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 ...
Title:The moral economy of welfare states : Britain and Germany compared
Author(s):MAU, SteffenDate:2002Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The welfare state can be regarded as the major institutional arrangement of western societies that contributes to a socially accepted allocation of resources amongst the members of a given society. It is a means by which ...
Title:Multi-level Party Politics in Italy and Spain
Author(s):WILSON, AlexDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis undertakes an empirical exploration of multi-level party politics in Italy and Spain since the 1990s, with a particular focus on the regional level of party organisation and electoral competition. It finds that ...
Title:Multidimensional poverty and social exclusion in Europe: A cross-national perspective
Author(s):TOMASZEWSKI, WojciechDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The main scope of this dissertation is the analysis of multidimensional poverty and social exclusion in Europe from a cross-national perspective. The multidimensional approach means that in addition to income, other more ...