitation and, if the latter, whether it converts into marriage; as well as the duration of different types of cohabiting ...

Banking Reform in Britain and Europe

" To start, we need concrete progress with the too-important-to-fail conundrum. We need a global level discussion of the pros and cons of direct restrictions on business models ... "

SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION, AN ONGOING DISCOURSE (WESTERN) EUROPE, GERMANY

Dementia in western Europe: epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making.

Dementia is receiving increasing attention from governments and politicians. Epidemiological research based on western European populations done 20 years ago provided key initial evidence for dementia policy making, but these estimates are now out of date because of changes in life expectancy, living conditions, and health profiles. To assess whether dementia occurrence has changed during the p...