The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
The European Parliament under the current cooperation procedure has an important power: it can make proposals that, if accepted by the Commission of the European Communities, ar...
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Overweight as an avoidable cause of cancer in Europe
There is growing evidence that excess body weight increases the risk of cancer at several sites, including kidney, endometrium, colon, prostate, gallbladder and breast in post-m...
Transgovernmental Relations and International Organizations
Students of world politics have tended to assume that states act as units. Yet trans-governmental relations—direct interactions among sub-units not controlled or closely guided ...
The global gamble : Washington's Faustian bid for world dominance
Argues that, since the collapse of the USSR, the US government has been trying to bring about a unipolar world in which the United States can control and shape the pattern of ec...
Reducing waste: repair, recondition, remanufacture or recycle?
Abstract Between 1980 and 1997, municipal waste in OECD countries increased by around 40%. This paper outlines the very real negative effects of this increase and then introduce...
Global covenant: the social democratic alternative to the Washington consensus
Figures, Boxes and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. PART I: ECONOMICS. 1. Economic Globalization. 2. Globalization, Stratification and Inequality....
Concerts, Collective Security, and the Future of Europe
Europe’s strategic it or not, the architecture of the postwar order is outmoded. The Warsaw Pact has been disbanded. NATO is struggling to define a role for itself; the threat i...
Trends in Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease in Europe
Background— Trends in cardiovascular mortality across Europe demonstrate significant geographical variation, and an understanding of these trends has a central role in global pu...