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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
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 (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
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
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 (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
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
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
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 (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
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
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
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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