VOLUME 3(1) • 2011
GROUP SIZE AND FORMALIZATION • A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN UNION DECISION-MAKING BEFORE AND AFTER EASTERN ENLARGEMENT
ABSTRACT. In this paper, we analyze European Union (EU) decision-making before and after Eastern Enlargement. Theoretically, we take up the debate on whether and under which conditions a growth in group size leads to a formalization or an informalization of political decision-making. We test two hyp..
DEALING WITH DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: REGIONAL POLICY RESPONSES
ABSTRACT. The paper argues that demographic change is an important issue for contemporary regional policy: migratory flows and demographic ageing are producing ‘place-based’ challenges and opportunities and ‘place-based’ responses are needed. Nevertheless, the challenges associated with addressing d..
OPENNESS AS AN EDUCATIONAL VIRTUE
ABSTRACT. This paper undertakes a detailed conceptual analysis of openness as an educational virtue. It begins with Aristotle’s classic account of intellectual and moral virtues in the Nichomachean Ethics, turns briefly to the broader intellectual currents that might be said to have contributed to a..