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 ...
Title:Imagining war and keeping peace? : military cultures and peace operation effectiveness
Author(s):RUFFA, ChiaraDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Why do similar armies deployed in the same peace mission with a similar level of material resources behave differently? Why are they effective in different ways? According to conventional wisdom, an army’s material resources, ...
Title:Immigrant Political Mobilisation in Portugal and Italy
Author(s):PIRES, SoniaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Political mobilisation of immigrants has been a subject of research throughout Europe with different sorts of approach. In this thesis, we make a revision of the extensive literature on the issue. Several perspectives have ...
Title:The Impact of Implementing Eastern enlargement: Changing the European Commission’s Action Capacity
Author(s):HEIDBREDER, Eva GabrieleDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:How does policy implementation impact on the institutionalised capacities of political agents? This question about the link between policy-making and institutional development lies at the heart of the study. It is inspired ...
Title:An Imperative to Adjust? Skill formation in England and Germany
Author(s):WENTZEL, JoachimDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation deals with education systems and the change observed within them alongside changes in the wider political economy. The research is conducted by way of a comparative case study of England and Germany, two ...