Title:Gnostic wars : the cold war in the context of a history of Western spirituality
Author(s):ROSSBACH, StefanDate:1997Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this unique exposition of important and yet often neglected developments in the history of Western spirituality, Stefan Rossbach reminds us of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the Cold War era, drawing ...
Title:Governance of Online Creation Communities: Provision of infrastructure for the building of digital commons
Author(s):FUSTER MORELL, MayoDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This doctoral research is framed by the notion of a transition in which distinct commons organizational forms are gaining in importance at a time when the institutional principles of the nation state are in a state of ...
Title:HIV, mortality and the self
Author(s):RINKEN, SebastianDate:1996Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD theses
Title:How Caste Works: Forging new identities in a Punjabi ex-untouchable community in Catalonia, Spain
Author(s):LUM, KathrynDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis is an ethnographic study of an ex-untouchable group from the Punjab region of India known as the Ravidassias. Its aim is twofold: on the one hand to elucidate the mechanisms of caste in social life and in ...
Title:How International Actors Interact: Explaining China's engagement with the EU, 2002-2007
Author(s):GAENSSMANTEL, FrankDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates how Chinese decision-makers deal with the complexities of EU foreign-policy making. Which of the many entities within in the EU, among Brussels-based institutions and in member states, do they ...
Title:How voters process information: an inquiry into the formation of electoral preferences
Author(s):CAMPUS, DonatellaDate:1997Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:L'aumento dell'astensionismo elettorale, fenomeno oggi attuale in Italia così come in molti altri paesi occidentali, e più in generale lo scarso interesse dei cittadini verso la politica generano dubbi e perplessità ...
Title:Human Rights and the City: Anti-discrimination laws and policies in New York and Barcelona
Author(s):GRIGOLO, MicheleDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates the political and legal dimensions of human rights policies enacted by cities in order to respond to one main research question: how are these policies enacted and what is their outcome? Drawing ...
Title:Ideas, rules, and agency: Public bureaucrats and the evolution of family policies in Hungary and Poland
Author(s):SZELEWA, DorotaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The starting point for the thesis is the striking difference between the mixes of family policies in the two post-communist countries: Hungary and Poland. I argue that Poland can be best viewed as a case of implicit ...
Title:Identification and the Politics of Information Security
Author(s):BRIGHT, JonathanDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract: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 ...
Title:Ideologia libertaria y movilización clandestina: El anarquismo español durante el franquismo (1939-1975)
Author(s):ROMANOS FRAILE, EduardoDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Este trabajo examina el conjunto de creencias, valores e ideas políticas de los libertarios que en España se movilizaron contra la dictadura franquista entre 1939 y 1975. La tesis principal de la investigación es la ...