Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Title

Title:Holy Ignorance. When Religion and Culture Part Ways Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2010Citation:New York, Columbia University Press, 2010Type:BookAbstract:Olivier Roy finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and sociocultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a ...

Title:Home sweet home? : long-term educational outcomes of childcare arrangements in Finland Author(s):KARHULA, Aleksi; EROLA, Jani; KILPI-JAKONEN, ElinaDate:2017Citation:Hans-Peter BLOSSFELD, Nevena KULIC, Jan SKOPEK and Morris TRIVENTI (eds), Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, eduLIFE lifelong learning ; 4, pp. 268-283Type:Contribution to book

Title:Home Thoughts from Abroad: The Variable Impacts of Diasporas on Peace-Building with Feargal Cochrane and Ashok Swain Author(s):BASER, BaharDate:2009Citation:Studies in conflict and terrorism, 2009, 32, 8, 681–704Type:ArticleAbstract:This article looks at the dynamics of Diaspora groups as a possible catalyst for peace-building within violent segmented societies. With the help of two case studies, Irish-America's role in Northern Ireland and Sri Lankan ...

Title:Horizontal and vertical gender segregation in Russia : changes upon labour market entry before and after the collapse of the Soviet Regime Author(s):KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya; KURAKIN, Dmitry; BLOSSFELD, Hans PeterDate:2015Citation:European sociological review, 2015, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 573-590Type:ArticleAbstract:Using retrospective data from the Russian Education and Employment Survey (EES), we examine labour market entry in Russia in terms of changes in horizontal gender segregation and vertical gender inequalities before and ...

Title:Horizontal Networks vs. Vertical Networks within Multi-Organisational Alliances: A Comparative Study of the Unemployment and Asylum Issue-Fields in Britain Author(s):CINALLI, ManlioDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:European Political Communication; 8/04

Title:Housing and Living Arrangements Author(s):KOHLI, Martin; ZAHLE, Tanja; KÜNEMUND, HaraldDate:2005Citation:Axel BORSCH-SUPAN (ed), Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. First Results from SHARE, Mannheim, MEA, 2005, 41-47 ; 57-76 Type:Contribution to book

Title:How (Il)liberal is the liberal theory of law? Some critical remarks on slaughter's approach Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2010Citation:Comparative sociology, 2010, 9, 1, 120-145Type:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the limits of Anne-Marie Slaughter's liberal theory of (international) law. Despite her admirable interdisciplinary work, Slaughter falls prey to proposing largely technical solutions based on best ...

Title:How (Il)liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2010Citation:Comparative Sociology, 2010, 9, 120-145Type:ArticleAbstract:This article explores the limits of Anne-Marie Slaughter's liberal theory of (international) law. Despite her admirable interdisciplinary work, Slaughter falls prey to proposing largely technical solutions based on best ...

Title:How (Il)liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2010Citation:Leonardo MORLINO and Gianluigi PALOMBELLA (eds), Rule of Law and Democracy: Inquiries into internal and external issues, Leiden, Brill, 2010, 187-212, International studies in sociology and social anthropologyType:Contribution to book

Title:How and Why Financial Systems Differ: A Survey of the Literature Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2002/02

Title:How can inequalities in mortality be reduced? : a quantitative analysis of 6 risk factors in 21 European populations Author(s):EIKEMO, Terje A.; HOFFMANN, Rasmus; KULIK, Margarete C.; KULHÁNOVÁ, Ivana; TOCH-MARQUARDT, Marlen; MENVIELLE, Gwenn; LOOMAN, Caspar; JASILIONIS, Domantas; MARTIKAINEN, Pekka; LUNDBERG, Olle; MACKENBACH, Johan P.Date:2014Citation:PLoS One, 2014, Vol. 9, No. 11, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are one of the greatest challenges for health policy in all European countries, but the potential for reducing these inequalities is unclear. We therefore quantified the impact of ...

Title:How Caste Works: Forging new identities in a Punjabi ex-untouchable community in Catalonia, Spain Author(s):LUM, KathrynDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis is an ethnographic study of an ex-untouchable group from the Punjab region of India known as the Ravidassias. Its aim is twofold: on the one hand to elucidate the mechanisms of caste in social life and in ...

Title:How do established voters react to new parties? : the case of Italy, 1985-2008 Author(s):FRANKLIN, Mark N.; VAN SPANJE, JoostDate:2012Citation:Electoral studies, 2012, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 297-305Type:ArticleAbstract:The Italian party system largely collapsed in the early 1990s, providing us with a natural experimental situation in which voters were confronted with new parties - indeed, with an entirely new party system. How did they ...

Title:How Europeans view and evaluate democracy Editor(s):FERRÍN, Mónica; KRIESI, HanspeterDate:2016Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016, Comparative politicsType:BookAbstract:Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in ...

Title:How Historic are Historic Rights? Competing Historiographies and the Search for Political Legitimacy Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2001Citation:Xosé Manuel GONZALEZ REBOREDO (ed.), Etnicidade e nacionalismo: simposio internacional de antropoloxia, Santiago de Compostela, Consello da Cultura Galega, 2001.Type:Contribution to book

Title:How Immigration is Changing Citizenship: A Comparative View Author(s):JOPPKE, ChristianDate:1999Citation:Ethnic And Racial Studies, 1999, 22, 4, 629-652Type:ArticleAbstract:This article compares the impact of post-war immigration on citizenship in three Western states: the United States, Germany and Great Britain. While focusing on national variations in the immigration-citizenship relationship, ...

Title:How Institutions Evolve: Evolutionary theory and institutional change Author(s):LEWIS, Orion; STEINMO, SvenDate:2012Citation:Polity, 2012, 44, 3, 314–339Type:ArticleAbstract:This article argues that questions of gradual institutional change can be understood as an evolutionary process that can be explained through the careful application of “generalized Darwinism.” We argue that humans' advanced ...

Title:How International Actors Interact: Explaining China's engagement with the EU, 2002-2007 Author(s):GAENSSMANTEL, FrankDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis investigates how Chinese decision-makers deal with the complexities of EU foreign-policy making. Which of the many entities within in the EU, among Brussels-based institutions and in member states, do they ...

Title:How many approaches in the social sciences? An epistemological introduction Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, MichaelDate:2008Citation:KEATING Michael, DELLA PORTA Donatella (eds), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: a pluralist perspective, Cambridge UK/New York, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 19-39Type:Contribution to book

Title:How much 'second-order' were the European Parliamentary Elections 2009? Author(s):TRECHSEL, Alexander H.Date:2010Citation:Wojciech GAGATEK (ed.), The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament - Country Reports, Florence, European University Institute, 2010, 3-12Type:Contribution to book