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RESEARCH PROJECTS CURRENTLY BASED AT CIES

 


 

AREA: Regional Integration in Comparative Perspective

Project: Chief Executives and Regional Integration in Europe and Latin America

Main Researcher: Andrés Malamud (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: CIES

Publications:     Malamud, Andrés (forthcoming), Jefes de gobierno y procesos de integración: las experiencias de Europa y América Latina”, in José Briceño Ruiz and Shigeru Kochi (eds.): Nuevas dimensiones y estrategias de integración en el Continente Americano: Del regionalismo latinoamericano a la integración interregional.

Malamud, Andrés (2005), América Latina Hoy, Nº 40, Instituto de Estudios de Iberoamérica y Portugal, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. Editor of issue on “Presidential Summits”.

Malamud, Andrés (2005), Mercosur Turns 15: Between Rising Talk and Declining Achievement”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 18 Nº 3: 421-36.

Malamud, Andrés (2005),Spillover in European and South American Integration. A Comparative Evaluation”, CIES e-Working Paper, N°1/2005, CIES-ISCTE, Lisbon.

Malamud, Andrés (2005), Presidential Diplomacy and the Institutional Underpinnings of Mercosur. An Empirical Examination”, Latin American Research Review, Vol. 40 Nº 1: 138-164.

Malamud, Andrés (2004),Regional Integration in Latin America. Comparative Theories and Institutions”, Sociologia. Problemas e Práticas, Nº 44, Lisbon: 135-154.

Malamud, Andrés (2003),Presidentialism and Mercosur: A Hidden Cause for a Successful Experience”, in Finn Laursen (ed.): Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives, Ashgate, London: 53-73.

Malamud, Andrés (2003), “Integração Regional na América Latina: Teorias e Instituições Comparadas”, in Paulo Esteves (ed.): Instituições Internacionais: Segurança, Comércio e Integração, PUC-MINAS, Belo Horizonte: 325-350.

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AREA: Comparative Political Institutions

Project 1: The Peoples, the Parliament and the Constitution: The Future of Democratic Representation in the Political Construction of the European Union

(O(s) Povo(s), o Parlamento e a Constituição: o Futuro da Representação Democrática na Nova Construção Política da União Europeia)

Main Researcher: Luís de Sousa (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Publications:     Malamud, Andrés and Luís de Sousa (2005), “Parlamentos Supranacionais na Europa e na América Latina: Entre o Fortalecimento e a Irrelevância”, Contexto Internacional, Vol. 27 Nº 2: 369-409, PUC-IRI, Rio de Janeiro. A version in English, “Regional Parliaments in Europe and Latin America: Between Empowerment and Irrelevance”, was presented at the XXV Latin American Studies Association Congress (LASA2004), Las Vegas (Nevada), October 7-9, 2004, and at SGIR Fifth Pan-European International Relations Conference (ECPR), The Hague, September 9-11, 2004.

 

 


 

Project 2: Switching Behavior in the European Parliament: Voting Power and Ideology (POCTI/CPO/61012/2004)

(Mobilidade Inter-Partidária no Parlamento Europeu: Poder de Voto e Ideologia)

Research Team: Ana Maria Evans de Carvalho (CIES-ISCTE/UNL)

Luís Bento (Universidade de Lisboa)

Financial Support: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

 

 


 

Project 3: Subnational Legislatures: A Comparative Analysis of Structures, Performance and Perspectives. The Cases of Argentina, Australia, Portugal and Spain (on hold)

(Parlamentos subnacionais: uma análise comparativa de estructuras, desempenho e perspectivas. Os casos de Argentina, Austrália, Espanha e Portugal)

Research Team: Andrés Malamud (CIES-ISCTE)

André Freire (CIES-ISCTE)

Luís de Sousa (CIES-ISCTE)

Fátima García Díez (University of Salamanca)

Flavia Freidenberg (University of Salamanca)

Salvador Martí (University of Salamanca)

Miguel De Luca (University of Buenos Aires)

Financial Support: CIES-ISCTE and University of Salamanca.

Publications:    Malamud, Andrés and Martín Costanzo, “Subnational Bicameralism: The Argentine Case in Comparative Perspective”, revise and resubmit.

Malamud, Andrés (2005), Federalismo distorsionado y desequilibrios políticos: el caso de la provincia de Buenos Aires”, in María Inés Tula (ed.), Aportes para la discusión de la reforma política bonaerense,  Prometeo, Buenos Aires: 71-82.

