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Title: War : the constitution of the totalitarian body Author(s): MUSABEGOVIC, Senadin Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: War by Images: From Kosovo to Afghanistan Author(s): DE FRANCO, Chiara Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In the most classical way and a less than original strategy in International Relations, this research is about power, the sources of power, and power relations. However, the unit of analysis is all but classical; on the ...

Title: Waving the European flag in a Southern European welfare state: Factors behind domestic compliance with European social policy in Portugal Author(s): ADÃO E SILVA, Pedro Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis aims to analyse how three different instruments of European social policy with different convergence capacity have been implemented in one member state (Portugal) and try to understand the factors that explain ...

Title: We are the peace process : Oslo implementation and Israeli-Palestinian joint committees from 1994 to 2001 Author(s): SANTORO, Simona Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

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: Welfare state e decentramento in Italia: Le politiche socio-assistenziali negli anni settanta Author(s): FARGION, Valeria Date: 1986 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: The Welfare State we're in: Organisations of the unemployed in action in Paris and Berlin Author(s): ZORN, Annika Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The following thesis looks at the contentious action of the unemployed in Paris and Berlin. The thesis investigates the role of local organisations of the unemployed in contentious activities. More specifically, it looks ...

Title: Welfare state, labour force and families : a comparative and historical study of Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden Author(s): GRATTAN, Sarah Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Western Europe and the breakup of Yugoslavia : a political failure in search of a scholarly explanation Author(s): LUCARELLI, Sonia Date: 1998 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: On June 26, 1991, after some 46 years without a war in Europe, violent conflict erupted in the territory of what used to be the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It took more than four years of atrocities before a ...

Title: Western Europe's dual system of foreign affairs : the EC and ECP Systems and their Coherence after Single European Act Author(s): MONAR, Joerg Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: What drives entrepreneurs?: A study of business formation by young people in Poland and Ireland Author(s): KRZYZANOWSKA, Olga Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Extant research that explores the motivations for self-employment has tended to focus on the motivational determinants of men’s self-employment decisions or that of the general population and there is a distinct lack of ...

Title: What has happened to the women's movement? Organisational dynamics and trajectories of feminist organisations in Milan and Berlin Author(s): DEL GIORGIO, Elena Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Although beginning from the more general question 'What has happened to the women’s movement?', the more precise research questions this thesis addresses are: 'how and why do feminist organisations style their organisations ...

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: What is international stability? : towards revitalising an abused concept Author(s): MCCARTHY, Patrick A. Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This text attempts to halt and roll back the confusion surrounding the concept of international stability. It is based on the premise that if we cannot agree upon what constitutes a stable international system, then we ...

Title: What nations are, how they think : transformation and diffusion of the ideas of national character' and national traditions of thought in France, 1860-1920 Author(s): TERRIER, Jean Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: When scientists turn to the public: alternative routes in science communication Author(s): BUCCHI, Massimiano Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Wherever it raises its ugly head : anti-racism and the public political culture of the nation state : a political sociology of European anti-racist discourse and praxis Author(s): LENTIN, Alana Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses

Title: Why do Spanish young people stay longer at home than the French?: the role of employment, housing and social policies Author(s): JURADO GUERRERO, Teresa Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This is an in-depth, cross-national comparative study of living arrangements of young people in Europe. It compares France and Spain and proposes a theoretical framework for understanding international variations in young ...

Title: A Widening Generational Divide? Assessing the Age Gap in Voter Turnout Between Younger and Older Citizens Author(s): SMETS, Kaat Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis departs from the observation that in some countries such as Canada the age gap in voter turnout between younger and older citizens is widening. It does so because of a rapid turnout decline among the youngest ...

Title: Wider Europe. The influence of the EU on neighbouring countries: The case of Russia and Ucraine Author(s): MELONI, Gabriella Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The EU has engaged in the promotion of an unprecedented process of policy export which involves not only candidates to enlargement, but also a wide range of countries beyond the Union’s present and future expected (at least ...

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