De le Court, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
Over the last 30 years, European Welfare States have been subjected to a process of transformation within the context of globalization, political and societal changes. This work centers on the legal ...
Ruiz Muñoz, Dolores (Date of defense: 2013-02-28)
The general objective of this dissertation was to study the state of sexual and reproductive health of the Spanish population in reproductive age, especially focusing on individual and contextual ...
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, ...
Holesch, Adam (Date of defense: 2016-11-31)
In this PHD thesis I answer the question: “What holds a multinational state together?” by analyzing the political developments in the Spanish “State of Autonomies”. The results show that among the ...
Rangel Hilt, Thomas Alexander (Date of defense: 2007-09-14)
Se ha escrito mucho sobre la valoración de derivados financieros, pero no se ha estudiado tanto las razones, los costes, las ventajas y el impacto económico de su uso. Esto es sorprendente dada la ...
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 ...
Comellas Bonsfills, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2022-03-11)
This PhD dissertation adds to the literature that studies affective polarisation in comparative perspective. Citizens of democracies around the globe express substantive levels of hostility towards ...
Llorens DeCesaris, Gerard (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
This thesis explores the interconnections between the U.S. and the Spanish Empire in the late 19th century, adopting an approach that departs from the traditional historical narratives that have considered ...
Ribera-Almandoz, Olatz (Date of defense: 2019-12-09)
This doctoral thesis studies the ways in which resistance and self-organisation have emerged in the sphere of social reproduction in the post-2008 global financial crisis context. It argues that social ...
Ramon Vegas, Xavier (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)
This dissertation has examined to what extent six prestigious newspapers (The Guardian/The Observer, The Daily Telegraph/The Sunday Telegraph, The New York Times, The Washington Post, El País and La ...