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This paper focuses on the European Union's engagement – or lack thereof – with Islamist political parties in North Africa following the Arab uprisings. By delving into the case of Tunisia's Ennahda, it shows that the party's growing moderation trajectory has been matched by a greater pragmatic engagement by the EU during the period 2011–16. It is argued that this new trend is explained by a partial shift in the frames that the EU employs to interpret ongoing changes in the Middle East and North Africa region as well as its interests and potential role in the region.

This paper focuses on the European Union's engagement – or lack thereof – with Islamist political parties in North Africa following the Arab uprisings. By delving into the case of Tunisia's Ennahda, it shows that the party's growing moderation trajectory has been matched by a greater pragmatic engagement by the EU during the period 2011–16. It is argued that this new trend is explained by a partial shift in the frames that the EU employs to interpret ongoing changes in the Middle East and North Africa region as well as its interests and potential role in the region.

This paper focuses on the European Union's engagement – or lack thereof – with Islamist political parties in North Africa following the Arab uprisings. By delving into the case of Tunisia's Ennahda, it shows that the party's growing moderation trajectory has been matched by a greater pragmatic engagement by the EU during the period 2011–16. It is argued that this new trend is explained by a partial shift in the frames that the EU employs to interpret ongoing changes in the Middle East and North Africa region as well as its interests and potential role in the region.

The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) resolved litigation between forty-six states and the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers. In total, the defendants agreed to pay more than $246 billion over twenty-five years to compensate the states for costs incurred in treating smoking-related diseases. This article explores the political and economic determinants of the monies to be distributed to the states under the MSA. Consistent with a damage model, the evidence suggests that the tobacco settlement payments are positively correlated with states' smoking-attributable health care expenditures. However, the authors also find that politics influenced the amounts individual states are scheduled to receive from the tobacco companies: the four states that did not participate in the MSA, big-government states, and those with greater numbers of medical professionals and health-related organizations will collect significantly larger sums over time than the damage model predicts.

THE ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FEDERATION OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS (FIDESZ), A HUNGARIAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION. IT OUTLINES THE GROUP'S GROWTH AND ACTIVITIES BEGINNING WITH ITS FORMATION ON MARCH 30, 1988 AND ENDING WITH ITS RECENT ACTIVITIES. THE ARTICLE ALSO OUTLINES THE AIMS OF THE GROUP WHICH INCLUDE: A GUARANTEE OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

'Die' Diskursanalyse hat sich in den letzten 20 Jahren fest in der Erziehungs- respektive den Sozialwissenschaften, insbesondere im Kontext der qualitativen Sozialforschung etabliert. Die von Beginn an diskutierten Interpretationen des vor allem auf Arbeiten Michel Foucaults rekurrierenden Verfahrens finden sich bis heute und bewegen sich weiterhin zwischen Methodisierungsambitionen und einer ablehnenden Haltung gegenüber diesen. Einerseits zeichnet sich im Sinne einer Entwicklung eine massive Rezeption und Kombination verschiedenster sozialwissenschaftlicher Methoden (und Theorien) ab, andererseits ist die Situation von hochgradiger Kontinuität der Positionen geprägt. Der inzwischen genutzte Begriff der Diskursforschung ist Ausdruck dieser Heterogenisierung. Methodologisch zeigt sich ein Konsens weiterhin primär im Dissens, der jedoch erfolgreich 'gemanagt' wird.