Browsing SPS Theses by Title

Title:The European Level Development and National Level Influence of the Open Method of Coordination: The cases of employment and social inclusion Author(s):DE LA PORTE, CarolineDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis aims to understand how the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC) has developed at the European level and to explore how, and with what effect, it has influenced the EU Member States. My cases are policy areas, ...

Title:The European Union and Organized Crime: The securitization of organized crime and its embedment in the construction of a risk-based security policy Author(s):CARRAPIÇO, HelenaDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In its current discourse, the European Union depicts organized crime as a growing threat to democracy, to the functioning of markets and to the safety of its citizens. The EU’s discourse presents this phenomenon as an ...

Title:The European Union Response to Emergencies: A Sociological Neo-Institutionalist Approach Author(s):WENDLING, CécileDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Disasters can strike at any time and can be of various types: natural like the Tsunami of 2004 that left over 300,000 people dead or man-made like the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah fighters. In face of the recurrence ...

Title:The Europeanisation of French distinctiveness : European integration and the reconstruction of nation-state concepts in political discourse Author(s):ROSCHER, KlausDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:The Europeanisation of national immigration policies? : liberalising effects of EU membership in a new immigration country Author(s):MAVRODI, Georgia EUI affiliated

Date:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This study examines the impact of European integration in immigration issues on Greek immigration policy. Contrary to widely held claims that immigration policies in Europe become more and more restrictive - the well-known ...

Title:The Europeanisation of refugee policies : between human rights and internal security Author(s):LAVENEX, SandraDate:1999Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1999Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:From the beginnings of intergovernmental co-operation in the 1980s to the Amsterdam Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the developing EU refugee policies have oscillated between the conflicting policy frames of ...

Title:Europeanising the nation: minority nationalist party responses to European integration in Wales, Galicia and Corsica Author(s):ELIAS, AnwenDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:Europeanization and urban policy networks : the impact of EU programmes on cooperation around economic development in Kraków and Glasgow Author(s):SOBCZAK, AnnaDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This PhD thesis is the outcome of a research project that has analysed how EU programmes influence cooperation among local economic development actors in European cities. The focus of the research is particularly on the ...

Title:Europeanization from below? Protest against 'Fortress Europe' Author(s):MONFORTE, PierreDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This PhD dissertation concerns the processes of Europeanization of French and German associations mobilizing around the asylum issue. It seeks to analyse how these associations have been evolving since the start of the ...

Title:Europeanization through Judicial Enforcement? The case of race equality policy Author(s):HERMANIN, CostanzaDate:2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract: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 ...

Title:Europeans’ democratic aspirations and evaluations : behavioral consequences and cognitive complexity Author(s):HERNÁNDEZ, EnriqueDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis is a collection of four empirical studies that analyze Europeans’ democratic aspirations and evaluations and their behavioral implications. It is well established that most citizens support democracy in the ...

Title:Europolis : constitutional patriotism beyond the nation state Author(s):NANZ, PatriziaDate:2001Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2001Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:An evaluation of the making and functioning of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) system Author(s):GEGOUT, CatherineDate:2004Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:Evolution of social policy and the institutional definition of family models : the Italian and Spanish cases in historical and comparative perspective Author(s):NALDINI, ManuelaDate:1999Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1999Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:Evolution rather than revolution : a comparative analysis of the quality of e-democracy Author(s):OSTLING, Alina EUI affiliated

Date:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis examines the democratic advantages and challenges of e-democracy, as well as its impact. The aim is to address some of the theoretical and empirical gaps in the rapidly developing but still emerging field of ...

Title:The expansion of humanitarian NGOs Author(s):WEST, KatarinaDate:2000Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2000Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title:Explaining and Assessing Independence: National competition authorities in the EU member states Author(s):GUIDI, Mattia EUI affiliated

Date:2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract: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 ...

Title:Explaining divergence in patterns of inter-organisational collaboration among non-profit organisations in Poland and Czech Republic Author(s):GABOR, TomaszDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In this thesis I study patterns of inter-organisational collaboration among nonprofits in Czech Republic and Poland. Point of departure constitutes puzzling divergence in patterns of collaboration between these two countries. ...

Title:Explaining EU decision-making on counter-terrorism Author(s):BARROS-GARCIA, XianaDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Prior to 11 September 2001, the counter-terrorist responsibilities overseen by the European Union (EU) were relatively unimportant. Since then, however, member states have decided to engage the EU in a larger number of ...

Title:Explaining failed transitions in Algeria : when the sense of belonging to the same polity does not precede democratization Author(s):HAMLADJI, NouraDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences