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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 ...

Title:Voicing outrage, contending with austerity : mobilisation in Spain under the Great Recession Author(s):PORTOS GARCÍA, Martín
Date: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 ...

Title:Good apples on bad trees : explaining variation in levels of corruption in South-European local government Author(s):DRÁPALOVÁ, EliškaDate:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Since 1996, when James D. Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, called corruption a cancer and declared a war against it, we have seen only partial victories. The phenomenon of corruption presents exceptional ...
Title:The structuring effect of electoral competition Author(s):WEBER, TillDate:2011Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2011
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Democratic politics are structured by elections. Governments come and go, campaigns come and go, policies come and go, and so forth. In representative democracy, the mere existence of elections strongly alters the behavior ...
Title:Governance of online creation communities : provision of infrastructure for the building of digital commons Author(s):FUSTER MORELL, MayoDate:2010Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2010
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This doctoral research is framed by the notion of a transition in which distinct commons organizational forms are gaining in importance at a time when the institutional principles of the nation state are in a state of ...
Title:In the corridors and in the streets : a comparative study of the impacts of social movement campaigns in the EU Author(s):PARKS, LouisaDate:2009Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2009
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This doctoral thesis aims to trace the impacts of campaigns carried out by coalitions of social movement organisations in the transnational arena of the EU. In order to accomplish this task, an original approach to process ...
Title:Multiple media practices in Italian mobilizations against precarity of work Author(s):MATTONI, Alice
Date: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 ...
