Alsina Burgués, Victòria (Date of defense: 2017-12-21)
Public-private collaboration (PPC) is a phenomenon that has grown spectacularly since the early 1980s. Currently, policy-making processes usually develop in complex networks of public and private ...
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 ...
De Freitas, João (Date of defense: 2021-05-10)
This thesis explores a peculiar phenomenon of urban governance: namely, the recent rise of strategic city planning. Over the last decades, a growing number of cities adopted strategic plans that—following ...
Bespalov, Andrei (Date of defense: 2019-04-11)
In this thesis I elaborate on three reasons why religious exemptions from generally applicable laws are not publicly justifiable in a liberal democratic society. First, mere claims of the form “God says ...
Dereli, Begüm (Date of defense: 2021-11-11)
This thesis is a compilation of three articles that aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of the role of higher education in refugees’ integration by focusing on urban refugees’ experiences who ...
Sort Jané, Josep (Date of defense: 2001-12-18)
monopolitzades pels respectius executius, en detriment d'altres institucions polítiques - parlaments, partits polítics. La hipòtesi que sostinc és que, al Canadà, aquest model de relacions intergovernamentals ...
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. ...
Branchadell Gallo, Albert (Date of defense: 2003-06-04)
El objetivo de esta tesis es contribuir a la formulación de una teoría normativa de la política lingüística, entendiendo que una teoría de este tipo tiene por objeto esclarecer qué formas de política ...
Vallory i Subirà, Eduard (Date of defense: 2007-12-21)
Tradicionalment, s'ha assumit que nacionalisme i cosmopolitisme eren tendències contraposades, i que el reforç de la identitat nacional debilita el sentit de pertinença global, i a la inversa. L'anàlisi ...
Mina, Prokic (Date of defense: 2020-01-23)
The main aim of the thesis is to explain intercultural relations between immigrant and native families in the school context and how these reflect in their trust in local schools. For this purpose, I ...