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Title: Inherited Conflicts: Spaces of contention between second-generation Turkish and Kurdish diasporas in Sweden and Germany Author(s): BASER, Bahar Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis aims to contribute to a broader understanding of spill-over of homeland conflicts the host country by diaspora groups and analyses how the repercussions of the Kurdish question in Turkey are reflected in the ...

Title: What is Democracy to Citizens? Understanding perceptions and evaluations of democratic systems in contemporary Europe Author(s): FERRÍN PEREIRA, Mónica Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The object of this thesis is Europeans’ orientations to democracy. It is argued in this dissertation that an important variable has been missed in the literature, namely, citizens’ cognitive support for democracy. By ...

Title: A Living Tradition: The Holy See, catholic social doctrine, and global politics, 1965-2000 Author(s): STUMMVOLL, A. Alexander Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this thesis I explore the question of how the Holy See translates its own normative vision into concrete diplomatic practice. Drawing upon Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘living tradition’, I argue that Catholic ...

Title: Law as Ouroboros Author(s): VASCONCELOS VILAÇA, Guilherme Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Despite law’s many failures, we see it being deployed everywhere both at the domestic and the international level. This thesis approaches that puzzle and attempts to provide a better understanding of the role of law in ...

Title: Nationality, Citizenship and Ethno-cultural Membership: Preferential admission policies of EU Countries Author(s): DUMBRAVA, Costica Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this thesis, I analyse justifications for preferential admission to citizenship based upon ethno-cultural grounds. My point of departure is the puzzling observation that, in matters of membership, states not only ...

Title: A Threatening Horizon? Social concerns, the welfare state and public opinion towards Europe Author(s): BEAUDONNET, Laurie Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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: Economic Disadvantage in Central and Eastern Europe: What difference does social assistance make? Author(s): AVRAM, Silvia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The present study analyses the impact of social assistance programs on poverty, broadly construed as economic disadvantage, in eight Central and East European countries during the mid-2000s. It does that by examining ...

Title: Competing Ideas: The religious foundations of the German and Italian welfare states Author(s): HIEN, Josef Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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: 'We, the People' vs. 'We, the Peoples': The debate over the nature of the union in the USA and Canada and its lessons for European integration Author(s): MANN, Dennis-Jonathan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Dennis-Jonathan Mann’s thesis contributes to a growing body of literature that uses the framework of comparative federalism to “make sense” of the European Union. On an empirical level, the thesis contrasts the EU discourse ...

Title: Local Markets, Global Rules: Different pathways to capital market standardization in Poland and the Czech Republic Author(s): MARKIEWICZ, Olga Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis seeks to explain the variation in pathways to the convergence with transnational standard in capital market governance in two countries from Central and Eastern Europe / Poland and the Czech Republic. Although ...

Title: Creating 'the Self' by Outlawing 'the Other'? EU foreign policy sanctions and the quest for credibility Author(s): HELLQUIST, Elin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The European Union (EU) turns increasingly to negative sanctions - a classical tool of international relations and the sharpest expression of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP) - in response to a variety ...

Title: Contesting territories in Southeastern Europe : the politics of regionalism in Dalmatia, Istria, Sandžak and Vojvodina Author(s): STJEPANOVIC, Dejan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The main aim of this thesis is to provide a better understanding of the varied outcomes of regionalist politics in the four historic regions of contemporary Croatia and Serbia. The primary objective of the thesis is to ...

Title: Using Historical Experience: The British Army and the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan Author(s): SANGAR, Eric Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This PhD explores some of the ways in which the British and German Armies have used historical experience in their process of operational adaptation in Afghanistan. Historical experience is conceptualized as a body of ...

Title: Regulating Social Membership and Family Ties: Policy frames on spousal migration in Germany Author(s): BLOCK, Laura Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Migration policy-making in liberal democracies has long been explained by highlighting how “liberal constraints” compel governments to respect individual rights when devising migration policies. Family-related migration ...

Title: Exploring Individual Motivation for Social Change: Mobilization of the Muslim brotherhood’s youth in prerevolutionary Egypt Author(s): POLJAREVIC, Emin Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Islamist activism is on the rise across the Middle East and North Africa. In the light of the post-revolutionary elections in Egypt and Tunisia, Islamist parties are sweeping the polls supported by the overwhelming majority ...

Title: Digital Inequalities as Class Inequalities? A comparison of youth in advanced societies in-and outside Europe Author(s): DRABOWICZ, Tomasz Piotr Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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: Government, Opposition and the Strategies of Adaptation of National Parties to European Integration: A comparative study Author(s): PETITHOMME, Mathieu Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis deals with the ways distinct types of parties in government or in opposition have adapted their strategies of competition to handle EU integration. The thesis draws on data from four countries – Britain, France, ...

Title: A Veto Players' Games? Comparing and explaining domestic coordination regarding the European Union in Germany and Denmark Author(s): DAGNIS JENSEN, Mads Christian Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: What are the key determinants behind how member states develop positions for the negotiations in the Council of the European Union? This is the major question that this thesis seeks to answer. In order to develop negotiation ...

Title: Three Studies on the Sources and Consequences of Social and Cultural Capital among European Adolescents Author(s): PROKIC-BREUER, Tijana Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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: Towards an Improved Measure of Income Inequality. The impact of public services on income distribution: An international comparison Author(s): VAALAVUO, Maria Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The main objective of this doctoral thesis is to examine how public services impact on inequality in income distribution in fourteen European countries. In other words, it investigates how adding the monetary value (equalling ...

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