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Questioned sovereignties: independence referendums and secession in a comparative perspective
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-09)This thesis considers the use of independence referendums in state-creation. It investigates whether and how an independence referendum affects secessionist dynamics, and may increase or decrease the likelihood of ... -
Secrecy and absence in the residue of post-9/11 covert counter-terrorism
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)This thesis examines how secrecy and absence shape the representation of covert counter-terrorism in the public sphere. Contemporary covert practices, from missile strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles to special forces ... -
Panels and politics: Bandes Dessinées and referendums in Quebec, 1970 – 2013
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-29)This thesis consists of a semiotic and socio-‐political exploration of Québécois bande dessinée (BDQ) and Quebec Nationalism since 1970. It uses BDQ as a lens through which to analyse key moments in the history of Quebec’s ... -
No country for losers? Gender, (in)equality, and the discursive construction of subjects and values in Polish politics
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Mainstream scholarly literature has examined the post-1989 transformations in Eastern Europe without sufficient attention to gendered perspectives. Most feminist scholars and mainstream political scientists expected that ... -
Understanding Iraq’s basic health services package: examining the domestic and external politics of post-conflict health policy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Background: Iraq is a higher middle-income country with a GDP of $223.5 billion (as of 2014). In the 1970s and 1980s, an extensive network of primary, secondary and tertiary health facilities was built, and the country ... -
Fighting for the centre: civic political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland in comparative perspective
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)In deeply divided societies political parties that attempt to reach across that divide, by definition, form the exception. Indeed, in post-settlement contexts where institutions have been designed to accommodate communal ... -
Rethinking Latin American development and its link with neoliberalism: a Foucauldian analysis of the beginnings of the G77
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Nowadays, the G77 is a key factor in North-South negotiations at the UN to achieve global commitments. On the understanding that neoliberalism is an economic rationale that strongly influences the relationship between North ... -
Al-Jazeera, intellectuals, and the deconstruction of social realities
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)This thesis analyzes the processes of framing that took place within a matrix comprising influential intellectuals, a potent Arab media outlet whose audience amounts to tens of millions of Arab spectators, and the vibrant ... -
Humanitarianism, human rights, and security in EUropean border governance: the case of Frontex
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)This thesis explores the (re-)positioning of the EU border agency Frontex within a wider shift towards humanitarianism and human rights in EUropean border governance. By examining Frontex’s public self-representation ... -
Explaining the outcomes of negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Regional Economic Communities - comparing EU-CARIFORUM and EU-ECOWAS EPAs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-01-11)The European Commission has been negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Regional Economic Communities of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States since 2002. The outcomes have been mixed. ... -
Inclusive guise of “gay” asylum: a sociolegal analysis of sexual minority asylum recognition in the UK
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)The United Kingdom’s acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) refugees has been heralded as a progressive shift in asylum law. Indeed, the scope for the protection of sexual minorities under the Refugee ... -
Defence of ideal theory approaches to just choice
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)One of the most common goals of political theory is to inform just choice; with ‘just choice’ referring to the class of practical, political decisions that result in society becoming more just. However, important questions ... -
Choosing security: political rationalities in the securitization of migration in Arizona
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)The state of Arizona became the main corridor for unauthorised migration into the United States in the early 2000s. A security approach to the issue at the state and local levels of policymaking became increasingly marked ... -
Puzzling participants or disaffected citizenry? Re-examining education’s impacts on the electoral mobilisation of Britain’s youth
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)This thesis extends our understanding of a ‘puzzle of participation’ (Brody 1978). Across established Western democracies, turnout in elections has been steadily falling - at the same time, society is modernising. Central ... -
Scotland's role in the European Union: expectations of multi-level governance among political elites - an actor-centred approach
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Quality management: a study in an Amazonian environmental research institute
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Towards a democratic conception of sovereignty
(The University of Edinburgh, 2001) -
The environment: theories, assessment techniques, and policies; the Saudi experience
(The University of Edinburgh, 1998) -
Comparative study of industrial relations in Iraq, Egypt and Syria
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Emergence, construction and negotiation of a regional competence for the community : nature, justification and process
(The University of Edinburgh, 2000)
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