Defence date: 2 December 2005
Examining board: Michael Keating, European University Institute, Florence ; Colin Crouch, Institute of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School ; Francesc Morata, Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Andy Smith, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur la Vie Locale, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux