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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:Great expectations : a sociocognitive perspective on attitudes toward immigrants Author(s):NOYON, Sanne Maria
Date:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Why is there so much variation in attitudes toward immigrants? Research consistently shows that people with lower socioeconomic status and education levels display more negative attitudes toward immigrants and that there ...

Title:Citizens' knowledge of parties' left-right and EU integration conflicts : the role of cognition, affect, and political parties Author(s):SICZEK, TomaszDate:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In representative democracies citizens are supposed to be well-informed about what parties do and say. Such information helps voters to choose parties and candidates which are likely to promote their interests in political ...
Title:A Mughal munšī at work : conflicts and emotions in Mustaʿidd Ḫān's Maʾāsir-i ʿĀlamgīrī : a narratological investigation Author(s):KULKE, Tilmann
Date:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:Aurangzīb has generally been described as a Mughal villain, who, through his intolerant religious policy and temple destructions, ushered in the empire’s later downfall. This negative image also stains Mustaʿidd Ḫān (died ...

Title:Exploring individual motivation for social change : mobilization of the Muslim brotherhood’s youth in prerevolutionary Egypt Author(s):POLJAREVIC, EminDate:2012Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2012
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Islamist activism is on the rise across the Middle East and North Africa. In the light of the post-revolutionary elections in Egypt and Tunisia, Islamist parties are sweeping the polls supported by the overwhelming majority ...
Title:User-generated knowledge through legal ontologies : how to bring the law into the Semantic Web 2.0 Author(s):FERNÁNDEZ-BARRERA, MeritxellDate:2011Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2011
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis presents a study of the epistemological and cognitive assumptions which currently underlie knowledge acquisition for legal ontology engineering. The hypothesis is that such assumptions might have a qualitative ...
Title:Do you feel European? : a social psychological view on European identity Author(s):GARIB, GeethaDate:2006Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2006
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences
Title:The power to promote and to exclude : external support for Palestinian civil society Author(s):CHALLAND, BenoîtDate:2005Citation:
- Florence, European University Institute, 2005
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The dissertation explores international aid given by western donor agencies to Palestinian NGOs earmarked as civil society promotion. It aims to study the discourse of civil society at work, and the impact of die use of ...