Title:Bridging Politics and Science: The Concept of Social Engineering in Sweden and the USA, Circa 1890-1950
Author(s):MARKLUND, CarlDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation aims to problematize the historical concept of “social engineering.” In historiography, social engineering is usually understood as the application of scientific theory to political and social practice. ...
Title:Bridging the Baltic Sea: Networks of resistance and opposition during the Cold War era
Author(s):STÖCKER, Lars FredrikDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Located at the point of intersection of Northern, Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltic Sea Region has historically been a setting of an, at times, vivid exchange between the shores of the small inland sea. Challenging ...
Title:Britain and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1945-63 : a metropolitan perspective
Author(s):HEINLEIN, FrankDate:1999Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Examine the views of the Empire and Commonwealth held by British policy makers during the two decades after World War II, arguing that the institutional framework of the formal and informal empire and the Commonwealth was ...
Title:Building Borders: The regulatory framework for the management of the external borders of the European Union
Author(s):RIJPMA, Jorrit J.Date:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis, starting from the premise that territorial borders retain their importance in public international law, examines in detail the EU's regulatory framework for the management of its external borders. It will argue ...
Title:Building EU Trade Governance. The European Commission and Non-State Actors in External Trade in Services Policy
Author(s):LIETAERT, MatthieuDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis contributes to the literature on EU studies by analysing how and why the European Union adopted a new trade agenda in the mid-1990s that departed from previous policies. While the EU was focused largely on its ...