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Title: Power Analysis as a Critique of Power Politics: Understanding power and governance in the second Gulf war Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Power and Gestalt of political concepts: A study of the emergence, nature and self-understanding of the Europe Union Polity Author(s): BALLI, Volker Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis proposes a new way of addressing two central questions in the study of the European Union: What is the nature of the European Union as a political entity and how does it emerge? The point of departure is the, ...

Title: The power of initiative: Framing legislative policy conflicts in the European Union Author(s): DAVITER, Falk Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis asks how the framing of policy issues in EU legislative politics influences the way issues are processed, how it affects which interests play a role during policy drafting and deliberation, and what type of ...

Title: The Power to Promote and to Exclude: External Support for Palestinian Civil Society Author(s): CHALLAND, Benoît Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Power under Contract: Domestic political constraints and military privatization in the United States and the United Kingdom Author(s): CUSUMANO, Eugenio Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The increasing provision of military support functions such as logistics and armed security by private military and security companies (PMSCs) is often conceptualized as a functional response to new operational, financial ...

Title: The power-politics of counterproliferation: The United States and the nuclear non-proliferation regime (1993-2006) Author(s): BRUNE, Sophie-Charlotte Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: How has the United States sought to shape its unipolar moment since the end of the Cold War? Has Washington’s liberal hegemonic leadership proved resilient or are we witnessing a shift towards an imperialist approach to ...

Title: The Pragmatics of Academic Writing: Frameworks and approaches for the contrastive analysis of two research article introductions in English and Italian Author(s): OWTRAM, Nicola T. Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: University College thesis

Title: Pratiche ed esperienze di consumo : palestra, disciplina e cultura del corpo Author(s): SASSATELLI, Roberta Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: The praxis of political mobilization : a sociological inquiry into public campaigns of social movement organizations Author(s): LAHUSEN, Christian Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Preference heterogeneity and equilibrium institutions: The case of European competition policy Author(s): KARAGIANNIS, Yannis Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: One characteristic of European competition policy is its complex governance structure. On the one hand, the European competition regulator has always enjoyed a high degree of formal autonomy from national governments. On ...

Title: Presidential democracies and regional integration : an institutional approach to Mercosur (1985-2000) Author(s): MALAMUD, Andres Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Pressing matters : environmental organisations, public communication strategies and media discourse in contemporary Britain Author(s): STATHAM, Paul Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Preventing ethnic conflict, securing ethnic justice? The Council of Europe, the EU and the OSCE high commissioner on national minorities' use of contested concepts in their responses to the Hungarian minority policies of Hungary, Romania and Slovakia Author(s): SKOVGAARD, Jakob Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis analyses the policies aimed at influencing the situation of the Hungarian minorities in Romania and Slovakia undertaken by three European organisations, the Council of Europe, the EU and the OSCE High Commissioner ...

Title: Principles, Interests and Beliefs: Public opinion on international aid Author(s): BØLSTAD, Jørgen Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Why do some individuals show more support for international aid than others? And are people in donor countries less supportive of the idea of aid than those in recipient countries? These are the primary questions motivating ...

Title: The problems of post-Soviet regime change : dynamic and static elements of the Georgian regime 1989-2001 Author(s): WHEATLEY, Jonathan Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: The progress and the paralysis of European foreign policy: A learning model for the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) of the European Union in internationals relations Author(s): DAHL, Martin Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Promises and limits of web-deliberation Author(s): KIES, Raphaël Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this work we will attempt to evaluate which of these scenarios is most likely to become prominent in the future by focusing essentially on three issues: 1) the usage of the online forum by observing how diffuse the ...

Title: Promoting Democracy Abroad: The EU and Latin America, 1995-2005 Author(s): TRISCRITTI, Fiorella Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Since the 1980s an increasing number of international actors have been promoting democracy worldwide using different methods and instruments. However, despite initial successes, many of these newly created democracies ...

Title: Protecting Exporters: discrimination and liberalization in transatlantic trade relations, 1932-2003 Author(s): DÜR, Andreas Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The liberalization of transatlantic trade relations since the Great Depression is one of the key developments in the global political economy of the last hundred years. This period has seen the negotiated reduction of both ...

Title: Public office-private rewards: the dynamics of material reward systems for legislatorsa comparative study of material rewards for legislators in the Netherlands and Belgium Author(s): BRANS, Marleen Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

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