Defence date: 4 July 1988
Examining board: Prof. Ian Budge, Univ. of Essex ; Prof. Joseph Lee, Univ. College, Cork ; Prof. Jean Blondel, E.U.I., Florence ; Dr. Ferdinan Muller-Rommel, Hochschule Lüneburg ; Prof. Derek Urwin, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry