SPS Theses: Recent submissions
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Title:Manufacturing consensus : the domestic politics of foreign and security policy Author(s):GHINCEA, Georgian-MariusDate:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The conventional American adage that “politics ends at the water’s edge” is no longer taken for granted across the democratic world. Political parties and domestic actors actively contest foreign and security policy, ...
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Title:Speaking law, whispering politics : mechanisms of resilience in the Court of Justice of the European Union Author(s):BREKKE, Stein Arne Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The Court of Justice of the European Union (cjeu) has inched closer to being a truly supranational court than any other tribunal in history. Through key doctrinal innovations and a steady dialogue with national courts, it ...
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Title:Constructing the European Union's budget : origins, continuities, and consequences Author(s):BREUER, Johanna Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The European Union's budget is a transfer budget, unlike the budget of a fiscal (federal) state. Its role is to maintain a level of equality between member states and to sustain the functioning of the single market. But ...
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Title:A theory of legitimation in civil war : the justification of power and governance in the Colombian conflict Author(s):MINATTI, Wolfgang Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:When the rebel group FARC started to govern the rural communities of Santa Rosa and Buenavista in central Colombia in the 1990s, both communities thought the rebels to be legitimate. Yet, by the mid-2000s, despite similar ...
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Title:The effects of political regimes on school quality and learning outcomes Author(s):RAFAILOVA, Diana Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Democracies invest more in mass education and have higher school enrollment and attendance compared to autocracies, but prior research has not found a positive relationship between democracy and average student achievement. ...