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Title: How Caste Works: Forging new identities in a Punjabi ex-untouchable community in Catalonia, Spain Author(s): LUM, Kathryn Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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, Frank Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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, Donatella Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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, Michele Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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: Human rights clauses : unraveling the pattern of implementation Author(s): SANTOS MOORE, Carla Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Ideas, rules, and agency: Public bureaucrats and the evolution of family policies in Hungary and Poland Author(s): SZELEWA, Dorota Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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, Jonathan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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: Identity, norms, and German foreign policy :the social construction of Ostpolitik and European Monetary Union Author(s): ENGELMANN-MARTIN, Daniela Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Ideologia libertaria y movilización clandestina: El anarquismo español durante el franquismo (1939-1975) Author(s): ROMANOS FRAILE, Eduardo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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: Il concetto di regno nel pensiero dello Pseudo Ecfanto : Le fonti e i trattati peri basileias Author(s): SQUILLONI, Antonella Date: 1988 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Il giusto, il bene e le differenze: il conflitto dell'aborto: un dilemma privato tra discorso pubblico, relazioni di genere e teorie della democrazia Author(s): CALLONI, Marina Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Il problema della rappresentanza politica nel dibattito rivoluzionario inglese, francese e americano: Burke, Sieyes e Madison a confronto Author(s): CEDRONI, Lorella Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Illness as a work of thought: the emergence of a modern problem Author(s): GRECO, Monica Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: Imagining war and keeping peace? : military cultures and peace operation effectiveness Author(s): RUFFA, Chiara Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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, Sonia Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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 Anti-Immigration Parties on Mainstream Parties' Immigration Positions in the Netherlands, Flanders and the UK 1987-2010: Divided electorates, left-right politics and the pull towards restrictionism Author(s): DAVIS, Amber Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: The rise of anti-immigration parties across Western Europe has put enormous pressure on mainstream parties to adapt their competitive strategies. This thesis tests the hypothesis that mainstream parties have reacted to the ...

Title: The impact of EU conditionality upon democratisation: Comparing electoral competition and civil service reforms in post-communist Albania Author(s): ELBASANI, Arolda Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: This dissertation explores how and to what extent EU conditionality can foster democratisation in a highly problematic case such as post-communist Albania. In order to examining the phenomena of democratisation in operational ...

Title: The impact of flexibility on the dynamics of European Unification Author(s): KOLLIKER, Alkuin Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

Title: The Impact of Implementing Eastern enlargement: Changing the European Commission’s Action Capacity Author(s): HEIDBREDER, Eva Gabriele Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences Abstract: 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: The impact of party programs on voting behavior in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania : or does nationalism matter? Author(s): PENESCU, Ioana Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences

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