Ptashkina, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-06-27)
This dissertation consists of two chapters studying trade agreements. The first chapter estimates the effects of preferential trade agreements on bilateral trade between their signatories. A novel ...
Cardona Valles, Mariona (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
This work argues that in mineral exploitation we encounter recurring forms of violence, referred to as “mineral violence”. This mineral violence is perpetrated by industries, armed groups, criminal ...
Gómez Díaz, Abelardo (Date of defense: 2022-11-29)
This dissertation is about ‘contamination’, or the interaction between the two built-in arenas found in mixed-member electoral systems: the single-seat district (SSD) and proportional representation ...
Silva Blanc, Luisina (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
Attention toward textile production and clothing consumption in Spanish Latin American increased during the end of the colonial period and was reflected in new regulations, newspaper articles, tighter ...
Montes Franceschini, Macarena (Date of defense: 2022-10-05)
The thesis defends the plausibility of nonhuman animal personhood from a legal and moral perspective. It offers an ecumenical defense as it argues that animals can be considered persons from very ...
Lopera Marmol, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)
Las representaciones de los trastornos mentales en las series de televisión han sido a menudo inexactas. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar la representación y la recepción de los trastornos ...
Slidders, Charles Winton (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)
Localization and Participation: Democracy from Below analyses the emerging normative value of local governance and participatory democracy. Democratic legitimacy has, historically, been of little relevance ...
Cussel, Mattea (Date of defense: 2023-01-23)
The object of study of this thesis is a special case of translation: the Anglophone literature of writers of Caribbean or Latin American origin in the United States translated into Spanish. This case ...
Mendonça, Maria Júlia Ildefonso (Date of defense: 2023-02-23)
According to the CJEU’s case law, the tax disadvantage suffered by taxpayers in a cross-border situation arising from international juridical double taxation does not constitute a forbidden obstacle to ...
Galceran-Vercher, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-12-01)
The doctoral thesis City Networks in Global Governance: Practices, Discourses and Roles analyses the implications of the revamping international activism of cities for global governance. The central ...