1,228 search results for “comparative politics” in the Public website
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Politically motivated crime in light of current migration flows
This project addresses the occurrence of political and ideological biased crimes in light of the recent migration influx in European countries.
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Generating Freedom: Hegel's conception of political order
In the light of the fragility of current liberal democracies, this dissertation aims to contribute to rethinking political order by reconstructing Hegel’s account in the Philosophy of Right.
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Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation
The Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation (CSPPR) aims to serve as an interdisciplinary platform for scholars of Leiden University for research focusing on the historical and contemporary operation and functioning of political parties and political representation, with a particular…
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Comparative biology of common and grey seals along the Dutch coast
What are the main factors associated with the stranding of the two seal species? What are the factors influencing the prevalence of disease in the two species? Which human-related factors influence the populations of the two seal species?
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Comparing the Biographical Backgrounds and Radicalization Dynamics of Lone-Actor and Group-Based Terrorists
Why does one person radicalize to involvement in terrorist violence within a group-based context, while another engages in this form of violence alone?
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EU Bank Resolution Framework: A comparative study on the relation with national private law
On 19 September 2019, Lynette Janssen defended her thesis 'EU Bank Resolution Framework: A comparative study on the relation with national private law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof.mr. W.A.K. Rank and prof. M. Haentjens.
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Politics, Culture and National Identities 1789-present
Politics, Culture and National Identities investigates a wide range of national political cultures in Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Politics, Society and Economy of Asia (MA) (60EC)
The MA in Politics, Society and Economy of Asia takes a social science approach to the study of one or more countries or regions in modern or contemporary Asia.
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History: Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present
Are you thinking about studying Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.
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The EU under Strain? Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics
When EU member states signed the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, they did not anticipate the manifold crises in store for them over the following years. Instead of the intended consolidation of a Union which had just gone through its most profound modernisation and biggest round of enlargements, the EU has…
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Performing the Sublime. Theatre & Politics in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam
The project will clarify that in the search for these new means the treatise On the sublime of ps.-Longinus played a crucial role. However, the project will also place the theatre performances in a broader social and political perspective. These public events and the theatre performances suggest that…
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Migrant Workers or Working Women? Comparing Labour Supply Policies in Post-War Europe
This paper written by Alexandre Afonso, Assistant Professor and Researcher at Leiden University, argues that gender norms and the political strength of the left were important structuring factors regarding why European countries choose migrant labour to expand their labour force in the decades that…
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Digital Activism in Asia: Good, Bad, and Banal Politics Online
This article introduces the special issue on ‘Digital Activism’ by exploring some of the trends in social media activism and scholarship thereof. The authors ask to what extent this literature helps us understand Asian forms of online activism, which forms of activism have relatively done well, and…
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Aestheticized politics : the workings of North Korean art
This dissertation is a study of North Korean art as a site where politics, history, and culture meet.
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Analyzability and semantic associations in referring expressions: A study in comparative lexicology
This thesis is a sample-based typological study of formal and semantic patterns in terms for a selection of referring (
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Counting and Accountability. The Politics of Numbers in the democracy of Classical Athens
We live in a data-drenched society awash with numbers. An inhabitant of the democratic polis of Athens (5th and 4th centuries B.C.E.) increasingly found himself surrounded by numerical data. This project aims to analyze the communicative functions and the political meaning(s) ascribed to these public…
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Youth, Media and Protest: Histories of Engaging in Central African politics and social life
How do old and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) relate to new social and political movements in Central Africa? What does this tell us about Africa and the Information Age?
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Tom Roth
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.s.roth@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Isaac Wei
Faculty of Humanities
y.wei@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Jiyan Qiao
Faculty of Humanities
j.qiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2977
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Masullo & Morisi, The Human Costs of the War on Drugs
Citizens in multiple crime-ridden countries strongly support the militarization of security—that is, placing the military in charge of traditional policing duties. Yet, we know little about the determinants of such support. Do people approve of militarization even in the face of human fatalities? Political…
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Segments and rules: a comparative study on linguistic rule learning mechanisms
A central and much debated topic in the study of language acquisition concerns the nature of the learning mechanisms that are required. Are the computational and learning mechanisms that guide learning about language structure special and specific to language or humans?
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Do nudgers need budging? A comparative analysis of European smart meter implementation
Sarah Giest, Assistant Professor at Leiden Univeristy, researched the topic of regulatory and market structures that affect nudge implementation by private actors, captured by the ‘budge’ idea.
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Comparing Husserl’s Phenomenology and Chinese Yogacara in a Multicultural World
While phenomenology and Yogacara Buddhism are both known for their investigations of consciousness, there exists a core tension between them: phenomenology affirms the existence of essence, whereas Yogacara Buddhism argues that everything is empty of essence (svabhava). How is constructive cultural…
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Comparative biology of common and grey seals along the Dutch coast : stranding, disease, rehabilitation and conservation
Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield
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Brendan Carroll
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
b.j.carroll@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9389
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Le roi sublime. Overwhelming Politics and Performance under Louis XIV
This project will clarify how these concepts operated in theoretical writings on performance ,this broadened conceptual framework will not only give us a clear view on how sublime effects in performance were theorized, it will also provide us a concrete apparatus to understand the cultural and political…
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Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire
An interdisciplinary study of the Persian Period
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Andries Hiskes
Faculty of Humanities
a.r.hiskes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Performance information and issue prioritisation by political and managerial decision-makers: A discrete choice experiment
This article explores the concept of issue prioritisation within the context of public administration research, focusing on decision-making processes.
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From Homo Economicus to Political Animal
Who is Economic Man? Every economic paradigm presupposes an anthropology, a theory of human nature. This project explores the anthropologies presupposed and produced by ancient Greek economic texts, and the specific knowledge forms that shape these anthropologies.
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Lisanne Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
l.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Prosecuting women: a comparative perspective on crime and gender before the dutch criminal courts, c.1600-1810
In the early modern period women played a prominent role in crime. At times they even made up half of all defendants. Female criminality was a typically urban phenomenon. Why do we find so many women before the Dutch criminal courts?
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Comparative ecology and genetics of sympatric wild cats in relation to human wildlife conflict in Bardia National Park, Nepal
What is the population size/structure and distribution of tiger and leopard inside the Bardia National Park (BNP) compared with the population outside? What is the movement and home range and conflict pattern in time and space of tigers and leopards inside the BNP compared with outside? What constitutes…
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Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse - Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy
This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s.
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Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (research) (MA)
In the research master Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present at Leiden University you will be at the forefront of a new approach to understand how politics and identities in Europe are conceived.
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Reading and Transferring the Sublime. The Scholarly Reception and Political Relevance of the Sublime in the Dutch Golden Age
This research will investigate which aspects of On the sublime received attention in the intellectual milieu of the seventeenth century and how the sublime found its way in the political and artistic discourse of that time. Thus I aim to shed light on the role of art in politics and society in this…
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Text Matter: The Material and Political Lives of Javanese Manuscripts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Patterns of Politicization in 14 Democracies
Under what circumstances is politicization more likely to occur than others, and what impact does politicization have on government legitimacy and performance?
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Juan Masullo Jimenez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.masullo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3879
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Insolvency Close-out Netting: A comparative study of English, French and US laws in a global perspective
On 1 December 2020, Bernadette Muscat defended her thesis 'Insolvency Close-out Netting: A comparative study of English, French and US laws in a global perspective'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. M. Haentjens and Prof. B. Wessels.
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Democratization and political terrorism: The formation and destruction of the two-party system in the Red River Valley of Louisiana, 1865-1868
The project examines the political conflict in the Red River Valley of Louisiana between the majority-black Republican Party and the overwhelmingly white Democratic Party by studying the composition and actions of each party.
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Douglas Berger new professor of Comparative Philosophy
Starting September 1st, philosopher Douglas Berger will be professor of Comparative Philosophy at the Leiden Institute for Philosophy. His appointment marks a new direction for research and education in philosophy at Leiden University.
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Ymre Schuurmans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
y.e.schuurmans@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8924
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Robert Stein
Faculty of Humanities
r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2712
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Clara van Dam
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.c.a.van.dam@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia. A Cultural History
This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, at both the local and the trans-regional levels.
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Sine Bagatur
Faculty of Humanities
s.bagatur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9989
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Henk Kern
Faculty of Humanities
j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764