Title:Comparative Pathways of Belarus and Ukraine (1991-2007)
Author(s):PIKULIK, AlexeiDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis explains the divergent outcomes in the evolution of political and economic institutions in two neighboring countries : Belarus and Ukraine between 1991 and 2007. Beyond the principal focus on these two pathways, ...
Title:Competing Ideas: The religious foundations of the German and Italian welfare states
Author(s):HIEN, JosefDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates the influence of political Catholicism and Catholic social doctrine on the evolution of the continental European welfare regimes. Paradoxically it finds that the doctrine had less influence on the ...
Title:Contested Caricatures: Dynamics of Muslims claims-making during the Muhammad caricatures controversy
Author(s):LINDEKILDE, Lasse E.Date:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The publication of the twelve Muhammad caricatures in a Danish newspaper in September 2005 led to the first large scale mobilisation and prolonged intervention in the public debate by Muslims in Denmark. This dissertation ...