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Title: Those Who Came and Those Who Left: The territorial politics of migration in Scotland and Catalonia Author(s): ARRIGHI DE CASANOVA, Jean-Thomas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Whilst minority nationalism and migration have been intensely studied in relative isolation from one another, research examining their mutual relationship is still scarce. This dissertation aims to fill this gap in the ...
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Title: After the Eastward Enlargement: The institutionalization of the Europarties and the EU party system Author(s): BRESSANELLI, Edoardo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In the long debate about the EU constitutional and institutional reform which accompanied the Central and Eastern enlargement of the Union, political parties at the European level – in brief: Europarties – have rarely ...
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Title: The Impact of Anti-Immigration Parties on Mainstream Parties' Immigration Positions in the Netherlands, Flanders and the UK 1987-2010: Divided electorates, left-right politics and the pull towards restrictionism Author(s): DAVIS, Amber Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The rise of anti-immigration parties across Western Europe has put enormous pressure on mainstream parties to adapt their competitive strategies. This thesis tests the hypothesis that mainstream parties have reacted to the ... -
Title: Taking People As They Could Be: A defence of ideal political theory Author(s): EFTHYMIOU, Dimitris Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The object of this thesis is to defend ideal political theory from a series of objections that question its theoretical and practical soundness. My preliminary thesis is that ideal political theory is theoretically as well ...
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Title: Voting Smarter? The impact of voting advice applications on political behavior Author(s): VASSIL, Kristjan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) proliferate across Europe and beyond. By matching the political offer with voters’ preferences, these internet applications assist voters in their decisions. However, despite the growing ...
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Title: Revisiting the Debate on Inequality: A longitudinal study using the British Cohort Study 1970 Author(s): PENSIERO, Nicola Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation aims at reassessing of impact of family background, education and abilities on the educational and occupational outcomes of a British cohort sample (British Cohort Study 1970). This is pursued in three ...
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Title: The Reshaping of Gender Relations in Wartorn Societies: Women's movements in Guatemala and Nicaragua 1980-2010 Author(s): DESTROOPER, Tineke Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The thesis revolves around the question of how the history of the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan women’s movements influences their approach of women’s empowerment, and evaluates alternative approaches to women’s empowerment. ...
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Title: Identification and the Politics of Information Security Author(s): BRIGHT, Jonathan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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 ...
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Title: Explaining and Assessing Independence: National competition authorities in the EU member states Author(s): GUIDI, Mattia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This Ph.D dissertation aims at answering two questions, which are closely related to each other: 1. How do politicians decide about the independence they give to regulatory agencies? 2. Is there a link between the amount ...
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Title: Post-Transitional Justice? Spain, Poland and Portugal compared Author(s): RAIMUNDO, Filipa Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation elaborates on a new concept – post-transitional justice – to define the re-emergence of the issues of the authoritarian past onto the political agenda after democratic consolidation. The thesis sets out ...
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Title: Beyond Electoralism? Electoral fraud in third wave regimes, 1974-2009 Author(s): VAN HAM, Carolien Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: As the “third wave” of democratization spread across the globe after 1974, more and more citizens got a chance –often for the first time in their lives- to cast their vote in multi-party elections. Since then, the number ...
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Title: Changing Choices, Changing Elections: A study of volatility and vote-switching in six Western European countries Author(s): GOMEZ MARTINEZ, Raul Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: It is often argued that elections in established Western European democracies have become more unstable during recent decades. Much scholarly work has thus focused on the study of changes in election results in order to ...
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Title: Choice: An essay on pluralism, value conflicts and decision-making Author(s): HERLITZ, Per Anders Kristian Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis examines decision-making in value conflicts, and argues in favor of a unified approach to decision-making that accepts partial success of a plurality of decision-making methods, and that uses these as alternative ...
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Title: International Norms and Local Agents in Peacebuilding: Small arms control in post-war Kosovo and Cambodia Author(s): THOLENS, Simone Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Finding that existing theories of International Relations have problems explaining why international Small Arms Control programmes succeed or fail, this thesis explores internationally driven micro-disarmament processes ...
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Title: Power under Contract: Domestic political constraints and military privatization in the United States and the United Kingdom Author(s): CUSUMANO, Eugenio Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The increasing provision of military support functions such as logistics and armed security by private military and security companies (PMSCs) is often conceptualized as a functional response to new operational, financial ...
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Title: Europeanization through Judicial Enforcement? The case of race equality policy Author(s): HERMANIN, Costanza Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Ten years after its enthusiastic adoption in 2000, the Race Equality Directive (RED) - a deeply innovative and indeed overall far-reaching piece of equal treatment legislation – seems to be still little enforced at the ...
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Title: Using Historical Experience: The British Army and the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan Author(s): SANGAR, Eric Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This PhD explores some of the ways in which the British and German Armies have used historical experience in their process of operational adaptation in Afghanistan. Historical experience is conceptualized as a body of ...
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Title: Regulating Social Membership and Family Ties: Policy frames on spousal migration in Germany Author(s): BLOCK, Laura Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Migration policy-making in liberal democracies has long been explained by highlighting how “liberal constraints” compel governments to respect individual rights when devising migration policies. Family-related migration ...
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Title: Exploring Individual Motivation for Social Change: Mobilization of the Muslim brotherhood’s youth in prerevolutionary Egypt Author(s): POLJAREVIC, Emin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Islamist activism is on the rise across the Middle East and North Africa. In the light of the post-revolutionary elections in Egypt and Tunisia, Islamist parties are sweeping the polls supported by the overwhelming majority ...
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Title: Digital Inequalities as Class Inequalities? A comparison of youth in advanced societies in-and outside Europe Author(s): DRABOWICZ, Tomasz Piotr Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation merges two streams of research hitherto rarely mixed together: class analysis and digital inequality studies. It also focuses on the comparative research of adolescents from advanced societies – a social ...
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