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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Settore SPS/04 - Scienza Politica"”.
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Thinking Security: A Reflectivist Approach to France's Security Policy-Making in sub-Saharan Africa
… international security, decision-making, political psychology, constructivism
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The Conflict-Cooperation Nexus. Politicisation, Security and Domestic Institutions in EU-Russia Energy Relations
… failure of energy cooperation, which assume a geopolitical-realist struggle for energy resources and a priori benevolence of free markets in line with the neoliberal economic agenda respectively. The broader geopolitical approach has explained energy conflicts by structural factors of unequal …
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Under Siege: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Civil Society in Hungary
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks the US launched a macro-securitization program to combat terrorism and included government counter-terrorism measures (CTMs) that impeded on human rights and civil liberties globally. Scholarship has recently turned to the study of CTMs and their effects on civil …
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Decentralization, Democracy and Development : Examining the potential and limits of subnational empowerment
… set of interrelated economic, social, and political variables, an important conclusion has been that sustainable and inclusive development requires not only economic and social policies, but also political empowerment to foster a deliberative and participatory development process. The state …
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More than consultation: Civil society organisations mainstreaming fundamental rights in EU border management policies. The case of Frontex and its Consultative Forum
With the growing importance of agencies in the EU executive space (i.e., agencification), civil society organisations (CSOs) have increasingly direct their advocacy efforts towards EU agencies. Currently, CSOs are represented in several consultative bodies of EU agencies (e.g., FRA, EASO, and …
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Legitimate and Contested: How States Respond to International Norms
States often invoke international norms to justify their foreign policy-making. In the last twenty years, a large body of literature has shown that norms matter in international politics since they provide frameworks for legitimate international action. Nevertheless, it is often overlooked that the …
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Statebuilding versus state formation: the political economy of transition in Iraq and Libya
… between statebuilding and state formation from a political economy perspective: the emerging forms of economic governance of Iraq and Libya are illustrative of the broader problems affecting these countries. Through a process-oriented approach, this study moves beyond a narrowly-conceived …
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The Impact of European Union Asylum Policy on Domestic Asylum Policy in Germany and Britain: 1990-2007
… between these variables. Depending on the political-institutional context, the factors identify above interact with each other, resulting in differential impact of EU asylum policy on domestic policy. The thesis distinguishes between simple and compound polities, and shows how they differ …
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The World Is Broken: The Social Construction of a Global Corruption Problem
This thesis examines the social construction of a global corruption problem by introducing a methodological framework from the field of sociology and adapting it to International Relations (IR). It provides an alternative explanation for the adoption of anti-corruption instruments in the period …
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DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE IN COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVES IN THE ENERGY FIELD
… and inclusivity within their initiatives, imply political and social shifts. In this, they are related to energy democracy and justice, allowing all citizens to participate directly in the energy transition. This research inquiry analyses the reality of these initiatives, investigating whether …
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ELITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA. EXPLORATORY STUDY ON ELITES' BEHAVIOUR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOCRATIC, TECHNO-POPULIST AND POPULIST ATTITUDES
… of the main elite sectors commonly identified in political science: politics, public administration, armed forces, private businesses, mass media, academia and education and voluntary association. To these main sectors, we add those actors who are part of the religious and cultural elite (i.e. …
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More Qualifications and Less Dropout? From Compulsory Schooling to Vocational Education in Italy
Education continues to define social positions and reproduce social inequalities. Deficiencies in education may lead to disadvantages at both the individual and societal levels, and lower qualifications are usually obtained by already disadvantaged youths. One of the biggest problems in this regard …
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Integration in times of crisis. Testing Neofunctional hypotheses: a political economy investigation of crisis-led integration.
… two phenomena have captured the attention of political economists interested in European integration: the outstanding amount of new institutions, policies, and legislation which have been set in place to counter the crisis, and the rising popular rejection of the very concept of European …
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THE NEW POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
In the past years, trade politics within the European Union have seen a number of structural changes both in content and process. They range from the institutional evolution of EU’s policy-making to the expansion of its trade agenda to new issues, through the engagement of non-traditional social …
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AM I RADICAL, RIGHT? THE RADICAL RIGHT FAMILY IDEOLOGICAL OUTLOOK AND RADICAL RIGHT ATTITUDE AMONG THE PUBLIC
… (RRPs) has been one of the most studied European political phenomena in the last thirty years, producing a prolific flow of research on both the ideological outlook of the radical right party family and the characteristics of its voters. Nonetheless, the academic debate on these issues is far from …
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Minor Powers Confronting Major Powers: A Comparative Examination of the Conditions Facilitating Decisions to go to War
The political landscape of the world is constituted by states of varying degrees of influence and capability. Major powers have immense resources at their disposal, while minor powers are often constrained in terms of structure and material. Thus, for minor powers, engaging in conventional wars …
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The Actorness of the European Union in Arctic Policymaking
No longer a distant frontier, the Arctic has become a space of concerns and opportunities for the people living in the region, as well as for external actors, due to climate change and increasing possibilities to further exploit Arctic resources. The EU is present in the region through its Arctic …
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