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The Management Of The Eurozone In Crisis Times: Actors, Institutions And The Case Of Bailout Packages, Michel Goyer, Miguel Glatzer, Rocio Valdivielso Del Real May 2021

The Management Of The Eurozone In Crisis Times: Actors, Institutions And The Case Of Bailout Packages, Michel Goyer, Miguel Glatzer, Rocio Valdivielso Del Real

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The adjustment to the financial crisis was particularly brutal for Eurozone countries targeted by private bondholders. Financial assistance through the newly created Eurozone governance system was conditional on the implementation of austerity measures and the introduction of structural reforms in industrial relations (decentralization of collective bargaining and liberalization of employment protection). Our analysis focuses on the formation process and the structural features of Eurozone supranational institutions. Building from the insights of actor-centred institutionalism, we illustrate the importance of coalitions among some, but not all, important actors based on the overlapping of their non-monolithic preferences in the process of institutional innovation. …


What The Public Needs To See And Say: An Easier Guide To Early Detection Of Armed Assailants, Mark A. Thomas May 2020

What The Public Needs To See And Say: An Easier Guide To Early Detection Of Armed Assailants, Mark A. Thomas

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In the wake of active shooting, the commonly cited “See Something, Say Something” campaign is, by and large, ineffective, not because it lacks good intent. Rather, it fails insofar as it does not give the public clear criteria of what to see, what to say, to whom to say it and when. Terrorists and other types of armed assailants wishing to use violence, wreaking out death and destruction for political or personal ends, do not suddenly launch an attack. Prior to each attack, the could-be armed assailant does extensive research, And, even prior to deciding on becoming an armed assailant, …