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Title:Opening the urban 'black box' : the role of the local context in the mobilisation of urban movements Author(s):SUBIRATS, Anna
Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis analyses urban protest actions in the context of austerity urbanism in Southern Europe, attempting to better understand the conditions that lead to the mobilisation of urban protestors. To date, the literature ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:Voicing outrage, contending with austerity : mobilisation in Spain under the Great Recession Author(s):PORTOS GARCÍA, MartínDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis deals with the Spanish cycle of protest in the shadow of the Great Recession. It has a twofold aspiration. On the one hand, from a process-based approach, it seeks to unravel the timing of the cycle of contention ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Voting advice applications and electoral participation : a multi-method study Author(s):GARZIA, Diego 
; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.; DE ANGELIS, AndreaDate:2017Citation:
- Political communication, 2017, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 424-443
Type:ArticleAbstract:Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) help users casting a vote by offering an explicit ranking of viable options. The wide amount of readily available information provided by VAAs to users has been shown to contribute to ...
; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.; DE ANGELIS, AndreaDate:2017Citation:
Title:The Amazon's last pioneers : the rise and fall of Volkswagen's development project in the Brazilian rain forest (1973-1986) Author(s):ACKER, AntoineDate:2014Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2014
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis explores the rise and decline of the farming project Vale do Rio Cristalino, run by Volkswagen in the Amazon from 1973 to 1986. This large-scale development project was built within the framework of a colonization ...
Date:2014Citation:
Title:Multiple media practices in Italian mobilizations against precarity of work Author(s):MATTONI, AliceDate:2009Citation:
- Florence, European University Institute, 2009
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The dissertation addresses the general question of how social movements interact with the media in contemporary, media-saturated societies. The basic assumption is that visibility in the media is crucial to become recognized ...
Date:2009Citation: