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Title: Alterglobalism in Postsocialism: A study of Central and Eastern European activists Author(s): PIOTROWSKI, Grzegorz Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Alterglobalism in Postsocialism. A Study of Central and Eastern European Activists' is a doctoral thesis that presents the development and the characteristic of the Global Justice Movement in Poland, the Czech Republic and ...

Title: Individual Transnationalism and EU Support: An empirical test of Deutsch's transactionalist theory Author(s): KUHN, Theresa Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Recent trends of euroscepticism seriously challenge Deutsch’s transactionalist theory that increased transnational interactions trigger support for further political integration. While transnational interactions have indeed ...

Title: Measuring and Explaining Accountability: A comparative study of independent agencies Author(s): KOOP, Christel Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Operating at arm’s length of the political process, independent agencies are exempted from the accountability mechanisms inherent in the ministerial hierarchy. Alternative accountability instruments are, therefore, often ...

Title: Being Moral: Moral competence and the limits of reasonable doubt Author(s): HERMANN, Julia Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In this thesis, I argue that we should conceive of morality as a set of overlapping practices and of moral knowledge first and foremost as the competence to participate in these practices. On the basis of a Wittgensteinian ...

Title: The Institutionalization of Party Systems in East Central Europe: Explaining variation Author(s): CASAL BÉRTOA, Fernando Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation aims at providing an answer to the question of how party system institutionalization occurs and why it varies so much across countries, through a comparative analysis of the process of party system ...

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: Europe as an Issue Dimension in the Party Politics of the Central East European Candidate States Author(s): STRATULAT, Corina Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis focuses on political party discourses and developments vis-à-vis European integration in the former CEE candidate states for EU membership, with particular attention to the case of Romania. Exploring the domestic ...

Title: Changes from below : intergovernmental politics in democratizing federations Author(s): FERREIRA DO VALE, Hélder Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Who are more powerful in a federation, national or subnational politicians? As the cases of democratic Brazil, Spain and South Africa show, there is no straightforward answer to this question. As the power of politicians ...

Title: Caring Migrants in European Welfare Regimes: The policies and practice of migrant labour filling the gaps in social care Author(s): VAN HOOREN, Franca Janna Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This study analyses the role of migrant workers in social care and the policy responses to this phenomenon in Italy, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In contrast to previous research on migrant care work, this study ...

Title: Party Responses to Social Movements: A comparative analysis of Italy and The Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s Author(s): PICCIO, Daniela Romeé Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The independent and spontaneous mobilization of social movements during the late 1960s challenged political parties in their very fundamental function of political linkage and has often been deemed a symptom of a crisis ...

Title: The Symbolic Value of Descriptive Representation: The case of female representation Author(s): ESPÍRITO-SANTO, Ana Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Most of the studies on political underrepresentation have tried to explain the factors that account for the underrepresentation of some groups in political power. The present research project focuses on the link between ...

Title: Utopia In Social Movements: A cross-national comparison of the political consumerist movement in France and the United Kingdom Author(s): BOSSY, Sophie Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This research investigates an often forgotten aspect of collective action, its imaginary dimension, by focusing on an overlooked concept: utopia. According to me, utopia is both a form of discourse and a set of particular ...

Title: To Liberalise or Not to Liberalise? Explaining European shipbuilding policy Author(s): WU, Po-Kuan Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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 ...

Title: Unions in Hard Times. Labour Market Politics in Western Europe: Two Patterns of Reform Author(s): DAVIDSSON, Johan Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: How can we understand labour market reforms in the era that has been described as governed by retrenchment and austerity? This thesis proposes that the patterns of reform that can be seen in Europe can be explained by the ...

Title: The Pension Dilemma in Italy, Germany and Sweden: A Common Challenge, Different Outcomes Author(s): SCHØYEN, Mi Ah Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation is about public pension systems, intergenerational redistribution and welfare state change. The aim is to enhance our understanding of how national pension systems have evolved and how welfare states react ...

Title: Myths and Reality of EU Policy Processes and Interest-Groups Participation. Why are interest groups not as successful as they would like to be? Author(s): ROZBICKA, Patrycja Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Some interest groups, when referring to their participation in EU policy processes, summarize their experience thus: ‘We are more and more consulted but less and less heard’. While the governance concept in general, and ...

Title: How Caste Works: Forging new identities in a Punjabi ex-untouchable community in Catalonia, Spain Author(s): LUM, Kathryn Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis is an ethnographic study of an ex-untouchable group from the Punjab region of India known as the Ravidassias. Its aim is twofold: on the one hand to elucidate the mechanisms of caste in social life and in ...

Title: Patterns of Change. A Study of the Relation Between Political Participation and Institutions Author(s): PETERS, Yvette Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis aims to explain levels and changes in levels of political participation through institutions and institutional change. Three general trends have been distinguished; a decline in ‘representative’ participation, ...

Title: Overcoming division in Bosnia and Cyprus : the limits of international intervention Author(s): RUGE, Majda Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The thesis provides a critical assessment of international involvement in the task of postconflict state consolidation of Bosnia and Cyprus. It aims to account for the inconsistent record of success of international actors ...

Title: Importing the American way of war? : the adoption of network-centric warfare by the British and German armed forces Author(s): WIESNER, Ina Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the adoption of network-centric warfare (NCW) by two military organisations – the British and the German Armed Forces – in the first decade of the 21st century. NCW stands for the ...

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