Archives: Publications: Democracy & Governance

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Policy Brief: “Geopolitical Expertise in European Institutions: Or, How Do Diplomats Know What They Know?” by Merje Kuus

Policy brief (June 2014) by Merje Kuus.  This policy brief examines expert authority in Brussels: what counts as expertise, and how to understand the European Union’s relations with member states and third countries.  Based on a seven-year study of geopolitical knowledge production in EU institutions, this brief first summarizes three findings... More

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Policy Paper: “Lessons Learned from Transatlantic Electoral Assistance in the Palestinian Territories” by Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert

Policy Paper (February 2014) By Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert, visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies At a time when an unprecedented wave of democratization is rippling through the Arab world, it is very important to reevaluate the actors’ commitment to democracy promotion and to examine the challenges which they must overcome if... More

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Research Report: “Comparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems”

The following publications summarize the research project led by Amy Verdun and Donna E. Wood of the University of Victoria on comparative governance in Canada and the European Union. The research culminated in the special June 2013 issue of the Canadian Public Administration journal, published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada,... More

Monday, September 30, 2013

CETD Policy Briefs Series on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Canada and the European Union launched negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in 2009; however, several hurdles still remain in closing a deal. In this special series of policy briefs, CETD collaborators and partners tackle some of the contentious issues in the negotiations, shedding light on what is being... More

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Commentary: “Governing Social Policy in Multi-Level Systems: Emerging Literature (and Critiques) of Social Policy in the EU and Canada” by Ivan F Dumka

Commentary (September 2013) by Ivan F Dumka, CETD intern and PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria This contribution is intended to synthesize the findings of research undertaken in Canadian Public Administration, June 2013, Volume 56 No 2, entitled “Comparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the EU: Social... More

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

CETD collaborators help launch June 2013 issue of Canadian Public Administration journal, comparing social governance systems in Europe and Canada

The June 2013 issue of the Canadian Public Administration journal, published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and guest-edited by CETD lead investigator Amy Verdun and Postdoctoral Fellow Donna E. Wood of the University of Victoria, features the theme: Comparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

“Seven Presentations in Three European Countries on My Comparative Governance Research: What did I learn?”

Commentary by Donna Wood, University of Victoria Donna Wood recently returned to Canada after a five-week tour of Europe, where she gave seven presentations in three countries (Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom) intended to encourage dialogue on federalism between Canada and the European Union. Her key message in the talks was that, when... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

“Parties, Voters and the Environment”

Policy Brief by Russell J. Dalton, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine In Canada, the Liberal Party’s advocacy of a “Green Shift” in the 2008 federal elections, and the Conservative Party’s and NDP’s opposition, illustrate how division and choice on environmental policy exists in some party systems. In... More

Monday, January 21, 2013

Policy Paper: “The European Citizens’ Initiative: An early assessment of the European Union’s new participatory democracy instrument”

Policy Paper (January 2013) by Marcel Sangsari, Publications and Liaison Officer, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue The world’s first transnational, digital right of initiative, the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) took effect on April 1, 2012, when the EU Regulation on the citizen’s initiative entered into force. Despite its rocky... More

Monday, December 17, 2012

“Immigration and Multi-level Governance in Canada and Europe: The role of municipalities as integration ‘policy innovators'”

Policy Paper by Alexander Gunn, University of Victoria Cities are increasingly identified in Canadian academic and policy literature as being an integral support structure for the settlement and integration of immigrants to Canada – often serving as the “first point of contact” between newcomers and government due to the day-to-day... More

Monday, December 10, 2012

Commentary: Nobel Peace Prize for the European Union

By Achim Hurrelmann, CETD collaborator and Associate Professor of Political Science, Carleton University In October 2012, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the European Union. This decision was seen as surprising by many observers, especially in the light of the Eurozone financial... More

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Coordination Through the Crisis: The State of Research on Coordinated Wage-Setting and the Social Partnership

Literature Review and Comment by Ivan F. Dumka, Doctoral candidate, University of Victoria In the current European context, wage-setting remains an underemphasized issue, but an important one. It is with that in mind that this commentary explores the current state of the literature on wage-coordination and the social... More

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