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

Title:Path-dependency or Convergence? The emergence of labour market institutions in the media production industries in the UK and Germany Author(s):BAUMANN, ArneDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This study compares labour market institutions and their emergence in the media production industries of Great Britain and Germany. The two principal institutions examined are vocational education and training patterns on ...

Title:Paths to February 15 Protest: Social or Political Determinants? Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2010Citation:Stefaan WALGRAVE and Dieter RUCHT (eds), The World Says No to War. Demonstrations against the War on Iraq, Minneapolis, The University of Minnesota Press, 2010, 119-140, Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, Volume 33Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:On the bases of empirical evidence from a survey on participants to the Global day of action against the war on Iraq (on February 15th 2003) in eight countries, the chapter explains paths of participation on the basis of ...

Title:Pathways From Work to Retirement and Old Age Inequality in Spain Author(s):RADL, Jonas; BERNARDI, FabrizioDate:2011Citation:Hans-Peter BLOSSFELD, Sandra BUCHHOLZ and Karin KURZ (eds), Aging Populations, Globalization and the Labor Market: Comparing Late Working Life and Retirement in Modern Societies, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2011, 121-147Type:Contribution to book

Title:Patologie e diagnosi della modernità : il filosofo sociale e la sua critica Author(s):CALLONI, MarinaDate:1996Citation:Il Cenobio, 1996, No. 3, pp. 273-296Type:Article

Title:Pattern of identity innovation : an emancipatory potential Author(s):TODD, JenniferDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2016/02Abstract:Everyday identity innovation is an important dimension of social change. It is at once personal and socially patterned. This working paper introduces the concept of identity innovation, proposes a typology of its patterns ...

Title:Patterns and Dynamics of European Subnational Governance: Institutional Transformations in Hungarian Micro-regional Associations 1990-2006 Author(s):KELLER, JuditDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This research represents a longitudinal study of changing patterns of governance in six microregions in Hungary. Its findings indicate that the dominant trend was a move from a nonhierarchical mode of governance, including ...

Title:Patterns of associational life in Western Europe, 1800-2000: A comparative and historical interpretation Author(s):FERNANDES, TiagoDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation addresses the problem of the sources of associational life and civic engagement. I develop a new theory of the origins of associational life by a comparative historical study of popular sector/lower class ...

Title:Patterns of Change. A Study of the Relation Between Political Participation and Institutions Author(s):PETERS, YvetteDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis aims to explain levels and changes in levels of political participation through institutions and institutional change. Three general trends have been distinguished; a decline in ‘representative’ participation, ...

Title:Patterns of consolidated democracies : Europe and Latin America compared Author(s):SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.Date:2004Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation investigates the successes and failures in consolidating those democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20th century. The theoretical approach developed ...

Title:Patterns of corporatist policy-making Editor(s):LEHMBRUCH, Gerhard; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:1982Citation:London/Beverly Hills, SAGE Publications, 1982, SAGE Modern Politics series, 7Type:Book

Title:Patterns of diffusion and the transnational dimension of protest in the movements of the crisis : an introduction Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MATTONI, AliceDate:2014Citation:Donatella DELLA PORTA and Alice MATTONI (eds), Spreading protest : social movements in times of crisis, Colchester : ECPR Press, 2014, Studies in European Political Science Series, pp. 1-18Type:Contribution to book

Title:Patterns of European Policy Development: The Case of Clean Air Policy Author(s):KNILL, ChristophDate:1996Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1996/12

Title:Patterns of policy evolution in the EU: The case of research and technology development policy Author(s):CITI, ManueleDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The literature on the policy-making of the European Union (EU) has trouble understanding the long-term evolution of EU policies. While numerous accounts exist that analyze EU policies from a historical, analytical-descriptive ...

Title:Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism: An introduction Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; HAUPT, Heinz-GerhardDate:2012Citation:Social Science History, 2012, 36, 3, 311-320Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:Research on political violence occurs in waves, generally corresponding to the successive swells of violence that in many ways define modern society. Critically, this violence is characterized as much by diversity as by ...

Title:Patterns of Self-Employment: An Empirical Comparison of Young People's Entrepreneurial Pursuits in Poland and Ireland Author(s):KRZYZANOWSKA, OlgaDate:2008Citation:Polish Sociological Review, 2008, 164, 417-435Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the phenomenon of self-employment and entrepreneurship among the 20-35-year-olds in the two country contexts; Poland and Ireland, and the capital cities of Warsaw and Dublin, respectively, in 2005. ...

Title:Patterns of Self-Employment: An Empirical Comparison of Young People’s Entrepreneurial Pursuits in Poland and Ireland Author(s):KRZYZANOWSKA, OlgaDate:2008Citation:Polish Sociological Review, 2008, 164, 4, 417-435.Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the phenomenon of self-employment and entrepreneurship among the 20–35-year-olds in the two country contexts; Poland and Ireland, and the capital cities of Warsaw and Dublin, respectively, in 2005. ...

Title:Patterns of Transnationalization and Regulatory Change Beyond the EU: Explaining cross-sectoral variation in Ukraine Author(s):LANGBEIN, JuliaDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis seeks to explain cross-sectoral variation in convergence with EU rules in countries outside the EU that lack regulatory capacities and democratic development. In contrast to accounts predominant in the ...

Title:Peace without agency? : the emergence and persistence of peacebuilding as a depoliticized practice Author(s):WARNECKE, AndreaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Since the early 1990s, building peace in war torn societies has emerged as a new field of international practice. Given its ad hoc mode of development, this new field of practice has been characterised by considerable ...

Title:Peace-building in Bosnia: Putting theory into practice Author(s):DZIEWULSKA, AgataDate:2004Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:Pensare Milano : intellettuali a confronto con la città che cambia. Inchiesta promossa da Giacomo Corna Pellegrini e Guido Nardi Editor(s):BERTOLDINI, Marisa; CALLONI, MarinaDate:1992Citation:Milano : Guerini e associati, 1992Type:Book