Title:The Political Independence of Public Service Broadcasters
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis, I demonstrate that the degree of political independence that a public service broadcaster has depends on the degree of legal protection given to it, and on the size of the market for news in that country. ...
Title:The Politics of a Policy: Framing European security and defence policy
Author(s):KUROWSKA, XymenaDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis enquires into the making of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) from the perspective of the actors endorsing and contesting the policy. By identifying the political milieu of the policy, it seeks to ...
Title:The politics of policy change :education and environmental policy in the Belgian communities and regions
Author(s):DE RYNCK, StefaanDate:2000Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Regional government has become a fashionable topic of analysis, but the impact of regional autonomy on public policy has so far received little attention. In this book, Stefaan De Rynck examines how the creation of regional ...
Title:The Politics of Preparation: Delegated decisions, arguing and constitutional choice in Europe
Author(s):REH, ChristineDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This project investigates a ubiquitous yet under-studied phenomenon in national, European and global politics: delegated preparation, defined as those negotiations through which civil servants or experts "pre-cook" political ...