Title:The digital challenge : national governments and the control of the Internet
Author(s):GIACOMELLO, GiampieroDate:2001Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Over the last decade, the Internet has transformed how information can be made available-it is now used to transfer information about things as varied as financial transactions and celebrity gossip and to link and coordinate ...
Title:Digital Inequalities as Class Inequalities? A comparison of youth in advanced societies in-and outside Europe
Author(s):DRABOWICZ, Tomasz PiotrDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation merges two streams of research hitherto rarely mixed together: class analysis and digital inequality studies. It also focuses on the comparative research of adolescents from advanced societies – a social ...
Title:Digital politics divide : the digital divide in building political e-practices
Author(s):CALDERARO, AndreaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This study explores the relation between Internet and politics from a cross-national perspective of analysis. In the domain of the political sciences, the Internet has been welcomed for its potential to facilitate political ...
Title:Discourses and counter discourses: The Islamic headscarf in the French and German public spheres
Author(s):AMIR-MOAZAMI, SchirinDate:2004Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Ausgehend von den anhaltenden Debatten um das islamische Kopftuch in staatlichen Bildungseinrichtungen Deutschlands und Frankreichs analysiert Schirin Amir-Moazami die Logiken der Diskursproduktion über den Islam und bringt ...
Title:Do Deliberative and Participatory Processes Matter? Crafting trust in political institutions
Author(s):NIELSEN HASSING, JulieDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Why do people trust certain political institutions and not others, and how best to account for trust’s relationship with democratic participation? This dissertation focuses on the relationship between democratic participation ...
Title:The Domestic Impact of Europe: Institutional adaptation in Germany and Spain
Author(s):BORZEL, Tanja A.Date:1999Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Tanja Borzel argues that the effect of Europeanization on the politics and institutions of the EU's member states depends on the degree of conflict between European and domestic norms and rules. The thesis examines the ...