Beyond the U-curve: citizen preferences on European integration in multidimensional political space

One of the major findings of the literature on Euroscepticism is that support for European integration generally declines as one moves closer to the extremes of the left-right ideological spectrum. However, in multidimensional policy space, Euroscepticism varies in more complex ways. This article explores the relief of Euroscepticism for citizens in four European states – the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France – based on data from voting advice applications fielded before the 2019 elections of the European Parliament. The results reveal that the way Euroscepticism maps onto other dimensions differs significantly for citizens and for parties and across political contexts. Such variation is important for understanding how preferences for European integration are embedded into existing structures of political competition.The politics and administration of institutional chang

The opinion‐policy nexus in Europe and the role of political institutions

A strong link between citizen preferences and public policy is one of the key goals and criteria of democratic governance. Yet, our knowledge about the extent to which public policies on specific issues are in line with citizen preferences in Europe is limited. This article reports on the first study of the link between public opinion and public policy that covers a large and diverse sample of concrete public policy issues in 31 European democracies. The findings demonstrate a strong positive relationship and a substantial degree of congruence between public opinion and the state of public policy. Also examined is whether political institutions, including electoral systems and the horizontal and vertical division of powers, influence the opinion-policy link. The evidence for such effects is very limited, which suggests that the same institutions might affect policy representation in countervailing ways through different mechanisms.NWOVIDI-452-12-008The politics and administration of institutional chang

'The ‘old’ and the ‘new’ Europeans: Analyses of public opinion on EU enlargement in review'

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Agricultural Academy

Abstract MENKOV, N. D., K. DINKOV, A. DURAKOVA and N. TOSHKOV, 2009. Sorption characteristics of buckwheat grain. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., Moisture equilibrium data (adsorption and desorption) of buckwheat grain were determined using the static gravimetric method of saturated salt solutions at three temperatures 10, 25 and 40°C. The range of water activities for each temperature was between 0.11 and 0.85. Equilibrium moisture content decreased with increase in storage temperature at constant water activity. A suitable model was selected to describe the water sorption isotherms. The monolayer moisture content of the grain was estimated and the optimal storage water activity was proposed

Specificities in the phospholipid and fatty acid composition of the stable protoplast type L-form of Escherichia coli B

The stable protoplast type L-form cells of E. coli B are twice richer in the extractable lipids than in the parent form. No qualitative differences in the phospholipid and fatty acid composition were found. However, the quantity of C14:0, C17:Δ, and C18:0 differ considerably. Unsaturated fatty acids are prevalent in the L-form cells

An innovative tailored instructional design for computer programming courses in engineering

Industry 4.0 and 5.0 topics are emerging fields and have seen rising demand recently. There is a critical need, on the other hand, for improved methods of instructing programming languages since a growing lack of student motivation during the pandemic has had a deleterious influence on the education of programmers. In this context, online/hybrid computer programming courses must be addressed with innovative solutions to support the field with well-educated professionals. In this paper, we present a case study to propose an innovative tailored instructional design for the online/hybrid learning environments for programming courses in engineering faculties. To develop the instructional design, the Kemp Instructional Design Model was followed. The instructional design is a result of the main outputs of the RECOM “Redesigning Introductory Computer Programming Using Innovative Online Modules” project, which aims to bridge the gap between the existing course design in programming courses and the needs of "Covid” and “post-Covid” generation students

Adopting open source software in public administration: The importance of boundary spanners and political commitment

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