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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-03-02)
·lel als canvis en el context polític. Al llarg de la tesi s'empra una àmplia varietat de fonts I mètodes de recerca: Anàlisi de fonts documentals i literatura secundària, metodologia Q i anàlisi ...
Solé Truyols, Montse (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)
The link between pensions and work is established at human rights level through social security contributions. The extent to which this link is strengthen is set in the national designs of social ...
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 ...
Swenson, Benjamin J. (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
During the Peninsular War (1808-1814) the Spanish launched an unprecedented guerrilla insurgency that undermined Napoleon’s grip on that state. The advent of this novel and illegal “system” of warfare ...
Gili Ferré, Ricard (Date of defense: 2017-12-22)
Aquesta recerca es focalitza en el tractament periodístic que els mitjans de comunicació realitzen d’un determinat projecte polític i com, de retruc, aquest tractament contribueix a legitimar-lo o ...