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 ...
Title:Multiple media practices in Italian mobilizations against precarity of work
Author(s):MATTONI, AliceDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The dissertation addresses the general question of how social movements interact with the media in contemporary, media-saturated societies. The basic assumption is that visibility in the media is crucial to become recognized ...