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The local governance of safety and security in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A short overview of the local governance of safety and security in Belgium
Securitization by regulation? The Flemish mayor as democratic anchor of local security policies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction Security is arguably the most potent of all policy goals (Loader and Walker, 2007; Zedner, 2009; Stone, 2012). Within our modern social imaginary, the view prevails that security is the raison d’être of our liberal democratic governments. We hold these governments responsible for ensuring public order and security for the common good of all (Taylor, 2004). Invoking security can, however, be used to trump other societal values and ...
Understanding varieties of flexibility and security in multinationals: Product markets, institutional variation and local bargaining KU Leuven
© The Author(s) 2014. Most studies of flexicurity have focused on formal institutions within distinctive national labour market systems. However, the level and types of flexibility and security in a national labour market are to an important extent influenced by company-level processes, relationships and policies; thus a micro-perspective should be integrated into the study of flexibility and security. This article advances understanding of the ...
Security sector reform, gender and local narratives in Burundi Universiteit Antwerpen
This paper maps the difficulties with operationalising the gender discourse described in the peace accord and post-conflict documents, which guide Burundi's peace-building process, through local women's narratives from the security forces. The author claims that due to limited international and local investment, the local women involved in the security forces initiate small practical changes by referring to their vision of femininity, while ...
A Local Electricity Trading Market: Security Analysis KU Leuven
© 2016 IEEE. This paper proposes a local electricity trading market and provides a comprehensive security analysis of this market. It first presents a market for electricity trading among individual users, and describes the different entities and the interactions among them. Based on this market model and the interactions, the paper analyses security problems and potential privacy threats imposed on users, which leads to the specification of a ...
Flexibility and security within European labor markets: the role of local bargaining and the different ‘trade-offs’ within multinationals' subsidiaries in Belgium, Britain and Germany KU Leuven
© The Author(s) 2016. In this comparative qualitative study, the authors examine how local bargaining shapes the trade-off between labor flexibility and employment security policies in four multinational subsidiaries in Belgium, Britain, and Germany. They also consider whether and how union power to shape flexibility and security policies is affected by national institutions, the way that multinationals organize their subsidiaries, and local ...