Title:On Finland's Economic Growth and Convergence with Sweden and the EU15 in the 20th Century
Author(s):KOKKINEN, ArtoDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Finland is one of the few examples of poor countries’ absolute GDP per capita convergence in the 20th century: One hundred years ago it was a poor agrarian country with GDP per capita less than half of that of the United ...
Title:Ottomans into Illyrians : passages to nationhood in 20th century Albania
Author(s):JAZEXHIU, OlsiDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation surveys specific episodes in the process of Albanian national formation. Its aim is to contest the official narrative of Albanian historiography which portrays the creation of the Albanian state and the ...
Title:Paolo Sarpi between Jean Bodin and Thomas Hobbes: A case study on the "political animal" in early modern Europe
Author(s):KAINULAINEN, JaskaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The aim of my thesis is to present an intellectual biography of Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623) by researching three different but intertwining sides in his intellectual activities: natural philosophy, religion and politics. My ...
Title:Passions and the German Enlightenment: The political thought of J.H.G. von Justi
Author(s):NOKKALA, Ere PerttiDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis is the first comprehensive interpretation of J.H.G. von Justi’s political and international thought. It demonstrates that the intellectual world of Justi was much more diverse and open than has previously been ...