Brusattin, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)
This research project assesses the role played by political sophistication in terms of itsimpact on the voters’ resort to cognitive shortcuts, with reference both to the consciousand non-conscious ...
Serani, Danilo (Date of defense: 2020-03-04)
This thesis revolves around the relationship between distrust in the main actors of political representation (political parties and politicians) and voting for anti-establishment parties (AEP). While ...
Vrânceanu, Alina (Date of defense: 2018-11-14)
This PhD dissertation is interested in the mass-elite linkages in the context of the immigration issue. It examines, on the one hand, factors likely to influence party responsiveness to public opinion ...
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 ...
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 ...
Weber, Wiebke (Date of defense: 2013-01-21)
The left-right concept is considered to facilitate communication and orientation in the political world. It has a long tradition in European politics due to its capacity to absorb different associations ...
Maldonado Hernández, Gerardo de Jesús (Date of defense: 2015-02-06)
The general purpose of this thesis is to analyse in which ways the social context—particularly, the intermediation of political information through interpersonal discussion networks—conditions citizens’ ...
Christmann, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-09-26)
This thesis analyses the sources of public evaluations of democratic regimes from a comparative perspective, a longitudinal perspective and with a case study of Spain. The main argument of the dissertation ...
Pirralha, André (Date of defense: 2016-03-11)
Is there a relationship between political participation and individual life satisfaction? The idea that political participation makes people more satisfied with their lives has long been debated. However, ...