Paneque Martin, Andreu (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)
This thesis is focused on studying the causes and consequences of political professionalisation, by analyzing empirically the cross-country differences. Despite the literature claiming that political ...
Huidobro Torres, Alba (Date of defense: 2022-07-15)
This Ph.D. dissertation examines the extent to which the personal characteristics of political leaders affect their political ambition and government formation processes. While the literature shows ...
Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
of nationalism (and if so, which) are more defensible than others according to current normative understandings of nationalism, and what are the implications of that for the political organization of ...
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 ...
Schmid, Dominique (Date of defense: 2023-12-13)
Worldwide, the number of forest carbon offsetting projects has been increasing rapidly over the past decade. Advocates of these projects frame them as a triple-win by allowing continued economic growth ...
Özdemir, Gülce Şafak (Date of defense: 2023-11-23)
QCA) is used to analyze 13 European cities, identifying necessary and sufficient conditions for municipal activism. Local alliances between the local government and local civil society organizations and ...
Soler Pastor, Elia (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
This dissertation explores the structure and impacts of culturally diversifying experiences, on a series of intra- and interpersonal outcomes. It extends prior research by using diverse conceptualizations ...