Programa de Doctorat en Ciències Polítiques i Socials: Recent submissions
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Women in executive office in advanced industrial democracies : presence, portfolios and post-ministerial occupation
This thesis is focused on women in executive office. Whereas the literature on women's political representation in national parliaments is now well established, analyses of women in cabinets are rather limited. The ...
The social roots of Sub-Saharan African migration to Europe: networks, resources and context
This dissertation explores the social determinants of international migration between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe from approximately 1970-2008. The study begins by focusing on Senegalese migration to Europe (France, ...
Buying peace: amnesty as a tool in ending civil wars
This thesis examines the use of amnesty as a tool for ending civil wars. The thesis is innovative in its focus on amnesties during civil wars and their impact on conflict termination. I examine the conditions under which ...
The European politics on language for immigrant integration: a multilevel comparative perspective
This PhD thesis analyzes the conceptual frames underpinning discourses on language for immigrant integration to understand their rationale, evolution and structuring effects. Analyzed from a multilevel perspective – state ...
The relationship between political participation and life satisfaction: causal and contextual analysis
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, the existing ...
Examining investment in natural gas infrastructure: governability, policy and regulatory analysis in qualitative perspective
This thesis consists of three articles that study qualitatively investment in natural gas infrastructure with emphasis on regulatory governance, regulatory and energy policies and governability using different research ...
Les actituds lingüístiques dels joves universitaris de Barcelona i Palma
En aquesta tesi ens centrarem en les actituds i les ideologies lingüístiques, dos dels factors que influeixen en la tria lingüística. La disciplina que s’ha encarregat d’estudiar quins motius fan que un parlant esculli una ...
Political parties and immigrant associations: alliances in the presence of politicized immigration conflicts at the local level: a comparative study
La presente tesis doctoral investiga la formación de alianzas entre partidos políticos y asociaciones de inmigrantes en presencia de conflictos politizados sobre inmigración a nivel local. Esta investigación incorpora la ...
Minority nations, political parties and immigration
The thesis is a compilation of three articles that explore the relationship between immigration and minority nations. It focuses on Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties (SNRP) through the lens of the centre periphery ...
Gobernanza transnacional en las relaciones con origen de los inmigrantes: Cataluña en perspectiva
Esta tesis se centra en el debate de las relaciones transnacionales de los inmigrantes con sus países de origen. La aproximación es a través del análisis de actores en los países de destino, tanto públicos como privados, ...
Studies in support for democracy
Citizen support for democratic rule is considered by many scholars as a necessary condition for the consolidation and stability of democratic systems. This dissertation studies support for democracy from three different ...
Are you ready now for another child?: life satisfaction, work-family trajectories and the progression to the second child
This thesis aims to study the relationship between fertility and subjective wellbeing in a sample of Australian couples (source: HILDA 2001-2009), followed from the year of the pregnancy with the first child. In particular, ...
The social mechanisms of political intermediation: three essays on the causes and consequences of political discussion
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’ attitudes and ...
La difusión de Programas de Transferencia Condicionada en América Latina 1990-2010
Los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas (PTC) tienen como objetivo la superación de la pobreza proveyendo efectivo a los hogares de bajos ingresos, a condición de que las familias utilicen determinados servicios de ...
Cultural and structural explanations of fertility : the Spanish case at the beginning of the 21sr century
Esta tesis analiza la natalidad en España a principios del S.XXI. Incluye tres capítulos empíricos sobre el impacto de los factores culturales sobre la natalidad, el impacto de los factores estructurales y culturales ...
Measuring the content of national identities and political mobillization through identity saliency
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, this thesis presents ...
Cautious inference : random life course events of parents and children in context
Esta tesis aborda el tema de los experimentos naturales o políticos que afectan el curso de la vida de padres e hijos y de las limitaciones de inferencia en tales experimentos. El primer trabajo "A non-linear Assessment ...
Federalism and the creation of new states : justifying internal secession
This thesis addresses the creation of new states within federal arrangements – particularly federations - and their justification in liberal democratic contexts. It is presented as a set of three cumulative articles. The ...
Male unpaid work and female employment trajectories : a dynamic analysis
This thesis analyzes whether there is an interdependence, at the intra-couple level, between men’s housework and childcare participation and women’s employment and economic position. The first empirical paper examines ...
Moral and political legitimacy of secession : a theoretical and comparative analysis
This doctoral thesis examines the legitimacy of secession in the context of liberal democracies. This is a recent debate in political theory since secession has been an excluded issue by liberal theories of democracy. ...
