Perarnaud, Clément (Date of defense: 2021-07-29)
How do differences in the informal capabilities of Member States impact their bargaining success at the EU level? Based on new datasets collected via 145 semi-structured interviews with national negotiators ...
Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-03-02)
El nacionalcatolicisme franquista, ha sigut substituït per un patriotisme democràtic espanyol? Aquesta tesi explora, mitjançant l'anàlisi del cas espanyol, com els estats establerts promouen i dónen ...
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 ...
El-Bachouti, Mohammed Hicham (Date of defense: 2017-03-30)
Given the limitations posed on some religious practices in secular contexts, a trend of individualization, or a self-fashioned approach to religious practices, has surfaced in an emerging debate in ...
Pérez Durán, Ixchel (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
This research is a contribution to the analysis, measurement and explanation of accountability for public policies. Firstly, I develop a proposal to analyze and measure accountability for public policies. ...
Delclós Gómez-Morán, Carlos Eric (Date of defense: 2014-09-22)
Esta tesis analiza la natalidad en España a principios del S.XXI. Incluye tres capítulos empíricos sobre el impacto de los factores culturales sobre la natalidad, el impacto de los factores estructurales ...
Kent, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)
Urban design influences how we go about our lives and even how we feel about our neighbors. Using data from the Copernicus Urban Atlas, I find that residents of cities across Europe that have more ...
Anouti, Hani (Date of defense: 2018-04-16)
This thesis investigates the puzzle of why the level of discrimination against religious minorities was higher in Egypt than in Syria, and therefore why the transition from "Arab" nationalism to ...
Guinjoan Cesena, Marc (Date of defense: 2012-10-26)
According to the Duvergerian theories, only viable parties would be expected to stand for elections alone in the long run, whereas nonviable parties would be thought to join a pre-electoral coalition ...
Martínez Amat, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-09-01)
This thesis analyses the processes undergone by mainstream media during the independence debate in Catalonia, focusing on the relationship among media, their audiences and governments through different ...