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Title: Party Responses to Social Movements: A comparative analysis of Italy and The Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s Author(s): PICCIO, Daniela Romeé Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The independent and spontaneous mobilization of social movements during the late 1960s challenged political parties in their very fundamental function of political linkage and has often been deemed a symptom of a crisis ...

Title: Path-dependency or Convergence? The emergence of labour market institutions in the media production industries in the UK and Germany Author(s): BAUMANN, Arne Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This study compares labour market institutions and their emergence in the media production industries of Great Britain and Germany. The two principal institutions examined are vocational education and training patterns on ...

Title: Patterns and Dynamics of European Subnational Governance: Institutional Transformations in Hungarian Micro-regional Associations 1990-2006 Author(s): KELLER, Judit Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This research represents a longitudinal study of changing patterns of governance in six microregions in Hungary. Its findings indicate that the dominant trend was a move from a nonhierarchical mode of governance, including ...

Title: Patterns of associational life in Western Europe, 1800-2000: A comparative and historical interpretation Author(s): FERNANDES, Tiago Luis Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation addresses the problem of the sources of associational life and civic engagement. I develop a new theory of the origins of associational life by a comparative historical study of popular sector/lower class ...

Title: Patterns of Change. A Study of the Relation Between Political Participation and Institutions Author(s): PETERS, Yvette Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis aims to explain levels and changes in levels of political participation through institutions and institutional change. Three general trends have been distinguished; a decline in ‘representative’ participation, ...

Title: Patterns of consolidated democracies : Europe and Latin America compared Author(s): SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q. Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation investigates the successes and failures in consolidating those democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20th century. The theoretical approach developed ...

Title: Patterns of policy evolution in the EU: The case of research and technology development policy Author(s): CITI, Manuele Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The literature on the policy-making of the European Union (EU) has trouble understanding the long-term evolution of EU policies. While numerous accounts exist that analyze EU policies from a historical, analytical-descriptive ...

Title: Patterns of Transnationalization and Regulatory Change Beyond the EU: Explaining cross-sectoral variation in Ukraine Author(s): LANGBEIN, Julia Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis seeks to explain cross-sectoral variation in convergence with EU rules in countries outside the EU that lack regulatory capacities and democratic development. In contrast to accounts predominant in the ...

Title: Peace-building in Bosnia: Putting theory into practice Author(s): DZIEWULSKA, Agata Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: The Pension Dilemma in Italy, Germany and Sweden: A Common Challenge, Different Outcomes Author(s): SCHØYEN, Mi Ah Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation is about public pension systems, intergenerational redistribution and welfare state change. The aim is to enhance our understanding of how national pension systems have evolved and how welfare states react ...

Title: Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: Legislation, implementation and sustainability Author(s): GUARDIANCICH, Igor Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The study analyses the legislation and implementation of pension reforms in four Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. By comparing the political economy of their ...

Title: Perfection as performance : inquiry into the social construction of the idea of perfection Author(s): MANTL, Margaret Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Philosophies of integration: the theory and practice of ethnic minority policies in France and Britain Author(s): FAVELL, Adrian Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: A philosophy of political myth Author(s): BOTTICI, Chiara Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this dissertation Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Bottici demonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on a basic narrative pattern that responds to a need for ...

Title: A Philosophy of Restraint: Justice and Pluralism in the New Theory of Political Liberalism Author(s): ROSAS, Joao Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this dissertation I analyse and criticise the recent theory of political liberalism of John Rawls and Charles Larmore. Furthermore, I sketch an alternative solution to the challenge which this theory confronts. The main ...

Title: The place of ethnic identity : Greek Albanian families and their contemporary immigrant experience in a Greek city neighbourhood Author(s): VEIKOU, Mariangela Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: The pledge to secrecy : culture, structure and action of Mafia associations Author(s): PAOLI, Letizia Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Cosa Nostra e 'Ndrangheta sono fratellanze segrete e polifunzionali composte ciascuna da un centinaio di famiglie. Queste ultime si fondano su rapporti di parentela artificiali creati attraverso una cerimonia di affiliazione. ...

Title: The plurality of truth : a critique of research on the state and European integration Author(s): OJANEN, Hanna Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Policy implementation as incomplete contracting : the European regional development fund Author(s): McALEAVEY, Paul Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: A Political Bond in Europe Author(s): WHITE, Jonathan Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis explores a new way to conceptualise political community in the contemporary European context. Its point of departure is the normative debate concerning the type of collective bond feasible and desirable as an ...

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