Browsing EUI Theses by Title
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Title:Partisan, not ignorant : citizens' use of arguments and justifications in direct democracy Author(s):COLOMBO, CélineDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:A competent citizenry is the key to the legitimacy of direct democratic decisions, but just how competent are citizens in direct democracy? Understanding how citizens reason and how they make their decisions is ever more ... -
Title:Party development and party collapse : the case of Union de Centro Democratico in Post-Franco Spain Author(s):HOPKIN, JonathanDate:1995Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1995Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Title:The party politics of participatory governance : EU environmental policy and the domestic management of water and marine sustainability Author(s):GAMBERT, SylvainDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The regulation of water and marine resources is undergoing profound structural transformations under the conceptual influence of policy integration and community-based approaches. Including environmental considerations at ...
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Title:Party Responses to Social Movements: A comparative analysis of Italy and The Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s Author(s):PICCIO, Daniela RomeéDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The independent and spontaneous mobilization of social movements during the late 1960s challenged political parties in their very fundamental function of political linkage and has often been deemed a symptom of a crisis ...
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Title:Pass back the parmesan! : the United States/European Union clash over geographical indication protection Author(s):HAWATMEH, Barbara A.Date:2005Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2005Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI LLM theses; Department of Law
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Title:Passing the Buck: state responsibility for the conduct of private military companies Author(s):HOPPE, CarstenDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis analyzes whether and how international law can ensure that states relying on Private Military or Security Companies [PMSCs/contractors] to provide certain coercive services in armed conflict or occupation, ...
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Title:Passions and the German Enlightenment: The political thought of J.H.G. von Justi Author(s):NOKKALA, Ere PerttiDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis is the first comprehensive interpretation of J.H.G. von Justi’s political and international thought. It demonstrates that the intellectual world of Justi was much more diverse and open than has previously been ...
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Title:Path-dependency or Convergence? The emergence of labour market institutions in the media production industries in the UK and Germany Author(s):BAUMANN, ArneDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This study compares labour market institutions and their emergence in the media production industries of Great Britain and Germany. The two principal institutions examined are vocational education and training patterns on ...
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Title:Paths towards modernity :intellectuals and the contextualization of socialism in the Balkans Author(s):DIMOU, AugustaDate:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and Civilization
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Title:Patrimonial strategies of crime control : an enquiry into the general evolution and human rights implications of international and European criminal law initiatives regarding the financing of terrorism, money, laundering, confiscation, asset freezing, and associated detection mechanisms Author(s):GODINHO, Jorge Alexandre FernandesDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Law
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Title:Patrimonio : il bene storico e l'identità locale nell'Italia centrale (1860-1909) Author(s):TROILO, SimonaDate:2004Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and Civilization
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Title:Patrimonios aristocráticos y fronteras jurídico-políticas en la Monarquía Católica : los pleitos de la Casa de Pastrana en el siglo XVII Author(s):TERRASA-LOZANO, AntonioDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and Civilization
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Title:Patterns and Dynamics of European Subnational Governance: Institutional Transformations in Hungarian Micro-regional Associations 1990-2006 Author(s):KELLER, JuditDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This research represents a longitudinal study of changing patterns of governance in six microregions in Hungary. Its findings indicate that the dominant trend was a move from a nonhierarchical mode of governance, including ...
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Title:Patterns of associational life in Western Europe, 1800-2000: A comparative and historical interpretation Author(s):FERNANDES, TiagoDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation addresses the problem of the sources of associational life and civic engagement. I develop a new theory of the origins of associational life by a comparative historical study of popular sector/lower class ...
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Title:Patterns of Change. A Study of the Relation Between Political Participation and Institutions Author(s):PETERS, YvetteDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis aims to explain levels and changes in levels of political participation through institutions and institutional change. Three general trends have been distinguished; a decline in ‘representative’ participation, ...
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Title:Patterns of consolidated democracies : Europe and Latin America compared Author(s):SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q.Date:2004Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2004Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation investigates the successes and failures in consolidating those democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20th century. The theoretical approach developed ...
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Title:Patterns of policy evolution in the EU: The case of research and technology development policy Author(s):CITI, ManueleDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The literature on the policy-making of the European Union (EU) has trouble understanding the long-term evolution of EU policies. While numerous accounts exist that analyze EU policies from a historical, analytical-descriptive ...
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Title:Patterns of Transnationalization and Regulatory Change Beyond the EU: Explaining cross-sectoral variation in Ukraine Author(s):LANGBEIN, JuliaDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis seeks to explain cross-sectoral variation in convergence with EU rules in countries outside the EU that lack regulatory capacities and democratic development. In contrast to accounts predominant in the ...
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Title:Pautas de consumo y diferenciación social en la Cataluña preindustrial : una sociedad en transformación a partir de los inventarios post-mortem Author(s):MORENO CLAVERIAS, BelenDate:2002Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2002Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and Civilization
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Title:Peace without agency? : the emergence and persistence of peacebuilding as a depoliticized practice Author(s):WARNECKE, AndreaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Since the early 1990s, building peace in war torn societies has emerged as a new field of international practice. Given its ad hoc mode of development, this new field of practice has been characterised by considerable ...