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    ¿Hacia el fin de la administración pública burocrática? Los efectos de las TIC sobre el cambio organizativo: Los casos de Cataluña, Escocia, Emilia-Romaña y Quebec. 

    Welp, Yanina (Date of defense: 2007-10-31)

    El principal objetivo de esta investigación es examinar cómo la introducción de nuevas tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones está cambiando la estructura, funcionamiento y eficiencia de la administración pública ...

    Impact of the mode of data collection on the quality of survey questions in social sciences 

    Revilla, Melanie (Date of defense: 2012-09-26)

    This dissertation studies the impact of the mode of data collection on the quality of answers to survey questions, defined as the product of reliability and validity. Using data from the Netherlands about different topics ...

    Individualization of muslim religious practices: contextual creativity of second-generation Moroccans in Spain 

    El-Bachouti, Mohammed Hicham (Date of defense: 2017-03-30)

    Given the limitations posed on some religious practices in secular contexts, a trend of individualization, or a self-fashioned approach to religious practices, has surfaced in an emerging debate in literature dealing ...

    Instituciones y Políticas públicas en la gestión de los recursos humanos de las Comunidades Autónomas 

    Salvador Serna, Miquel (Date of defense: 2003-12-18)

    La tesis toma como objeto de estudio los procesos de surgimiento, configuración y desarrollo de los sistemas autonómicos de función pública, a partir de la aparente paradoja sobre su tendencia a converger más allá de las ...

    Integration and discrimination of Chinese ethnic minority in Spain 

    Wang, Yang (Date of defense: 2021-06-03)

    This thesis uses quantitative and qualitative analyses to explore the integration of Chinese minorities living in Spain – especially, of the second generation born or educated in the country – and the problems of discrimination. ...

    Intercultural relations and family-school trust: immigrant and native families in schools of Barcelona 

    Mina, Prokic (Date of defense: 2020-01-23)

    The main aim of the thesis is to explain intercultural relations between immigrant and native families in the school context and how these reflect in their trust in local schools. For this purpose, I analyze the relationship ...

    The Interrelationship between migration and family behaviours: internal migration within China and international migration from China to the U.S. 

    Nie, Wanli (Date of defense: 2019-10-31)

    The dissertation investigates the interrelationship between migration and family behaviours, marriage and fertility, in the Chinese context. I apply event history techniques using data from an ethno-survey, several ...

    Justicia y responsabilidad : un análisis del liberalismo igualitario 

    Queralt Lange, Jahel (Date of defense: 2012-07-09)

    Según una interpretación común, el liberalismo igualitario agrupa un conjunto amplio de concepciones de la justicia que comparten la intuición de que solo son justas las distribuciones que son sensibles a la responsabilidad ...

    Keeping policy and politics apart: integration policies in Europe and the politics of citizenship in Spain and Italy 

    Passetti, Francesco (Date of defense: 2018-06-05)

    This thesis investigates immigrant integration policies paying special attention to the Spanish and Italian citizenship regimes. It hinges upon a multi-method design and its results take the shape of a three-article ...

    Key sources of income (and wage) inequalities: from the State to the individuals 

    Giangregorio, Luca (Date of defense: 2022-12-19)

    The following thesis aims to provide a general picture of to what extent different important sources – at the macro and the micro level – affect income inequality over time. Indeed, given the natural interdependence between ...

    L'educació en la ciutadania global. Estudi sobre els fonaments ideològics, el desenvolupament històric, la dimensió internacional i els valors i pràctiques de l'escoltisme mundial. 

    Vallory i Subirà, Eduard (Date of defense: 2007-12-21)

    Tradicionalment, s'ha assumit que nacionalisme i cosmopolitisme eren tendències contraposades, i que el reforç de la identitat nacional debilita el sentit de pertinença global, i a la inversa. L'anàlisi del cas de l'escoltisme ...

    La integració supranacional: el repte d'explicar els diferents nivells de transferència de sobirania dels distints continents 

    MacClanahan, Aharon Yair (Date of defense: 2005-05-27)

    En este trabajo se investigan las causas de los diferentes niveles de transferencia de soberanía entre las distintas zonas integradas. Se postula que las teorías tradicionales son capaces de explicar los orígenes de la ...

    La moralitat de la política lingüística. Un estudi comparat de la legitimitat liberal-democràtica de les polítiques lingüístiques de Quebec i Catalunya. 

    Branchadell Gallo, Albert (Date of defense: 2003-06-04)

    El objetivo de esta tesis es contribuir a la formulación de una teoría normativa de la política lingüística, entendiendo que una teoría de este tipo tiene por objeto esclarecer qué formas de política lingüística (no) son ...

    La Participación Ciudadana en los Gobiernos locales: Contexto Político y Cultura política. Un análisis comparativo de Buenos Aires y Barcelona 

    Schneider, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2008-01-08)

    A fines de los años 80' varios gobiernos locales, europeos y latinoamericanos, comienzan a poner en práctica mecanismos innovadores de participación ciudadana en las agendas y en la formación de las políticas públicas ...

    Las Barreras invisibles para la igualdad: tres estudios sobre las desigualdades étnicas y de género en el mercado de trabajo durante la Gran Recesión 

    Jiménez García, Juan Ramón (Date of defense: 2020-11-27)

    This thesis analyzes ethnics and gender inequalities in access to the labor market during the Great Recession in Spain. The first article illustrates the probabilities of unemployed people to get a job depending on gender, ...

    Life as a couple in the late 20th and early 21st centuries: how do men's and women's socioeconomic resources influence union stability? 

    Fernández Iturrate, Íñigo (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)

    This thesis evaluates whether the increasing socioeconomic resources of women and men and the distribution of work within the couple have an effect on union instability. On the one hand, it assesses each spouse’s satisfaction ...

    'Making the most of it': the emergence, maintenance, and legitimation of the contemporary Northern Irish republican armed struggle 

    Uležić, Sanjin (Date of defense: 2017-12-12)

    La tesi es centra en l'actual interació de la lluita armada republicana a Irlanda del Nord, activa des de l'època del procés de pau a finals dels anys noranta. Tot i caracteritzar-se per una intensitat menor que la del ...

    Male unpaid work and female employment trajectories : a dynamic analysis 

    Seiz Puyuelo, Marta (Date of defense: 2014-04-07)

    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 ...

    Managing compliance in a multi-level polity: the case of the European Union 

    Clinton, Peter (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)

    This thesis tackles the issue of non-compliance in the European Union (EU). This is an important issue because without Member State (MS) compliance with EU policy outputs, collective policy goals may not be achieved. ...

    Managing crises beyond the EU borders: a network-based analysis 

    Bravo Laguna, Carlos D. (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    This thesis discusses the role and weight of the European Union institutions and Member States in the responses to three crises whose epicenters are located beyond the EU borders. To do so, it examines the responses to the ...