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Title:Rhythms of class : socio-economic disparities and peer dynamics in secondary school choice Author(s):ZWIER, Dieuwke
Date:2025Citation:Amsterdam : Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2025, PhD thesis, ICS Dissertation series ; 349Type:BookAbstract:Schools tend to be segregated based on socio-economic status (SES), raising concerns about unequal educational opportunities and the broader impact on civic engagement and social cohesion. A key factor contributing to ...
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Title:Liberal roots of far right activism : the anti-Islamic movement in the 21st century Author(s):BERNTZEN, Lars Erik
Date:2020Citation:Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2020, Routledge studies in extremism and democracyVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2018Type:BookAbstract:This book explores the anti-Islamic turn and expansion of the far right in Western Europe, North America and beyond from 2001 and onwards. Driven by terror attacks and other moral shocks, the anti-Islamic cause has undergone ...
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Title:Dehumanization in the global migration crisis Author(s):DE RUITER, Adrienne Desirée
Date:2024Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2019Type:BookAbstract:What can we learn about dehumanization from the global migration crisis? In reporting on the hardships that refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants face, scholars, journalists, commentators, and displaced persons ...
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Title:Educational quality and inequality : the interplay between schools, families, and genes Author(s):STIENSTRA, Kim
Date:2024Citation:Utrecht : Utrecht University, 2024, PhD thesisType:BookAbstract:In many countries, the quality and equality of education are under pressure. Investigating the relationship between three key elements that shape pupils’ performance – schools, families, and genes – is essential to understand ...
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Title:The welfare workforce : why mental health care varies across affluent democracies Author(s):PERERA, Isabel
Date:2025Citation:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025, Cambridge studies in comparative politicsType:BookAbstract:The Welfare Workforce is a thought-provoking exploration of mental health care in the United States and beyond. Although all the affluent democracies pursued deinstitutionalization, some failed to provide adequate services, ...