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Title:Public policy and inequality in higher education Author(s):GEVEN, Koen
Date:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Policy-makers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce inequality in higher education. But what is the size of this problem? How does public policy affect inequality, if it at all? And what actually works to reduce ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Why incumbents survive : authoritarian dominance and regime persistence in Russia Author(s):SKULKIN, IgorDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Why do incumbents in electoral authoritarian regimes retain power? This study seeks to answer this fundamental question by linking electoral fraud and sincere voting for the incumbent with incumbent’s distributive politics ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:2017 : Europe's bumper year of elections Editor(s):LAFFAN, Brigid; CICCHI, LorenzoDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:BookSeries/Number:[European Governance and Politics Programme]Abstract:On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the European University Institute’s Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies hosted its inaugural conference “2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of ...
; CICCHI, LorenzoDate:2018Citation:
Title:Explaining and Assessing Independence: National competition authorities in the EU member states Author(s):GUIDI, MattiaDate:2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This Ph.D dissertation aims at answering two questions, which are closely related to each other: 1. How do politicians decide about the independence they give to regulatory agencies? 2. Is there a link between the amount ...
Date:2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This Ph.D dissertation aims at answering two questions, which are closely related to each other: 1. How do politicians decide about the independence they give to regulatory agencies? 2. Is there a link between the amount ...
Title:International norms and local agents in peacebuilding : small arms control in post-war Kosovo and Cambodia Author(s):THOLENS, SimoneDate:2012Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2012
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Finding that existing theories of International Relations have problems explaining why international Small Arms Control programmes succeed or fail, this thesis explores internationally driven micro-disarmament processes ...
Date:2012Citation:
Title:Does Independence Affect Regulatory Performance? The case of national competition authorities in the European Union Author(s):GUIDI, MattiaDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/64Abstract:Despite having always been assumed to be true, a relationship between the independence of regulatory agencies and their performance has never been formally tested. This paper aims at verifying whether formal regulatory ...
Date:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/64Abstract:Despite having always been assumed to be true, a relationship between the independence of regulatory agencies and their performance has never been formally tested. This paper aims at verifying whether formal regulatory ...