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Title:When elections subvert authoritarianism : failed cooptation and Russian post-electoral protests of 2011-12 Author(s):ZAVADSKAYA, Margarita EUI affiliated

Date:2017Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2017 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:One of the widely shared features of modern autocracies is the presence of democratically-designed institutions. Elections, referendums, legislatures, and parties are the essential institutions 'bydefault'. Political regimes ...

Title:Why do People Choose to be Silent? Simulating Electoral Behaviour Author(s):BARTHA, Eszter; WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, JoannaDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/26Abstract:This paper investigates opinion contagion in collective behaviour, using an extension of Granovetter’s (1978) and Krassa’s (1988) threshold models. The theoretical background is the spiral of silence concept developed ...

Title:Beneath Moral Economy: Informal assistance in early 20th century Finland Author(s):SAARITSA, SakariDate:2008Citation: Florence, European University Institute, 2008 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:The study concerns informal assistance between households as a form of social security in early 20th century Finland. Its sources consist of oral histories, tax, demographic and welfare records and household budgets. ...

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