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Real wages and skill premiums in Latin America, 1900-2011

Astorga Junquera, Pablo (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

This paper discusses and documents a new data set of real wages for unskilled, semi-skilled and relatively skilled labour in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela (LA-6) over the period 1900-2011. Three ...
Latin American earnings inequality in the long run

Arroyo Abad, Leticia; Astorga Junquera, Pablo (Springer, 2017)

This paper traces between-group earnings inequality for six Latin American countries over two centuries based on wage and income series compiled from a large array of primary and secondary sources. We find that inequality ...
Regulatory governance regimes and interregionalism: exploring the dynamics of EU–Mercosur negotiations

Bianculli, Andrea Carla (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

This paper examines the impact of interregionalism on regulatory governance. Specifically, it analyses an underexplored aspect of the negotiation process for an interregional agreement between the European Union (EU) and ...
International networks as drivers of agency independence: the case of the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council

Bianculli, Andrea Carla; Jordana, Jacint; García Juanatey, Ana (SAGE Publications, 2017)

This article discusses how the extension of network governance influences the de facto independence of regulatory agencies. Assuming that agencies gain de facto independence vis-à-vis the government when they experience a ...
The haves and the have nots in Latin America in the 20th century

Astorga Junquera, Pablo (Sociedad de Economía Mundial, 2016)
Pursuing effective multilateralism: the European Union, international organisations and the politics of decision making

Kissack, Robert (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
New middle classes reshape the developing world

Wietzke, Frank Borge (Current History, 2019)
Decision-making in the European Union – or, the meticulous design of power dispersion

Karagiannis, Yannis (Universidad de Deusto, 2016)

How does the European Union («EU ») make decisions? Is power concentrated or dispersed? Who should those interested in EU legislative affairs observe or try to influence? To answer these questions this article reviews the ...
La estrategia global de la Unión Europea: el camino del medio

Barbé, Esther (Editorial Iustel, 2016)

La estrategia global para la política exterior y de seguridad de la Unión Europea (UE) recibe al lector con una frase contundente: “Los objetivos e incluso la propia existencia de nuestra Unión están en entredicho”. Estas ...
Las agencias públicas en España: percepciones sobre autonomía y rendición de cuentas

García Juanatey, Ana; Jordana, Jacint; Parrado Díez, Salvador; Pascual Mas, Laura; Salvador Serna, Miquel; Sancho, David, 1964- (Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, 2017)

El objetivo de este artículo es contribuir al análisis de la autonomía, control y gestión de las agencias públicas en España, a partir de las percepciones de sus responsables sobre su capacidad financiera y operativa, así ...
Contestación normativa y Consejo de Seguridad: la agenda de mujeres, paz y seguridad o de la Resolución 1325 a la Resolución 2242

Barbé, Esther (Asociación de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones InternacionalesMarcial Pons, 2016)

La Resolución 1325 constituyó un giro normativo en el Consejo de Seguridad, al incluir el empoderamiento de las mujeres como factor de paz y de seguridad internacional. Quince años después y, a pesar de ser un símbolo del ...
Diversity in the news? A study of interest groups in the media in the UK, Spain and Denmark

Binderkrantz, Anne Skorkjær; Chaqués Bonafont, Laura; Halpin, Darren R. (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

This article provides the first systematic cross-country analysis of interest group appearances in the news media. The analysis included three countries – the UK, Spain and Denmark – each representing one of Hallin and ...
Which rules shape EU external governance? Patterns of rule selection in foreign and security policies

Barbé, Esther; Costa, Oriol; Herranz Surrallés, Anna; Natorski, Michal (Taylor & Francis, 2009)

This article addresses a particular aspect of EU external governance: rule selection. Drawing on institutionalist and power-based explanations we put forward an account for the choice of the specific rules that guide policy ...