590 research outputs found
Sistema elettorali gdida ghal Malta
No full textIlum nikkonkludu l-istudju ta' Roderick Pace fuq "Sistema Elettorali Ġdida" li għandu jistimola diskussjoni serja dwar is-suġġett. Mingħajr diskussjoni bħal din, ma tinstab ebda soluzzjoni għall-problemi ta' pajjizna li, ikunu liema jkunu, nesponuhom f'din ir-rivista li għandha isimha magħha.peer-reviewe
Will the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia lead to wholesale institutional reform in Malta?
No full textJournalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Malta on 16 October. Her death prompted widespread international condemnation and has refocused attention on the need for institutional reforms within Malta to protect the rule of law and freedom of the press. Roderick Pace writes that with the recent Paradise Papers leak also portraying off-shore financial centres like Malta in a poor light, there is now impetus for genuine reforms to take place, but questions remain over whether the state has the capacity to implement them
The 2011 constitutional reform in Morocco : more flaws than merits
No full textIn this paper the author argues against the idea, according to which Morocco should be considered a model in the region, and in particular shows that the constitution-making process, the 2011 Constitution and its subsequent implementation have more flaws than merits.peer-reviewe
Adapting to climate change from a regional perspective : in search of a requisite policy and legal framework for the Mediterranean
No full textThis paper aims to identify the Mediterranean States’ potential in adopting a regional strategy on climate change adaptation. The author proposes a Mediterranean Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change as the first step to a political/legal regional approach to climate change issues that would supplement the multilateral process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. According to the author such a strategy would enhance cooperation between the EU and other Mediterranean states in various ways. The experience of the EU in regulating climate change and its ever growing knowledge-base on its impacts could serve to guide the other Mediterranean states’ and help bridge their knowledge-base gap on the topic. On the other hand, the support and cooperation of the EU’s Mediterranean partners would provide an opportunity for the EU to address better the challenges that climate change threatens to bring in its southernmost regions. The strategy could eventually even pave the way for the very first regional treaty on climate change that could be negotiated under the auspices of the Regional Seas Programme and the Union for the Mediterranean.peer-reviewe
Managing asymmetric interdependencies within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. ZEI Discussion Papers: 2002, C 101
No full textTable of Contents: Expectations of the Non EU-Partner countries after Marseilles, by Felix Maier; Germany and the Barcelona-Process — Setting Priorities, by Christian Sterzing; The Mediterranean Enlargement of the European Union and Its Effect on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, by Roderick Pace; Israel and the Barcelona-Process, by Marc A. Heller; Making the Barcelona-Process more flexible, by Volker Perthes
Constitutional Developments in the MENA Region during Malta’s EU Presidency
No full textThe semester of the Maltese presidency of the Council of the European Union (i.e. from January 1st to June 30th, 2017) saw significant constitutional developments in Tunisia, Libya and Syria. In Tunisia some important organic laws implementing the 2014 Constitution were adopted, in Libya the Constitutional Drafting Assembly approved a new draft Constitution, and in Syria the Russian Government presented its draft proposal for a new Syrian Constitution. By supporting the constitutional processes in these countries during the semester of its presidency of the Council of the European Union, Malta followed the path of its “predecessors”
Governance in the EU member states : evidence from three global indicators
No full textThis paper assesses governance in twenty-eight EU Member States (EUMS) by comparing these states among themselves and with the rest of the world, utilising three indicators relating to political, economic and social governance. The main contributions of this paper on the issue of governance are three. First the paper includes economic and social governance in the meaning of the term “governance”. Studies on governance generally use indicators associated with politics and public administration. Secondly, it attempts to place the governance scores of the EU Member states, as a block, in an international context. Thirdly, the study tries to explain why GDP growth and governance indicators are often found to be negatively correlated.
Keywords:
Governance, European Union, Economic Growth, Corruption, Institutionspeer-reviewe
Model countries in political analysis : is Turkey a model for state-building in the Arab world?
No full textThis study analyzes the Turkish case as a model country for the state-building processes in the Arab world in the aftermath of the Arab revolts that took place in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. To this end, it deals with the Turkish case in three phases: the founding of the Turkish Republic, political developments until 2002, and the post-2002 Justice and Development Party period. The study focuses on state-society relations manifested in the form of a secular-religious cleavage intertwined with problematic civil-military relations. Each phase of Turkey’s history is compared to cleavages and civil-military relations in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. After analyzing the constitution-making processes in the latter three countries following the Arab revolts, the study concludes by discussing the viability of the Turkish model in the light of Turkey’s search for a new constitution.peer-reviewe
Governing climate change in the Mediterranean : fragmentation in dialogue, markets and funds
No full textThe article analyses the challenges of interregional cooperation for the two regional secretariats in the Mediterranean – the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Action Plan – in the policy fields of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mediterranean climate governance is structured around complex governance arrangements, where multiple actors attempt to integrate the issue of climate change. However, the lack of financial commitments for long-term infrastructure investments and bilateral differentiation under the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy undermine region-wide cooperation. As a result, fragmentation in dialogue, markets and funds challenge the efforts of regional institutions in each climate sector and lead to variable governing outcomes.
KEY WORDS Climate Change Governance, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Southern Neighbourhood, Euro-Mediterranean relations, North Africapeer-reviewe
The Europeanisation of Maltese interest groups : a comparative study after the first decade of EU membership
No full textThe most recognisable and researched impact of Europeanisation is upon government structures, processes and policies. However the study of its effects on domestic interest groups is still in its infancy stage. This article addresses such a gap in academic literature by examining to what extent interest groups are being exposed and influenced by European values and style of governance. Furthermore it also seeks to identify the typology of the enablers of change that are at play. Essentially, the article adopts a comparative and empirical case study approach, making use of mixed methodology, to investigate the complexity of the core issue from the Maltese and Irish perspective, as two small island member states at the periphery of an integrated continent. Findings confirm that interest groups in Malta and the Republic of Ireland are undergoing through a process of domestic change due to Europeanisation, yet their gradual transformation is being marshalled by differing logics of change.peer-reviewe
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