Title:Taking People As They Could Be: A defence of ideal political theory
Author(s):EFTHYMIOU, DimitrisDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The object of this thesis is to defend ideal political theory from a series of objections that question its theoretical and practical soundness. My preliminary thesis is that ideal political theory is theoretically as well ...
Title:Those Who Came and Those Who Left: The territorial politics of migration in Scotland and Catalonia
Author(s):ARRIGHI DE CASANOVA, Jean-ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Whilst minority nationalism and migration have been intensely studied in relative isolation from one another, research examining their mutual relationship is still scarce. This dissertation aims to fill this gap in the ...
Title:A Threatening Horizon? Social concerns, the welfare state and public opinion towards Europe
Author(s):BEAUDONNET, LaurieDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:European integration challenges the social boundaries of nation states and this phenomenon is not without consequences for individual attitudes. Within public debate, the impact of European integration on the welfare states ...
Title:Three Studies on the Sources and Consequences of Social and Cultural Capital among European Adolescents
Author(s):PROKIC-BREUER, TijanaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation has two main themes. First, it studies the role of social and cultural capital in educational achievement from a comparative perspective. Second, it investigates determinants of social trust among ...
Title:To Liberalise or Not to Liberalise? Explaining European shipbuilding policy
Author(s):WU, Po-KuanDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Why did European member states agree to liberalise an industrial sector by decreasing the level of state aid allocated to it? In this thesis, I aim to research the neglected study of the European shipbuilding industry from ...