Morais, Carlos Blanco, António de Araújo y André Freire (2004), Entre a Representação Desigual e a Derrota dos Vencedores: Estudo sobre a Reforma do Sistema Eleitoral dos Açores. Lisboa: ICS.

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AREA: Social Cleavages and Party Politics

Project 1: Corruption and Ethics in Democracy: The Case of Portugal (POCTI/CPO/60031/2004)

(Corrupção e Ética em Democracia: O Caso de Portugal)

Research Team: Luís de Sousa (CIES-ISCTE)

João Triães (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Publications:    Sousa, Luís (2005), "Challenges to Political Financing Regulation: Sound External Monitoring/Enforcement and Sensible Internal Party Accountability", Policy and Governance Discussion Paper 05-12, Australian National University.

Sousa, Luís (2004), “The Regulation of Political Financing in Portugal: A Political and Historical Analysis”, West European Politics, 27(1): 124-145.

Sousa, Luís (2002), "Hard responses to corruption: penal standards and the repression of corruption in Britain, France and Portugal", Crime, Law and Social Change, October, 38(3): 267-294.

Sousa, Luís (2001), “Political Parties and Corruption in Portugal”, West European Politics, 24(1): 157-180.

 

 


 

Project 2: Party Politics: Organizational Adaptation and Stability of the Party System in Argentina, 1983-2003

Main Researcher: Andrés Malamud (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: CIES

Publications:    Malamud, Andrés (forthcoming), “Winning Elections versus Governing. A Two-Tier Approach to Party Adaptation in Argentina (1983-2003)”.

Malamud, Andrés and Miguel De Luca (2005), The Anchors of Continuity: Party System Stability in Argentina, 1983-2003, Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Granada, April 14-19.

Malamud, Andrés (2004), El Bipartidismo Argentino: Evidencias y Razones de una Persistencia (1983-2003)Revista Colección, Vol. 10 Nº 15: 13-43, Instituto de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales (UCA), Buenos Aires.

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AREA: Migration and Human Rights

Project 1: Recent Migratory Waves in Portugal: The Case of the Brazilians

(Recentes Vagas Migratórias em Portugal: Os Brasileiros)

Main Researcher: Beatriz Padilla (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Publications:    Padilla, Beatriz (2005), "Redes sociales de los brasileros recién llegados a Portugal - solidariedad étnica o empatia étnica?", SOCIUS Working Papers Nº 02/2005, ISEG-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

Padilla, Beatriz (2005), "Integration of Brazilian Immigrants in the Portuguese Society: Problems and Possibilities", SOCIUS Working Papers Nº 01/2005, ISEG-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

 


 

Project 2: From Fado to Tango: Portuguese Presence in the Plata Basin Region (PLUS/SOC/50307/2003)

(Do Fado ao Tango: Presença Portuguesa na Região Platina)

Research Team: Andrés Malamud (CIES-ISCTE)

Beatriz Padilla (CIES-ISCTE)

Fernando Luís Machado (CIES-ISCTE)

Helena Carreiras (CIES-ISCTE)

Luís de Sousa (CIES-ISCTE)

Maria Villas Bôas (CIES-ISCTE)

Diego Bussola (CIES-ISCTE)

Financial Support: Programa Lusitânia (FCT - GRICES - Instituto Camôes)

Publications:    Bússola, Diego (2005) "Os Portugueses na Região Platina: notas sobre a singularidade Argentina", apresentado no 1º Seminário sobre a Comunidade Portuguesa no Cone Sul, Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández", Buenos Aires, 30 de Setembro.

Padilla, Beatriz (2004), "A imigração invisível. Presença portuguesa no Rio da Plata", Colóquio Internacional sobre Território e Povoamento, Instituto Camões, Colónia do Sacramento (Uruguai), 23-26 Março.

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AREA: Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Communicational Issues

Publications:     Sousa, Luís and Gustavo Cardoso (2003), "Country Report: Portugal", in Trechsel A., R. Kies, F. Mendez, and P. Schmitter, Evaluation of the Use of New Technologies in Order to Facilitate Democracy in Europe: E-democratizing the Parliaments and Parties of Europe, forthcoming publication for STOA (Scientific and Technological Option Assessment), European Parliament, Directorate-General for Research.

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AREA: Social Movements, the Environment and Labor Regulations

In development.

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