Martini, Sergio (Date of defense: 2017-02-06)
This work is set around three empirical papers concerned with the political foundations and consequences of trust among people. The first one addresses the question of how trust evolves and whether this ...
Gil-Porquet, Fernando (Date of defense: 2019-03-08)
By examining the framing that political actors made of the upcoming landmark LOAPA, Rumasa and abortion decisions issued by the Spanish Constitutional Court between 1980 and 1983, its influence on public ...
Vrânceanu, Alina (Date of defense: 2018-11-14)
This PhD dissertation is interested in the mass-elite linkages in the context of the immigration issue. It examines, on the one hand, factors likely to influence party responsiveness to public opinion ...
Mariani, Giulia (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
This dissertation employs a multi-method research design to analyze the political and discursive opportunities for gradual institutional change in the case of marriage equality in the American states. ...
Bonet Porqueras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)
This thesis is a contribution to the empirical research on national identities, nationalism, and political participation, from an individual level perspective of analysis and using survey data. First, ...
Murgia, Pamela (Date of defense: 2018-11-08)
Hamas, acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement, is a political movement that was founded in 1987 and has, since 2007, been in charge of the Gaza Strip. The movement was initially characterised by a ...
Hübscher, Iris (Date of defense: 2018-06-27)
their uncertainty. The third study uses a forced-choice paradigm to assess children’s understanding of a speaker’s politeness presented in audio only, video only and audio-visual formats. Results show ...
Bietti, Lucas Manuel (Date of defense: 2011-07-20)
Esta tesis propone un enfoque socio-cognitivo para analizar procesos discursivos de memoria autobiográfica y colectiva. Esta nueva perspetiva interdisciplinaria en estudios de memoria integra teorías ...
Ponsa Herrera, Francesc (Date of defense: 2014-02-18)
Els think tanks ―fenomen essencialment nord-americà o, per extensió, anglosaxó― s’han estès en els països desenvolupats com actors polítics rellevants en la proposició i definició de polítiques públiques. ...
Bianculli, Andrea C. (Date of defense: 2010-12-21)
institutional setting, our study argues that these different trade agendas generate diverse policy dynamics. <br/>Findings show that the variation in the scope of the agenda, the uncertainty of political ...