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Title:Report on citizenship law : Togo Author(s):OFFERMANN, MichaelDate:2022Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; GLOBALCIT; Country Report; 2022/06; [Global Citizenship]Abstract:This report discusses citizenship in Togo. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans regarding citizenship policy.
Title:Kidnapping for ransom : gangs threaten civil peace in Sweidaالخطف للفدية: العصابات تهدّد السلم الأهلي في السويداء Author(s):AHMAD, NizarDate:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2022/15; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract: are required to survey, lure and detain victims for long periods, this organised criminal activity has become highly profitable for gangs. It poses a serious threat to civil peace in Sweida, with clashes threatening to ...
Title:Tribal ‘sulh’ and the politics of persuasion in volatile southern Syria Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah
; EZZI, Mazen
Date:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/04; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:Over the last few years, increasing political and criminal violence has dominated narratives emerging from Daraa and Sweida governorates in southern Syria. In their own localities, however, local notables have not been ...


Title:Salafism : challenged by radicalization? : violence, politics, and the advent of post-Salafism Author(s):BLANC, Théo
; ROY, Olivier
Date:2021Citation:
- San Domenico di Fiesole : European University Institute, 2021
Type:BookSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:In academic and political discourses on radicalization Salafism is routinely identified as the ideological breeding-ground of violent Jihadism and terrorism in both Western and Middle Eastern contexts. It is not clear ...




Title:The Druze of Sweida : the return of the Regime Hinges on regional and local conflicts Author(s):AL-LABABIDI, MahmoudDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/12Abstract:Since 2011, the Druze of Sweida have witnessed a state of chaos and anxiety, a decline in the role of the middle class and their traditional and political leaders, and serious exposure to regional interference. In early ...
Title:Discursive movement politics of the crisis : frames, 'subjects' and cultures of sociopolitical contestation : a comparative analysis of the anti-austerity and pro-democracy mobilizations of Greece and Spain Author(s):XANTHOPOULOU - DIMITRIADOU, Parthena
Date:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The financial crisis of 2008, which plunged the global economy into unprecedented recession caused a dramatic downturn in economic activity and exceptionally increased political instability. In the years of the crisis civil ...

Title:From the American dream to the Mexican nightmare : how US border control enforcement and migratory policies are fueling violence in Mexico Author(s):ALONSO NORMA, Francisco Guillermo
Date:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation analyzes the connection between Mexican out-migration to the US and Mexico’s ongoing internal wars during the process of US securitization and criminalization of undocumented migration. Until now Mexico’s ...

Title:A theory of civilian noncooperation with armed groups : civilian agency and self-protection in the Colombian civil war Author(s):MASULLO JIMENEZ, JuanDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This study deals with the collective roles that civilians come to play in the context of civil war. Concretely, it documents and analyzes a little studied pattern of civilian agency: civilian noncooperation with armed ...
Title:Secularism, constitutionalism and sovereignty : a critical investigation into the role of limiting religion in governance Author(s):DATAR, Darshan
Date:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI LLM theses; Department of LawAbstract:Liberal democracies are currently being scrutinized for their radical restrictions of religious practice. The liberal states have embarked on a new agenda to limit religion to ensure that the public sphere is free from ...

Title:Treading diverging paths : donor proliferation and aid transparency in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates Author(s):LESTRA, MartinDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation explains the diversity of multilateral paths followed by similar small rentier states in the international realm. Why do some states commit to multilateralism by signing legally binding treaties, participating ...