Gaby Umbach
Biographic Data
| ID | 4382046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gaby Umbach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gaby |
| FAMILY NAME | Umbach |
| SIGNATURE | UMBACH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6041-6281 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evaluating e-governance through e-government
Social Investment Policies in the EU
Against the historical-conceptual background of EU social policy and evolutionary governance, this article analyses the approach with which the EU propagates social investment policies. Social investment, understood as an active rather than passive way of social protection, has become a salient instrument for reinvigorating the EU’s social dimension, especially in the aftermath of the sovereign debt crisis. By means of a large-scale document anal…
New Governance in European Social Policy
Learning to Shop in Zion
Mormondom 1847–1910 provides a test case for examining consumerism. Zion's rapid changes produced a chronologically and geographically condensed instance of larger transformations in consumption attendant with the market economy's rise. Before the railroad's 1869 arrival, weak eastern commercial linkages created a marketplace of limited choices. The railroad, however, expanded the number and range of goods and so encouraged Mormons to revise thei…
Towards a Core Curriculum in EU Studies
Undergraduate and graduate programmes in European Union studies have become increasingly important over the last decade, not only in political science but also in other disciplines. In addition, the EU has become a key topic in conventional and traditional courses on comparative government and in courses on international affairs (Remacle, 2000). Thus, learning about the EU has become increasingly significant for university curricula - but also fo…
Europeanization of CEE executives
This article examines the impact of European integration on the central executives, i.e. the central government and the ministerial bureaucracy, of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (CEEC-5) by distinguishing five stages of 'Europeanization'. The EU pressures candidates to reform their national administrations in anticipation of membership. These pressures are not uniform, but involve different 'mechanisms of Europeanizati…
Europeanization of CEE executives
This article examines the impact of European integration on the central executives, i.e. the central government and the ministerial bureaucracy, of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (CEEC-5) by distinguishing five stages of 'Europeanization'. The EU pressures candidates to reform their national administrations in anticipation of membership. These pressures are not uniform, but involve different 'mechanisms of Europeanizati…
Towards a Core Curriculum in EU Studies
Undergraduate and graduate programmes in European Union studies have become increasingly important over the last decade, not only in political science but also in other disciplines. In addition, the EU has become a key topic in conventional and traditional courses on comparative government and in courses on international affairs (Remacle, 2000). Thus, learning about the EU has become increasingly significant for university curricula - but also fo…
New Governance in European Social Policy
Europeanization of CEE executives
This article examines the impact of European integration on the central executives, i.e. the central government and the ministerial bureaucracy, of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (CEEC-5) by distinguishing five stages of 'Europeanization'. The EU pressures candidates to reform their national administrations in anticipation of membership. These pressures are not uniform, but involve different 'mechanisms of Europeanizati…
Towards a Core Curriculum in EU Studies
Undergraduate and graduate programmes in European Union studies have become increasingly important over the last decade, not only in political science but also in other disciplines. In addition, the EU has become a key topic in conventional and traditional courses on comparative government and in courses on international affairs (Remacle, 2000). Thus, learning about the EU has become increasingly significant for university curricula - but also fo…
Learning to Shop in Zion
Mormondom 1847–1910 provides a test case for examining consumerism. Zion's rapid changes produced a chronologically and geographically condensed instance of larger transformations in consumption attendant with the market economy's rise. Before the railroad's 1869 arrival, weak eastern commercial linkages created a marketplace of limited choices. The railroad, however, expanded the number and range of goods and so encouraged Mormons to revise thei…
New Governance in European Social Policy
Social Investment Policies in the EU
Against the historical-conceptual background of EU social policy and evolutionary governance, this article analyses the approach with which the EU propagates social investment policies. Social investment, understood as an active rather than passive way of social protection, has become a salient instrument for reinvigorating the EU’s social dimension, especially in the aftermath of the sovereign debt crisis. By means of a large-scale document anal…
Evaluating e-governance through e-government
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Corporate governance (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Law (4 works) · European union (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)