Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS)
The Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) specializes in comparative politics, sociology, political and social theory and international relations.
Across Department research programmes, there is a common emphasis on integrating leading theories with empirical findings and on developing policy responses to ongoing social and political developments within Europe at all levels, the national, the sub-national and the transnational.
Selected collection: SPS Open Access Publications
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SPS Working Papers
SPS Working Papers series (ISSN 1725-6755)
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Title:Reconfiguring the social contract : individual outcomes and welfare state evolution in post-industrial societies Author(s):AUMAITRE BALADO, Ariane
Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:Over the past few decades, welfare states have undergone significant transformations to address the emergence of new social risks, spurred by profound changes in the socioeconomic landscape. This evolution has been driven ...
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Title:Financial activism against the neoliberal backdrop : tracing institutional variation in development finance in east-central Europe Author(s):OELLERICH, Nils Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:The last decade bears witness to increasing financial activism: various governments react to the shortcomings of de-regulated financial markets by becoming active as market participants themselves. This is no less true in ...
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Title:The effect of parental separation on educational achievement : an instrumental variable analysis Author(s):GRÄTZ, Michael; HARKONEN, Juho Date:2024Citation:Social science review, 2024, Vol. 122, No. 103404, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Parental separation is associated with a range of negative outcomes for children experiencing it, and there is ongoing scholarly and public interest in whether these associations reflect causal effects of parental separation. ...
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Title:The rotating European Union council presidency and small member states : small states, big challenge Author(s):GRUMBINAITE, IevaDate:2024Citation:Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2024, Small state studiesVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2020Type:BookAbstract:The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. While the functions ...
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Title:Social investment reform in Europe : from policy adoption to design and implementation Author(s):BALLANTYNE, Steven James Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:In this thesis I investigate processes of social investment reform in Europe. The four empirical chapters respond to several research questions. Chapters 2 and 3 contribute to the literature on the determinants of welfare ...
