such strategy of the European Commission that targets organized interest groups with the aim to build a from that policy and therefore participate in the development and confirmation of a claim to the policy's legitimacy that is put forward by EU officials. As a consequence the agents seeking legitimacy and the addressees so. The result is legitimation as a collaborative activity with preordained outcomes. Taking the case a legitimating constituency. The members of this constituency not only contribute expertise to a policy Stephan. Getting Cozy, or How the European Commission Produces Legitimacy in the EU. International Studies Getting Cozy, or How the European Commission Produces Legitimacy in the EU

operations as well as the rise of the commercial security sector in Afghanistan. To explain the various theoretical providing the provision of private security with the main driver being a capability gap on the part of Part One puts into context the evolution of outsourcing in Western states that are actively involved in frameworks that students can use to study security military outsourcing Part Two outlines the theories Routledge Pages p.41-51 About the Book Conveniently structured into five sections The Routledge Research Companion Afghanistan: The Rise, Transformation and Fall of the Afghan Commercial Security Sector 1. In : The Routledge Routledge Research Companion to Security Outsourcing in the Twenty-first Century. Routledge, 2016. p. 41-51. Coercion and Capital in Afghanistan: The Rise, Transformation & Fall of the Afghan Commercial Security Sector

used towards undemocratic ends. The central claim is the following the most recent authoritarian trend observed force in government the National Council for the Defence of Democracy Forces for the Defence of Democracy practices leaning towards the achievement of a liberal democracy this article argues that it can also be used explores the appropriation dynamics of international statebuilding in Burundi with a focus on the period tactics of appropriation. The article conceptualizes these tactics examines the factors of emergence and LECLERCQ, Sidney. Between the Letter and the Spirit: International Statebuilding Subversion Tactics in Between the Letter and the Spirit: International Statebuilding Subversion Tactics in Burundi

for the more vulnerable. This we argue is not conducive to a just transition that addresses the intersection lines pose the threat that EU action will be insufficient to tackle exacerbated inequalities in the future instruments the Just Transition Fund and the Social Climate Fund this article assesses to what extent the EU s analyse the related objectives policy tools and patterns of political conflict and find that both Funds transition has the potential to foster greater social justice while implementing the European Green Deal Lost in transition? Social justice and the politics of the EU green transition

Wiley Abstract After the euro crisis politicization patterns led the institutions of the European Union to redirect the bloc's socioeconomic governance away from austerity. It is less clear whether the erosion country cases France Germany the Netherlands and Portugal from 2014 to 2020. The results show contrasting around the pandemic recovery agenda. Moreover shared preoccupations relating to investment in the economy governance and call for further investigation into the links between ideas shaping EU economic governance austerity? National economic discourses before the pandemic in the European Union

conditionality marks a turn in the EU s strategy in the 2020s. The entry of this value into the budgetary sphere represents instruments used during the 2021 2027 cycle the Recovery and Resilience Facility the Rule of Law Conditionality and the horizontal enabling condition of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Contributing to the recent emphasizes the change in European governance and in the EU Member State relationship triggered by the new conditionality conceptual framework and examines the extent of its application through the case study of three budgetary The EU’s Transactional Approach to Rule of Law Spending Conditionality in the 2020s

Wiley Abstract After the euro crisis politicization patterns led the institutions of the European Union to redirect the bloc's socioeconomic governance away from austerity. It is less clear whether the erosion country cases France Germany the Netherlands and Portugal from 2014 to 2020. The results show contrasting around the pandemic recovery agenda. Moreover shared preoccupations relating to investment in the economy governance and call for further investigation into the links between ideas shaping EU economic governance austerity? National economic discourses before the pandemic in the European Union

as a surrogate at the cost of creating major internal dissension. We argue that the likely multiplication dependence on the party leader to the point of marginalizing other traditional actors from the definition address this gap we focus on the complete transformation process of the Belgian French-Speaking Christian response strategy. We reveal the unprecedented strategy employed by the leader who positioned an advisor party change making it more technocratic than political. Between Decline and Distress Innovations: The Transformation of the Belgian French-Speaking Christian-democratic

technopopulist case the Italian Five Star Movement FSM one of the founding trademarks of the party was the involvement One of the main promises that populist parties seek to deliver is to bring politics closer to the people proposals and found that FSM elected representatives agenda albeit partly diverging from that of members still people . While the literature focused mainly on the relationship between voters and those parties less attention involvement of the members in the party activities via a digital platform. FSM s digital platform included digital principal? Substantive representation in the case of the Italian Five Star Movement

essential part of the military s work. Yet the importance of peace operations to the individual soldier from the South African Defence Force SANDF . The findings show mixed responses in terms of the effect In general senior staff value the experience acquired more highly than lower ranks who experience multiple this is related to operational success. The article argues that peacekeeping deployment should be seen has consequences for the individual soldiers career long after homecoming rather than as an independent WILÉN, Nina et HEINECKEN, Lindy. Peacekeeping deployment abroad and the self-perceptions of the effect on Peacekeeping deployment abroad and the self-perceptions of the effect on career advancement, status and