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

Title:Changing the rules of the game : on the determinants and consequences of electoral reforms in contemporary democracies Author(s):RIERA, PedroDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:As the "Short Twentieth Century" came to an end, more and more democracies seriously considered the possibility –often for the first time in their history- of changing their national electoral system. Since then, the total ...

Title:Changing the world : explaining successes and failures of international campaigns by NGOs in the field of human security Author(s):ALCALDE, JavierDate:2009Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The thesis examines the global institutional responses to the peace movement demands after the Cold War. The primary analysis revolves around several international campaigns carried out by coalitions of NGOs and other civil ...

Title:The character of the 'government' in Latin American presidential republics Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean

Date:2018Citation:Manuel ALCANTARA, Jean BLONDEL and Jean-Louis THIEBAULT (eds), Presidents and democracy in Latin America, New York ; London : Routledge, 2018, pp. 55-71Type:Contribution to book

Title:Charisma und Bürokratie : die Spitzenorganization der Führerdiktaturen im Dritten Reich und im italienischen Faschismus Author(s):BACH, MaurizioDate:1989Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1989Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis

Title:Chernobyl and the Swedish Energy-Policy Author(s):JAHN, DetlefDate:1988Citation:Osterreichische Zeitschrift Fur Politikwissenschaft, 1988, 17, 1, 43-51Type:Article

Title:Cherry-picking external constraints : Latvia and EU economic governance, 2008-2014 Author(s):EIHMANIS, Edgars

Date:2018Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 231-249Type:ArticleAbstract:The paper analyses Latvian economic policy during the period 2008-2014 when the country was simultaneously subject to three European Union (EU) economic governance frameworks - the European Semester, the Balance-of-Payments ...

Title:Chi è "cittadino armato" nelle democrazie di mercato Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean

Date:2003Citation:Antonio PAVAN (ed.), Dire persona : luoghi critici e saggi di applicazione di un'idea, Bologna : Il Mulino, 2003, pp. 339-357Type:Contribution to book

Title:Child bearing and parental decisions of intra-EU migrants : a biographical analysis of Polish post-accession migrants to the UK and Italy Author(s):KLOC-NOWAK, WeronikaDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The aim of the study has been to show in what ways, in the perception of the migrants themselves, family-related considerations have affected their decisions regarding long-term settlement in the UK or Italy as countries ...

Title:Child Care and Feminism in West Germany and Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s Author(s):NAUMANN, IngelaDate:2005Citation:Journal of European Social Policy, 2005, 15, 1, 47-63Type:ArticleAbstract:Feminist welfare-state research has repeatedly pointed to the link between women's social rights and the extent to which they are freed from family obligations. Thus the availability of sufficient extra-familial child care ...

Title:Child care time, parents' well-being, and gender : evidence from the American time use survey Author(s):ROETERS, Anne; GRACIA, Pablo

Date:2016Citation:Journal of child and family studies, 2016, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 2469–2479Type:ArticleAbstract:This study used data from the ‘Well Being Module’ of the 2010 American Time Use Survey (N = 1699) to analyze how parents experience child care time in terms of meaning and stress levels. Multivariate multilevel regressions ...

Title:Childbearing and parental decisions of intra EU migrants : a biographical analysis of Polish migrants to the UK and Italy Author(s):KLOC-NOWAK, WeronikaDate:2018Citation:Berlin : Peter Lang, 2018, Migration-ethnicity-nation : studies in culture, society and politics ; 5Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2015Type:BookAbstract:The book explores intra-EU mobility of Polish families as seen by the migrants themselves. The author analyses in what way mobility has influenced their choices regarding if, when and where to have and raise their children. ...

Title:Childcare arrangements at preschool age and later child outcomes in Denmark : the role of maternal education and type of care Author(s):WAHLER, Susanne; BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; BREINHOLT, AstaDate: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. 249-267Type:Contribution to book

Title:Childcare politics in the West German and Swedish welfare states from the 1950s to the 1970s Author(s):NAUMANN, IngelaDate:2006Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis

Title:Childcare, early education and compensation of educational (dis)advantage : evidence from a multidisciplinary and international project Author(s):SKOPEK, Jan

; KULIC, Nevena

; TRIVENTI, Moris

; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

Date: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. 287-313Type:Contribution to book

Title:Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective Editor(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

; KULIC, Nevena

; SKOPEK, Jan

; TRIVENTI, Moris

Date:2017Citation:Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Type:BookAbstract:Recognizing that social change over recent decades has strengthened the need for early childhood education and care, this book seeks to answer what role this plays in creating and compensating for social inequalities in ...

Title:Childcare, early education, and social inequality : perspectives for a cross-national and multidisciplinary study Author(s):KULIC, Nevena

; SKOPEK, Jan

; TRIVENTI, Moris

; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

Date: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. 3-28Type:Contribution to book

Title:Childhood family structure and the accumulation of wealth across the life course Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; BOERTIEN, Diederik; GEVEN, Koen

Date:2019Citation:Journal of marriage and family, 2019, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 230-247Type:ArticleAbstract:Objective: The aim of this article is to document how childhood family structure is related to the accumulation of wealth. Background: Childhood family structure is a commonly studied determinant of child and adult outcomes, ...

Title:Childhood trauma and fear of childbirth : findings from a birth cohort study Author(s):PORTHAN, Elviira; LINDBERG, Matti; HARKONEN, Juho

; SCHEININ, Noora M.; KARLSSON, Linnea; KARLSSON, Hasse; EKHOLM, EevaDate:2023Citation:Archives of women's mental health, 2023, Vol. 26, pp. 523-529Type:ArticleAbstract:The aim of this study is to investigate if experiencing childhood trauma (emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical abuse, physical neglect, or sexual abuse) or a greater total burden of childhood trauma increase the ...

Title:Childlessness and intergenerational transfers in later life Author(s):ALBERTINI, Marco; KOHLI, Martin

Date:2017Citation:Michaela KREYENFELD and Dirk KONIETZKA (eds), Childlessness in Europe : contexts, causes and consequences, Cham : Springer Open, 2017, Demographic research monographs, pp. 351-368Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Childlessness in later life has been attracting increased attention from researchers and policy makers. Yet a number of misconceptions about childlessness among the elderly remain, such as the claim that elderly childless ...

Title:Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers: What is at stake? Author(s):KOHLI, Martin

; ALBERTINI, MarcoDate:2009Citation:Ageing & Society, 2009, 29, 8, 1171-1183Type:ArticleAbstract:In this introductory article for the special issue on Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers, we first discuss the prior research literature and then overview the presented contributions. Up to now, childless older ...