Title:Listen carefully: democracy brokers at the European social forums
Author(s):DÖRR, NicoleDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Interested in activists’ practices of translation as a potentially innovatory method of participatory democracy in a multilingual polity like the EU, my Dissertation explores the European Social Forum (ESF) process, a ...
Title:A Living Tradition: The Holy See, catholic social doctrine, and global politics, 1965-2000
Author(s):STUMMVOLL, A. AlexanderDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis I explore the question of how the Holy See translates its own normative vision into concrete diplomatic practice. Drawing upon Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘living tradition’, I argue that Catholic ...
Title:The making of a consumer society: marketing and modernity in contemporary Italy
Author(s):ARVIDSSON, AdamDate:2000Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis, Adam Arvidsson traces the development of Italy's postmodern consumer culture from the 1920s to the present day. In so doing, Arvidsson argues that the culture of consumption we see in Italy today has its ...
Title:The making of the new EU security order: An organizational study of complex security governance
Author(s):SCHROEDER, Ursula C.Date:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The Organization of European Security Governance investigates what impact the changing nature of security challenges has had on the organization of security governance in Europe. As the most pervasive security challenges ...
Title:The measurement of freedom
Author(s):CARTER, IanDate:1993Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD theses
Title:Measuring and Explaining Accountability: A comparative study of independent agencies
Author(s):KOOP, ChristelDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Operating at arm’s length of the political process, independent agencies are exempted from the accountability mechanisms inherent in the ministerial hierarchy. Alternative accountability instruments are, therefore, often ...
Title:Media Systems and Information Environments: A comparative approach to the agenda-setting hypothesis
Author(s):SANTANA PEREIRA, JoséDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The present dissertation aims at the comparative study agenda-setting (i.e., the impact that media content has on the importance people give to several political and social issues) in Europe. The focus is set in the 2009 ...