Title:Why do People Choose to be Silent? Simulating Electoral Behaviour
Author(s):BARTHA, Eszter; WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, JoannaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper investigates opinion contagion in collective behaviour, using an extension of
Granovetter’s (1978) and Krassa’s (1988) threshold models. The theoretical background
is the spiral of silence concept developed ...
Title:Women Rulers in Europe: Agency, Practice and the Representation of Political Powers (XII-XVIII)
Author(s):CALVI, GiuliaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HECAbstract:New interpretations of state formation processes include gender as a category of historical analysis and tackle notions of royalty and royal power, focusing on regency and women as regents in the process of consolidating ...