Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Title
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Title:Living Boundaries: frontiers and identity in the Basque Country Author(s):BRAY, ZoeDate:2004Citation:Bruxelles; Bern, PIE-Peter Lang, 2004, Collection Multicultural Europe ; 28Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2002Type:BookAbstract:In Living Boundaries, Zoe Bray studies the construction of identity in Bidasoa-Txingudi, a small Basque region straddling the international frontier between France and Spain and comprised of the towns of Hendaia, Irun and ... -
Title:A Living Tradition: The Holy See, catholic social doctrine, and global politics, 1965-2000 Author(s):STUMMVOLL, A. AlexanderDate:2012Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In this thesis I explore the question of how the Holy See translates its own normative vision into concrete diplomatic practice. Drawing upon Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘living tradition’, I argue that Catholic ...
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Title:The LL game : the curious preference for low quality and its norms Author(s):GAMBETTA, Diego; ORIGGI, GloriaDate:2013Citation:Politics Philosophy and Economics, 2013, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 3-23Type:ArticleAbstract:We investigate a phenomenon which we have experienced as common when dealing with an assortment of Italian public and private institutions: people promise to exchange high-quality goods and services, but then something ...
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Title:The Local and Regional Dimension in the European Constitutional Process Author(s):JEFFERY, Charlie; KEATING, Michael; ZILLER, Michael; DU GRANRUT, Claude; MARTINI, ClaudioDate:2004Citation:Committee of the Regions, 2004Type:Book
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Title:Local Contention, Global Framing: The Protest Campaigns Against the TAV in Val Di Susa and the Bridge on the Messina Straits Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; PIAZZA, GianniDate:2007Citation:Environmental Politics, 2007, 16, 5, 864-882Type:ArticleAbstract:Two cases of long-lasting environmental conflicts in Italy - one against the construction of a high-speed railway in Val di Susa, the other against the building of a bridge across the Messina Straits - are analysed. Recent ...
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Title:Local Economic Governance in Hard Times: The shadow economy and the textile and clothing industries around Lódz and Naples Author(s):BURRONI, Luigi; CROUCH, Colin; KAMINSKA, Monika Ewa; VALZANIA, AndreaDate:2008-01-01Citation:Socio-Economic Review, 2008, 6, 3, 473-492Type:ArticleAbstract:Areas of industrial decline, with poor quality local government and poor infrastructure, frequently find a kind of economic success through the shadow economy. But illegality imposes constraints on the kind of success that ... -
Title:Local Markets, Global Rules: Different pathways to capital market standardization in Poland and the Czech Republic Author(s):MARKIEWICZ, OlgaDate:2012Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis seeks to explain the variation in pathways to the convergence with transnational standard in capital market governance in two countries from Central and Eastern Europe / Poland and the Czech Republic. Although ...
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Title:The long and winding road... to success? : Unit peace operation effectiveness and its effect on mission success Author(s):RUFFA, ChiaraDate:2013Citation:Defense & security analysis, 2013, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 128-140Type:ArticleAbstract:Why does peacekeeping sometimes fail? How can effective peacekeepers increase the likelihood of success of a mission? The two main flaws in the current evaluations of peace operations are that they mainly rely on already ...
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Title:The ‘Long Night of the First Republic’: Years of clientelistic implosion in Italy Author(s):GUZZINI, StefanoDate:1995Citation:Review of International Political Economy, 1995, 2, 1, 27-61Type:ArticleAbstract:Several analysts have explained the end of the postwar political system in Italy as an effect of the end of the Cold War. Deprived of the anti-communist glue, Italians were, so the story goes, finally free to replace the ...
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Title:A look into the mirror : preferences, representation and electoral participation Author(s):DINAS, Elias; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.; VASSIL, KristjanDate:2014Citation:Electoral studies, 2014, Vol. 36, pp. 290-297Type:ArticleAbstract:Voting Advice Applications (VAA) are often praised as tools helping users to find their best matching candidates or parties. Using such tools, so the claim goes, might trigger a positive impact on electoral participation. ...
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Title:Looking back from Somewhere Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2007Citation:Nicholas RENGGER, Ben THIRKELL-WHITE (eds), Critical International Relations Theory after 25 Years, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 25-45Type:Contribution to book
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Title:Looking Back from Somewhere: Reflections of what remains ”critical” in Critical Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2007Citation:Review of International Studies, 2007, 33, Supplement S1, 25-45Type:ArticleAbstract:This article revisits some of the theoretical debates within the field of IR since Ashley and Cox challenged the mainstream. But in so doing it attempts also to show that the proposed alternatives have their own blind spots ...
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Title:Looking back from somewhere: reflections on what remains 'critical' in critical theory Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2007Citation:Review of international studies, 2007, 33, Special Issue, 25-46Type:ArticleAbstract:This article revisits some of the theoretical debates within the field of IR since Ashley and Cox challenged the mainstream. But in so doing it attempts also to show that the proposed alternatives have their own blind spots ...
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Title:Looking Beyond the Pale : International Donors and Civil Society Promotion in Palestine Author(s):CHALLAND, BenoîtDate:2005Citation:Palestine-Israel Journal, 2005, 12, 1, 56-63Type:Article
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Title:Los Movimientos Sociales Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; DIANI, MarioDate:2011Citation:Madrid, UCM-Centro de Investigaciones Sociológica (CIS), 2011, Debate Social SeriesType:BookAbstract:Con un lenguaje claro, ameno y accesible, la obra de Donatella della Porta y Mario Diani sigue siendo, hoy por hoy, una referencia obligada para los investigadores, además de un estudio imprescindible para los que buscan ... -
Title:Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis Author(s):BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/03Abstract:Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ...
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Title:Losverfahren und Demokratie: Historische und Demokratietheoretische Perspektiven Author(s):RÖCKE, AnjaDate:2005Citation:Münster, LIT Verlag, 2005Type:Book
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Title:Lotte operaie e sindacato : il ciclo 1968-1972 in Italia Author(s):PIZZORNO, Alessandro; REYNERI, Emilio; REGINI, Marino; REGALIA, IdaDate:1978Citation:Bologna : Il Mulino, 1978, Studi e ricerche ; 36Type:Book -
Title:Low Union Density Amidst a Conflictive Contentious Repertoire: Flexible Labour Markets, Unemployment, and Trade Union Decline in Contemporary Greece Author(s):SEFERIADES, SeraphimDate:1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1999/06
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Title:Low-wage employment and household poverty: an analysis of the role played by households in alleviating the economic prospects of low-wage workers Author(s):RAMOS-DIAZ, L. JavierDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
