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The Politics of the Consolidation State: Neoliberalism in Europe
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abrogation
(en)
the repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement
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the abrogation of national sovereignties and the creation of an effective international order of law is a necessary complement and the logical consummation of the liberal programme
footnote 14; quoting from The Economic Conditions of Interstate Federalism
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the abrogation of national sovereignties and the creation of an effective international order of law is a necessary complement and the logical consummation of the liberal programme
footnote 14; quoting from The Economic Conditions of Interstate Federalism
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accession
(en)
a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy
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majorities for social protection measures could no longer be found following the accession of Eastern Europe
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majorities for social protection measures could no longer be found following the accession of Eastern Europe
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particularist
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exclusive or special devotion to a particular interest; a political theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests and especially independence without regard to the interests of larger groups
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the claim of more productive, export-oriented countries for market justice was to be protected from any use of national sovereignty for purposes of national–particularistic social justice
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the claim of more productive, export-oriented countries for market justice was to be protected from any use of national sovereignty for purposes of national–particularistic social justice
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an agreement, among the 28 Member states of the European Union, to facilitate and maintain the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union; its two regulations went into force in 98-99
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six European laws to reform the Maastricht stability and growth pact
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six European laws to reform the Maastricht stability and growth pact
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deus ex machina
(la)
(originally Greek) "god from the machine"; derives from the gods introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman dramas; something introduced suddenly and unexpectedly that provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
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one is tempted to regard the fast-spreading rhetorical commitment to a new growth policy as the invocation of a deus ex machina able to make everybody equally happy
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one is tempted to regard the fast-spreading rhetorical commitment to a new growth policy as the invocation of a deus ex machina able to make everybody equally happy
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tripartite
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refers to economic corporatism based on tripartite contracts of business, labour, and state affiliations within the economy
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government policy aimed to ensure full employment and a distribution acceptable to the working class, by means of negotiated tripartite incomes
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government policy aimed to ensure full employment and a distribution acceptable to the working class, by means of negotiated tripartite incomes
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rentiers
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a Marxist term (though never actually used by Karl Marx himself) refering to those who receive income - usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits - from their assets and investments
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The main competitors of the rentiers, united as the people of the market, are pensioners and public employees as members of the people of the state
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The main competitors of the rentiers, united as the people of the market, are pensioners and public employees as members of the people of the state
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mediatization
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the theory that argues that the media shapes and frames the processes and discourse of political communication as well as the society in which that communication takes place
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Multilevel politics in the international consolidation state brings about the mediatization and neutralization of domestic policies
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Multilevel politics in the international consolidation state brings about the mediatization and neutralization of domestic policies
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summitry
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the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations
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institutionalized summitry strengthens their hand vis-à-vis their parliaments and national interest groups
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institutionalized summitry strengthens their hand vis-à-vis their parliaments and national interest groups
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Chinese wall
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a term borrowed from the financial industry to describe a barrier within an organisation to prevent communication that could lead to conflicts of interest
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the insertion of a Chinese wall between the economy and politics
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the insertion of a Chinese wall between the economy and politics
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in prospect
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anticipated, expected
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The spending cuts in prospect will mainly affect [...]
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The spending cuts in prospect will mainly affect [...]
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sclerosis
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a hardening of tissue and other anatomical features / becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt
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the mechanism of structural sclerosis of public expenditure in the consolidation state
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the mechanism of structural sclerosis of public expenditure in the consolidation state
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Länder
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word for land/countries, plural
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Germany was busy with rebuilding its new Eastern Länder
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Germany was busy with rebuilding its new Eastern Länder
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fiat
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(noun) an authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree
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and certainly cannot be generated by ministerial fiat
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and certainly cannot be generated by ministerial fiat
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Mezzogiorno
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the traditional term for the southern regions of Italy
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per capita income in the Mezzogiorno was less than half the average for Italy at the beginning of the 1950s
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per capita income in the Mezzogiorno was less than half the average for Italy at the beginning of the 1950s
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clientelist
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relating to clientism (a social order which depends on relations of patronage)
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bolster traditional local relations of clientelist domination
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bolster traditional local relations of clientelist domination
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Historic Compromise
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a historical Italian political alliance between the Christian Democrats and the Italian Communist Party in the 1970s
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especially with the Historic Compromise (the compromesso storico) already looming in Italy
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especially with the Historic Compromise (the compromesso storico) already looming in Italy
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glacis
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a bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to the defenders' missiles
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the whole of the Balkans, which since 1989 has become another unstable glacis of the West European prosperity zone
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the whole of the Balkans, which since 1989 has become another unstable glacis of the West European prosperity zone
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virtuosi
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plural of virtuoso
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offered by virtuosi in the art of confidence-building
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offered by virtuosi in the art of confidence-building
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tout court
(fr)
(adverb) with no addition or qualification; simply
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The rhetorical function of the ‘social dimension’ has now fallen to ‘Europe’ tout court
footnote 78
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The rhetorical function of the ‘social dimension’ has now fallen to ‘Europe’ tout court
footnote 78
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Ariadne’s thread
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(from Greek mythology) the solving of a problem with multiple apparent means of proceeding through an exhaustive application of logic to all available routes
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Kleinstaaterei
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a pejorative word mainly used to denote the territorial fragmentation in Germany and neighboring regions during the Holy Roman Empire
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