Title:Schools of Democracy: How ordinary citizens become competent in participatory budgeting institutions
Author(s):TALPIN, JulienDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:A widespread theme pervades both political theory and the social sciences, in which participation in certain types of democratic institutions could create a more competent, active and public-spirited citizenry. While the ...
Title:The Scope of EU Fundamental Rights: An analytical approach
Author(s):HANCOX, EmilyDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI LLM thesesAbstract:The scope of EU fundamental rights is in a general state of confusion. This thesis takes an analytical approach to the case law, focuses on how the Court of Justice has conceptualised cases dealing with fundamental rights. ...
Title:Seeking the Political Role of the Third Government Branch: A comparative approach to high courts in Central America
Author(s):MARTINEZ BARAHONA, ElenaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Until recently, Courts were not an important component of political science research on Latin America. The quantity of research on the judiciary does not compare even remotely to the vast literature on others institutions. ...
Title:Selection, appointment and redeployment of senior Commission officials
Author(s):FUSACCHIA, AlessandroDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:After the fall of the Santer Commission in 1999, the new college undertook an in-depth internal administrative reform under the political leadership of Romano Prodi and Neil Kinnock. One big chapter of this reform dealt ...