Title:The idea of nation during the Albanian national movement (1878-1912)
Author(s):PUTO, ArtanDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis aims to explore the way the Albanian nationalist intellectuals of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century articulated the existence of an Albanian nation. The existence of such a nation ...
Title:The Idea/Expression Dichotomy at Crossroads: Past and present of a concept
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The idea/expression dichotomy represents a foundational concept of copyright. Yet, the boundaries of such a principle tend to be blurred by its inconsistent application, with regard to both subject matter and case law ...
Title:Ideals or compromises? The attitude–behaviour relationship in mothers' employment
Author(s):STEIBER, Nadia; HAAS, BarbaraDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article addresses the marked variations in women's employment that exist within and across countries, with a specific focus on mothers of children below school-going age. Using comparative survey data for 26 countries, ...
Title:Ideas, Culture, and History in Transition Studies
Author(s):BLOKKER, PaulDate:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In recent years it has been possible to observe a historical and cultural turn in the studies of transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Whereas until the late 1990s the field was dominated by 'transitology', which ...
Title:Ideas, Interests and Policy Change
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:1992Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPS
Title:Ideas, rules, and agency: Public bureaucrats and the evolution of family policies in Hungary and Poland
Author(s):SZELEWA, DorotaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The starting point for the thesis is the striking difference between the mixes of family policies in the two post-communist countries: Hungary and Poland. I argue that Poland can be best viewed as a case of implicit ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Attitudes and their Behavioral Implications
Author(s):SPADY, RichardDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:cemmap Working PapersAbstract:This paper (i) formalizes conditions under which a population distribution of categorical responses to attitudinal questions (‘items’) has a scale representation; (ii) develops tests for whether a particular sample of item ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Variables and their Effect on Social and Economic Outcomes
Author(s):EL-ATTAR VILALTA, MayssunDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Recently, there has been strong interest among economists in the impact of social and cultural factors on economic outcomes. For instance, concepts like culture, social capital or social attitudes have been used to explain ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Sources of Common Fluctuations: New methodologies and applications
Author(s):MACIEJOWSKA, KatarzynaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis addresses the problem of how to identify and model sources of common fluctuations of economic variables. It is an interesting question not only for researchers but also for policy makers and other authorities. ...
Title:Identification and the Politics of Information Security
Author(s):BRIGHT, JonathanDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The security of identification systems such as passports and national identity cards is a current policy priority for many governments. False identities allow criminals to cross borders, launder money, claim benefits and ...