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58632. The Escalation of U.S. Immigration Control in the Post-NAFTA Era
- Author:
- Peter Andreas
- Publication Date:
- 01-1999
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- PETER ANDREAS examines the rapid escalation of U.S. immigration control efforts along our southwest border in recent years. He argues that enhanced border policing has less to do with actual deterrence and more to do with projecting an image of order and coping with the deepening contradictions of economic integration.
- Topic:
- Immigration, NAFTA, Borders, and Economic Integration
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America
58633. The quiet payoff: Mafia electoral support and policy inaction
- Author:
- Alessio Carrozzo Magli, Giovanni Righetto, and Antonio Schiavone
- Publication Date:
- 07-1999
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP)
- Abstract:
- Organized crime groups are known to provide electoral support to politicians, but the rewards they obtain in return remain poorly understood. We develop a theoretical framework suggesting that modern mafia support hinges on parties’ willingness to weaken anti-mafia policies, specifically by neglecting the reallocation of confiscated mafia assets. Judicial records indicate that when these assets remain unassigned, crime families can quietly repossess them, turning policy inertia into a hidden payoff. Using data from Sicilian municipalities between 1992 and 2022, we first detect vote manipulation in tightly contested majoritarian races—particularly in smaller towns—indicating strategic vote buying by the mafia. A regression discontinuity design, restricted to comparable municipalities quasi-randomly sorted around the threshold, reveals that narrowly won Forza Italia victories trigger a sharp fall in asset reallocations only within mafia controlled areas. To capture intensive-margin variation in the vote-buying deal, we exploit the mafia’s abrupt 1987 withdrawal of support from the Christian Democrats. Municipalities suffering larger DC vote losses—our proxy for historical mafia vote-buying capacity-experience steeper post-election cuts in asset reallocations, but only during Berlusconi’s governments.
- Topic:
- Elections, Political Science, Organized Crime, and Mafia
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Italy, Global Focus, and Sicily
58634. Why European Industry needs Carbon Diplomacy in the Age of CBAM
- Author:
- Giulia Cretti
- Publication Date:
- 04-1999
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations
- Abstract:
- The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which applies a levy on carbon-intensive imports from countries without comparable carbon pricing, increases costs for European importers and downstream industries. EU companies thus have an interest in ensuring that their counterparts abroad comply with CBAM requirements and reduce the carbon footprint of their products. This aligns well with the so-called carbon diplomacy efforts of the European Commission, which aim to promote carbon pricing policies in partner countries. However, there is still scope to better align these efforts with EU industrial competitiveness objectives. This policy brief proposes turning carbon diplomacy into a strategic instrument of industrial policy, with a stronger focus on key trading partners, emphasis on MRV interoperability and mutual recognition of ETS, and integration into external instruments such as Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships and Team Europe Initiatives. Ultimately, such an approach can strengthen Europe’s long-term competitiveness and decarbonisation while accelerating the transition to renewable energy in industrial production.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Diplomacy, Industry, Carbon Emissions, and Imports
- Political Geography:
- Europe
58635. Opinion: Netanyahu, A Palestinian State, and Israeli Security Reassessed
- Author:
- Jerome Slater
- Publication Date:
- 01-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- In one of our occasional opinion essays, JEROME SLATER discusses the arguments for and against a Palestinian state as the solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He argues that an appropriately structured Palestinian state would enhance rather than threaten Israel's national security.
- Topic:
- Security, Self Determination, History, and Zionism
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Israel, and Palestine
58636. The Internet and Political Control in Singapore
- Author:
- Garry Rodan
- Publication Date:
- 03-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- GARRY RODAN investigates the political implications of the Internet in Singapore, where authorities have embarked on an ambitious attempt to restrain the liberalizing impact of the new technology. His findings contradict popular expectations of the Internet necessarily aiding the erosion of authoritarian rule.
- Topic:
- Politics, Science and Technology, Authoritarianism, Internet, and Liberalization
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia
58637. The Politics of Reforming Social Security
- Author:
- R. Douglas Arnold
- Publication Date:
- 07-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- R. DOUGLAS ARNOLD analyzes the political difficulties in reforming Social Security in the absence of a short-term crisis. He argues that the chief political problem is to find a way to impose short-term costs on current taxpayers when the benefits of advance funding are exclusively long-term for future retires.
- Topic:
- Politics, Reform, and Social Security
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America
58638. From Our Archives: A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Author:
- Michael Les Benedict
- Publication Date:
- 09-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- MICHAEL LES BENEDICT's interpretation of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson destroys the conventional textbook wisdom which portrays Johnson as a martyred president unjustifiably pilloried by a vindictive Congress. Benedict shows that the decision to impeach was made reluctantly after a series of presidential actions over the years convinced even the most conservative members of Congress that impeachment was the only means left for defending their constitutional prerogatives.
- Topic:
- History, Impeachment, and Andrew Johnson
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America
58639. Creating a Disaster: NATO’s Open Door Policy
- Author:
- Robert J. Art
- Publication Date:
- 09-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- ROBERT J. ART argues that an open door membership policy will destroy NATO and that there is a better alternative to create a security structure for Europe.
- Topic:
- Security, NATO, Alliance, and Regional Security
- Political Geography:
- Europe, North America, and United States of America
58640. Courting Disaster: An Expanded NATO vs. Russia and China
- Author:
- Bruce Russett and Allan Stam
- Publication Date:
- 09-1998
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- BRUCE RUSSETT and ALLAN C. STAM examine the recent decision to expand NATO to include former Soviet satellites. They argue that the further inclusion of Russia would allow NATO to become a most effective tool in managing security threats in the next century.
- Topic:
- Security, NATO, and Treaties and Agreements
- Political Geography:
- Russia, China, Eurasia, and Asia