Browsing SPS Theses by Title
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Title:Explaining the Politics of Compliance ad hoc justice in Serbia and Croatia Author(s):RAJKOVIC, Nikolas MilanDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis attempts to explain the erratic record of compliance with EU and US demands for ‘full cooperation’ with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY): where both Serbia and Croatia sometimes ...
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Title:Exploring Individual Motivation for Social Change: Mobilization of the Muslim brotherhood’s youth in prerevolutionary Egypt Author(s):POLJAREVIC, EminDate:2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract: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:Exploring leader effectiveness: the presidency of the European Commission Author(s):BOUCHER, SimonDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:Faith and citizenship among the Nur community in Turkey : a study in Islamic socio-political imagination Author(s):TEDESCO, Maria ConcettaDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Through an ethnographic study of sohbet meetings and patterns of civic and political engagement of the Nur community in Turkey, this thesis examines the processes through which Islamic socio-political imaginaries are ... -
Title:Families in migration through the gender lens : a study of Polish transmigrants in Ireland Author(s):MUSZEL, MagdalenaDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis tries to determine the impact of transnational family migration on the gendered division of labour and power dynamics between the couples either entrenching inequalities and traditional roles, or challenging ... -
Title:Family and politics : the enduring influence of the parental home in the development and transmission of political ideology Author(s):VAN DITMARS, Mathilde MariaDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:How does the family influence citizens’ political ideology, and what role do family dynamics and structure play in this process of political socialization? As society and family forms are changing, this study provides new ...
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Title:Family cultures : residential independence and family ties of university students in Italy and Germany Author(s):LÜTZELBERGER, ThereseDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:European societies differ in the role that family relations have in the life of their members, for example, in the provision of care, in work relationships and in living arrangements. While southern European societies can ...
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Title:Fertility in time of economic crisis : the Great Recession effects on childbearing in the United States Author(s):COMOLLI, Chiara LudovicaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation addresses the effects of the Great Recession on childbearing, focusing in particular on how economic and employment insecurity affects the transition to first birth in the United States. Chapter II offers ...
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Title:Fog in Channel : continent obscured an examination of the European dimension of Scottish and English education and culture policies Author(s):TAYLOR, KatherineDate:2002Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2002Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:Foreign investment in contemporary Russia : the problem of managing capital entry Author(s):KUZNETSOV, Andrei I.Date:1992Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1992Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:The formation of a 'European political elite'? : the British in the directly-elected European Parliament,1979-1992 Author(s):WESTLAKE, MartinDate:1992Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1992Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:Forms of secularism and the nature of European integration Author(s):MATLAK, MichalDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The objective of this dissertation is to shed further light on the nature of European integration by examining the relationship between religion and politics throughout the whole process. The thesis aims at answering the ...
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Title:The fragility of liberty : a reconstruction of republican citizenship Author(s):MOURITSEN, PerDate:2001Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2001Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Historical memoiy is often short, but we all recall the great experience of the popular revolutions in East Central Europe, The collapse of state-socialism had tremendous repercussions all over the world, and a large number ...
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Title:Framing the public : three case studies in public participation in the governance of agricultural biotechnology Author(s):HANSEN, JanusDate:2005Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2005Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Ideas about public engagement with controversial technologies are growing in political prominence. This dissertation delivers a theoretically grounded, empirical analysis of why active public involvement is considered to ...
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Title:Freedom of religion in Turkey between secular and Islamic values : the situation of Christians Author(s):BEYLUNIOGLU ATLI, Anna MariaDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Freedom of religion has been a delicate issue since the foundation of the Turkish Republic, despite the principle of secularism stated in the country’s constitution since 1937. This is especially evident in considering the ...
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Title:French and German foreign policy with regard to Israel-Palestine, 1998-2005 Author(s):LLORCA, SébastienDate:2007Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Palestine between 1998 and 2005. Special attention is also drawn to the period of Sharon’s mandate and the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2001-2005). The thesis has two main objectives. The first is to draw a clearer picture of the ...
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Title:From Bismarck to benchmark : German federal administration at the cross-roads Author(s):RESEN, Ole MortenDate:2000Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2000Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:From ethnicity to religion : the shifting identities of young Muslims in Britain and France Author(s):HASHMI, NadiaDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:From leadership to cooperation : the role of Turkish state in bargaining with foreign investors in the 1980s Author(s):LEANDER, AnnaDate:1997Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1997Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:From monopoly to competition : institutional reforms and the compatrative analysis of pricing policies in British and French telecoms :1980-2000 Author(s):SEROT, AlexandreDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences