The Decision on Turkish EU accession in December 2002: The logic of anarchy, collective action problems and rhetorical action

Studies of the EU accession of the East and Central European Countries have stressed the importance of neo-liberal institutionalism as an explanation for Member State preferences. In this paper it is argued that Member States’ preferences over Turkish EU accession are better explained by power politics and neo-realism. It seems therefore that Turkey’s way to the EU follows another path than the East and Central Countries. Turkish accession raises the question of the EU’s role in a uni-polar world order – whether the EU should develop into an independent actor on the world stage or not. However, when it comes to the interaction among the Member States in order to decide on when to open accession negotiations with Turkey the constitutive values of the EU seriously modify the outcome that pure power politics would have let to.

Austerity and anarchy: Budget cuts and social unrest in Europe, 1919-2008

Does fiscal consolidation lead to social unrest? Using cross-country evidencefor the period 1919 to 2008, we examine the extent to which societies becomeunstable after budget cuts. The results show a clear correlation between fiscalretrenchment and instability. Expenditure cuts are particularly potent infueling protests; tax rises have only small and insignificant effects. We test ifthe relationship simply reflects economic downturns, using a recently-developedIMF dataset on exogenous expenditure shocks, and conclude that this is not thecase. While autocracies and democracies show broadly similar responses to budgetcuts, countries with more constraints on the executive are less likely to seeunrest after austerity measures. Growing media penetration does not strengthenthe effect of cut-backs on the level of unrest. We also find that austerity episodesthat result in unrest lead to quick reversals of fiscal policy.

Our martyred president... Memorial life of William Mckinley... Together with a full history of anarchy and its infamous deeds

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Hierarchy and anarchy in quark mass matrices, or can hierarchy tolerate anarchy?

The consequences of adding random perturbations (anarchy) to a baseline hierarchical model of quark masses and mixings are explored. Even small perturbations of the order of 5% of the smallest non-zero element can already give deviations significantly affecting parameters of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix, so any process generating the anarchy should in general be limited to this order of magnitude. The regularities of quark masses and mixings thus appear to be far from a generic feature of randomness in the mass matrices, and more likely indicate an underlying order. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier B.V. B.V.

Democracy or anarchy? : A study of proportional representation /

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Europe between democracy and anarchy.

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Culture & anarchy, an essay in political and social criticism; and Friendship's garland, being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, baron von Thunder-ten-Tronckh.

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Culture & anarchy, an essay in political and social criticism; and Friendship's garland, being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, baron von Thunderten-Tronckh.

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Sweetness and light : (reprinted from "Culture and anarchy"); and an essay on style /

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The masque of anarchy. A poem.

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Military observations respecting Ireland, its attack and defense, : and to shew that at all events, property should be armed to resist plunder and anarchy. : Interspersed with some political remarks.

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Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism,

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Culture and anarchy : an essay in political and social criticism.

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The issue fairly presented : black Republicanism versus Democracy: law, order, and the will of the majority of the whole people, against usurpation, anarchy, revolution, and the voice of a meagre minority of the people of Kansas. Published by order of the Democratic national committee.

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