Title:Katholiken im Kalten Krieg : Ein Beitrag zur politischen Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1957-1983
Author(s):GERSTER, DanielDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The thesis examines how Catholics in West Germany participated in public discourses on war and peace during the major period of the Cold War (1957-1983). As a result, the study provides new insights into the transformations ...
Title:Keeping up with the Medici! Three essays on social comparison, consumption and risk
Author(s):DIJK, OegeDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates the influence of social comparison (i.e. comparing ones outcomes with others such as neighbours, colleagues, etc) on consumption and risk-taking. The first essay (joint with Robert H. Frank and ...
Title:Kon-Tiki and the postwar journey of discovery
Author(s):ANDERSSON, AxelDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:A Hero for the Atomic Age tells the story of how Heyerdahl organized an expedition to sail a balsa raft from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into ...
Title:Kosovo's juridical status
Author(s):MARUSICH BLANCARTE DE GRGIC, PaolaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI LLM thesesAbstract:Abstract not available