- Cerami, A. (2013), Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime, LIT Verlag: Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, London. Download PDF Introduction here. Preview available at Google Books.
EDITED BOOKS
- Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds) (2009). Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Cerami, A. (2007). Promoting Human Security: Ethical, Normative and Educational Frameworks in Western Europe. UNESCO, Paris. (together with P. Burgess, A. Amicelle, E. Bartels, R. Bellanova, E. Eggum, G. Hoogensen, S. Kittelsen, K. Knibbe, M. de Koning, K. Koser, K. Krause and O. Salemink). Download PDF volume here.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- Cerami, A. (2015), ‘Wohlfahrtsregime’, in R. Kollmorgen, W. Merkel and H-J Wagener (eds), Handbuch Transformationsforschung, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 773-778. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2015) ‘Social Aspects of Transformation’ in Wolchik, S. L. and Curry, J. L., eds., Central and East European Politics From Communism to Democracy – Third Edition,Washington DC: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 99-120. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. and Stubbs, P. (2013), Post-Communist Welfare Capitalisms: Bringing Institutions and Political Agency Back In, in Hill, M. (ed.), Comparative Public Policy. Four-Volume Set. Volume II, London: SAGE Publications, pp. 347-370. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. and Wague, A. (2013), ‘Africa’, in Greve, B.(ed), The Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State (1st edition), London: Routledge, pp. 252-259. Download PDF here
- Cerami, A. (2010), ‘Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes and Human Development in West Sub-Saharan Africa’, in Harrison, L. P. (ed.), Social Policy:Challenges, Developments and Implications, New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 1-26.
- Cerami, A. (2010), ‘The Politics of Social Security Reforms in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia’, in Bruno Palier (ed.), A Long-Good Bye to Bismarck? The Politics of Reforms in Continental Europe, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 233-254. Download Harvard Conference Paper here.
- Cerami, A. (2010), ‘Happiness and Socio-Economic Transformations in the Russian Federation’, in Greve, B. (ed), Happiness and Social Policy in Europe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.101-119. Download PDF Here.
- Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (2009), ‘Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall’, in Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), PostCommunist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1-16.
- Cerami, A. and Stanescu, S. (2009), ‘Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania’, in Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-128.
- Cerami, A. (2009), ‘Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring’, Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds), PostCommunist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 35-52.
- Cerami, A. (2008), Europeanization and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, in François Bafoil and Timm Beichelt (eds.) Européanisation. D’Ouest en Est. Coll. Logiques Politiques, Paris : L’Harmattan, pp. 137-168. See Working Paper version here.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
- Cerami, A. (2015), Social Protection and The Politics of Anger in the Middle East and North Africa, Social Policies (Politiche Sociali), 1, pp. 115-135. PDF Available.
- Cerami, A. (2011). Ageing and the Politics of Pension Reforms in Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. International Journal of Social Welfare., vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 331-343. PDF Available here.
- Cerami, A. (2011), Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union. Politics & Policy , vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 345-372. PDF Available here.
- Cerami, A. (2010). Human Security in the Russian Federation. Journal of Human Security, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 7-27. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2009). Socio-Economic Transformations in Post-Communist Countries: Central and Eastern Europe and Russia Compared. Romanian Journal of Political Science, vol. 9. no. 2, pp. 25-41.
- Cerami, A. (2009), Változó Közép-Európa: a jólét és a szociális segélyezés kialakuló modellyei [Central Europe in Transition: Emerging Models of Welfare and Social Assistance], Hungarian Social Policy Review ESELY, no. 1, 28-50.
- Cerami, A. (2009). Welfare State Developments in the Russian Federation: Oil-Led Social Policy and the ‘Russian Miracle‘. Social Policy & Administration, Vol. 43, no. 2, 105-120. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2008). New Social Risks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Need for a New Empowering Politics of the Welfare State. Czech Sociological Review, vol. 44, no.6, 1089-1110. Download PDF here.
WORKING/DISCUSSION PAPERS
- Cerami, Alfio (2023): In the Shadow of War: Social, Distributive and Civil Conflicts in Belarus,
Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Ukraine. MPRA Working Paper
116870. Munich: MPRA. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/116870/1/MPRA_paper_116870.pdf - Cerami, Alfio (2023): Self-Undermining Policy Feedback and Social Policy Making in Iraq. MPRA
Working Paper 116381. Munich: MPRA. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/116381/1/MPRA_paper_116381.pdf - Cerami, Alfio (2019), Complexity Theory, Democratic Transition and Public Policy Choices in Iraq, MPRA Paper No. 92382, University Library of Munich, Germany. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/92382/1/MPRA_paper_92382.pdf
- Cerami, Alfio (2018), The Night Lights of North Korea. Prosperity Shining and Public Policy Governance. MPRA Paper No. 89722, University Library of Munich, Germany. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/89722/1/MPRA_paper_89722.pdf
- Cerami, Alfio (2018), The Lights of Iraq: Electricity Usage and the Iraqi War-fare Regime, MPRA Paper No. 88264, University Library of Munich, Germany. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/88264/1/MPRA_paper_88264.pdf
- Cerami, A. (2013), ‘Social Protection and the Politics of Anger in the Middle East and North Africa‘. SSRN Working Paper Series. Published in Social Policies (Politiche Sociali) 2015.
- Cerami, A. and Stubbs, P. (2011), Post-communist Welfare Capitalisms: Bringing Institutions and Political Agency Back In, EIZ Working Papers EIZ-WP-1103, Zagreb: EIZG.
- Cerami, A. (2009), Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union, Cahier européen n° 03/2009 Paris: Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2007), Europeanization, Enlargement and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, Cahier européen n° 01/2007 Paris: Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Poverty and Social Structure in Russia: An Analysis of the First Decade of Transition, Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper no. 445, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Study. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Why Should Central and Eastern European Societies still be Considered as Democracies at Risk: An Analysis of Labour Structure and Preferences for One-Party System, Cahier européen n° 01/2006, Paris: Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2004), Germany after the Unification: The Exclusive Society?, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät Discussion Paper no.: 2004-001SC. Erfurt: University of Erfurt. Download PDF here.
- Cerami, A. (2003), The Impact of Social Transfers in Central and Eastern Europe, Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper no. 356. Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Study. Download PDF here.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
- Cerami, A. (2008), Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring, paper presented at the conference “Cross-Border Influences in Social Policy”, ESPAnet Conference 2008, 18-20 September 2008, Finnish Centre for Pension, Helsinki, Finland.
- Cerami, A. (2008), Central Europe in Transition: Emerging Models of Welfare and Social Assistance, paper presented at the conference “Building Capacity, Improving Quality. Social Services in the New Member States”, European Social Network (ESN), Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 19-20.
- Cerami, A. (2006/2007), The Politics of Reforms in Bismarckian Welfare Systems: The Cases of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, paper presented at the project conference “A long good bye to Bismarck? The politics of welfare reforms in Continental Europe”, June 16-18, 2006, The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, USA.
- Download Harvard Conference Paper here.
- Revised versions also presented at: Connex workshop “The Europeanization of the reforms of welfare systems” 8-10 March 2007, CEVIPOF, Paris, France; ESPAnet Annual Conference, 20-22 September 2007, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.
- Cerami, A. (2006), New Social Policy Ideas in the Making: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe, paper presented at the Fourth Annual ESPAnet Conference “Transformation of the Welfare State: Political Regulation and Social Inequality” September 21-23, University of Bremen, Germany.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Europeanization, Enlargement and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, paper prepared for the FP6 CONNEX (Connecting Excellence on European Governance) workshop, Paris, 30th May 2006.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Worlds of Socio-Economic Security in Western Europe: The Need for Bottom-Up Empowerment, background paper for the UNESCO report “A Human Security Report for Eastern/Western Europe”, Centre for Peace and Human Security of Sciences Po/UNESCO UNESCO, Paris, June 8 – 9.
- Cerami, A. (2006), The Reform Challenges of the Central and Eastern European Welfare Regime, paper presented at the international conference “Transformation of Social Policy in Europe: Patterns, Issues and Challenges for the EU-25 and Candidate Countries”, April 13-15, 2006, Department of Political Science and Public Administration – METU, Ankara, Turkey.
- Cerami, A. (2005), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Model of Solidarity?, paper presented at the Third Annual ESPAnet Conference “Making Social Policy in the Postindustrial Age” September 22-24, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
INVITED PAPERS AT SEMINARS/SPEECHES
- Cerami, A. (2007), Social Change and Welfare State Developments in CEE and Russia, invited paper and lecture at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin 16.5.2007.
- Cerami, A. (2007), From Electoral to Policy Representation: A Comparison of 34 Democracies, invited paper and lecture at seminar ECOPOL, Sciences Po, Paris.
STORY MAPS Geo-Spatial Analysis
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- Geo-Spatial Analysis Iraq. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/1uWXrz
- Geo-Spatial Analysis Libya. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/0n8vL1
- Geo-Spatial Analysis North Korea (DPRK). Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/0vrrje
- Geo-Spatial Analysis Syria. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/1rDiiO
- Machu Picchu, Peru. https://alfiocerami.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/machu-picchu-peru/
- Macro-Economic Developments and Investment Dynamics in France. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/1KW1GD
- Macro-Economic Developments and Investment Dynamics in Spain. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/1PSDT4
- Nile’s Night Lights. https://arcg.is/190SCC
- Prosperity Shining in The Bahamas (2012-2018) . Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/1Oueav
- Stephen Hawking’s Elective Affinities. Space-Time Singularities Model. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/aanna
- Suez Canal. Available at ArcGIS online. https://arcg.is/05KO9r
- Global Financial Crisis in the USA. https://arcg.is/WXbi8
See also GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS GENERAL SECTION AND UPDATES in my blog (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, etc.) available at: https://alfiocerami.wordpress.com/category/geo-spatial-analysis/
MEDIA/PRESS/BLOG POSTS
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- The International Political Economy Daily NewsPaper! http://paper.li/acerami/1498466979#/
- Cerami, A. (2017), ‘Financing and Investment Dynamics in France‘., with Interactive Maps and Graphs, Alfio Cerami Blog.
- Cerami, A. (2017), ‘North Korea: The Exclusive and Inclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy‘.
- Cerami, A. (2017), ‘European Banking Union as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’, Euro Crisis in the Press blog, LSE, 25 October. Available on-line at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2017/10/24/european-banking-union-as-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/
- Cerami, A. (2014), ‘Socio-Economic Security, Transnational Solidarity and the Legitimation Crisis of the European Union’, Euro Crisis in the Press blog, LSE, 22 September. Available on-line at:http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2014/09/22/socio-economic-security-transnational-solidarity-and-the-legitimation-crisis-of-the-european-union/
- Cerami, A. (2014), ‘Coordinating Europe’s social policies: not there yet’, Blogactiv, 12 September 2014. Available on-line at https://guests.blogactiv.eu/2014/09/11/coordinating-social-policy-across-europe-not-there-yet/
- Cerami, A. (2013) ‘Development Institutions: Adopt a Holistic Approach‘, The Guardian Global Professionals Development Network, 23 April 2013. Available on-line at:http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/apr/23/development-economics-social-protection?CMP=twt_gu
- Cerami, A. (2011), Consolidating Emerging MENA Democracies, published online in openDemocracy, 5 April 2011. PDF and HTML file available at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/consolidating-emerging-mena-democracies/
RESEARCH REPORTS
- CONNEX (2008), The Transformation of EU Policies? EU Governance at Work. RG6 Concluding Conference, Sciences Po Paris, 17-18 January 2008.
- CONNEX (2007), How Much is Known about the “Community Method”?. CONNEX Workshop, Sciences Po, 29 November 2007.
BOOK REVIEWS
- Cerami, A. (2004). Book Review: Ferrera, M. & Gualmini, E. (2004), Rescued by Europe? Social and Labour Market Reforms in Italy from Maastricht to Berlusconi, Journal of Income Distribution, volume 13, number 1-2 (Spring-Summer), pp.147-149.
- Cerami, A. (2006), Book Review: Schludi, M. (2005), The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Systems: A Comparison of Pension Politics in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press. Journal of European Social Policy, 16 (4), pp. 403-404.
- Cerami, A. (2008). Book Review: Clasen, J. & Siegel, N.A. (eds.) (2007), Investigating Welfare State Change. The ‘Dependent Variable Problem’ in Comparative Analysis, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. Journal of European Social Policy, 18 (4), pp. 410-411.
- Cerami, A. (2008). Book Review: Vanhuyusse, P. (2006), Divide and Pacify. Strategic Social Policies and Political Protests in Post-Communist Democracies, CEU Press, Budapest. Acta Politica, 43 (4), 508-509.
- Cerami, A. (2011). Book Review: Frye, Timothy (2010), Building States and Markets after Communism. The Perils of Polarized Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press. Revue Française de Science Politique, 61(4), 782-784 (English version. Original published in French).
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