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Finighan, Reuben (2023) Stabilising liberal societies in a world of radical innovation: committed actors, adaptive rules, and the origins of social order. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Parmigiani, Alberto (2023) Three essays on economic and political inequality in the United States. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bailey, Thomas (2022) Judging politically: Kant’s public right revisited. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McNeil, Andrew (2022) Intergenerational social mobility and political outcomes: the journey matters. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lawall, Katharina (2022) Hate trumps love? The implications of negative partisanship for voters and political parties. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Norderland, Miran Andreas (2022) When open-meets-digital: GOV.uk info-attention marketplace, actionable UK government priorities and agenda-attention. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shelley, Cain (2022) Justice & class consciousness: a theory of political transition. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kiefel, Max (2022) Leftism exhausted: the organisational constraints to ideological change in the British Labour party, 2010-2020. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pupaza, Elena C. (2021) The political consequences of demographic change: empirical evidence from migration, naturalisation and pension reform in Britain. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dunaiski, Maurice (2021) Quasi-experiments in political behaviour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kpaka, Henry Musa (2021) Essays on traditional institutions and their impact on economic and political outcomes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cencig, Elisa (2021) Lobbying across venues in EU financial regulation: the role of institutions’ demand for information. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ogunye, Temitayo (2021) By any means necessary? A liberal theory of social justice activism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tomasi, Arduino (2021) Essays in political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hammoud Gallego, Omar (2021) Understanding the tide: a comparative analysis of policy responses to refugee inflows. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hampe-Nathaniel, Astrid (2021) Progress on trial: how national timescapes shape postcolonial reconciliation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dawood, Iman (2021) Reworking the common sense of British Muslims: Salafism, culture, and politics within London’s Muslim community. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Louette, Antoine (2021) Segregated, standardised, repressed: socialisation and the entrenchment of structural domination. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hofstetter, Selina (2020) Essays on democratisation and incumbency effects. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lisi, Giulio (2020) Essays on central bank transparency, accountability and reputation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Boeddeling, Jann (2020) From resistance to revolutionary praxis: subaltern politics in the Tunisian revolution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hayle, Michael (2020) Experiencing accountability: the impact of the Osmotherly Rules on the senior responsible owners of major public projects. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wojciechowska, Marta (2020) Democracy as political agency: governance and emancipation in mega-cities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahlbäck, Johan (2020) Electoral integrity in unconsolidated democracies: challenges and potential remedies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lewanika, McDonald (2019) Campaigning, coercion, and clientelism: ZANUPF’s strategies in Zimbabwe’s presidential elections, 2008-13. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stuckatz, Jan (2019) Essays on corporate influence in politics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Finnegan, Jared J. (2019) Low carbon for the long term: essays on the comparative political economy of climate change policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pourvand, Kaveh (2019) Fellow strangers: the mirage of collective political agency. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Romero, Paola (2019) Kant and political willing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Popovic, Ivana (2019) Non-EU interest groups in Brussels: explaining the lobbying success of foreign interest groups in EU energy policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Green, Fergus (2019) Who should get what when governments change the rules? A normative theory of legal transitions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Scrutinio, Vincenzo (2019) Essays in applied econometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sheen, Greg Chih-Hsin (2019) Three essays on media politics in democracies and autocracies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Souvannaseng, Pon Phornchanok (2019) Losing ground: the political economy of dependency and development in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Izzo, Federica (2019) Playing with fire or playing it safe? Formal models of gambling in elections. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schütze, Robert (2019) From utopia to apologia: international normativity in the long nineteenth century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Onoda, Takuya (2018) The political consequences of regulatory reforms: drug rationing policies in England and France. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Correia, Sara (2018) Remembering ethnic cleansing in Republika Srpska. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Robbins-Wright, Laura (2018) Understanding refugee resettlement admissions: an exploration of the perceived relationship between admissions, domestic responsibility sharing, and voluntary sector advocacy in the united states and canada. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Azalan, Meor Alif Meor (2018) Principiis rebellionis in India orientalis: taming British counterinsurgency in Malaya 1944-1954. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alexander Shaw, Kate (2018) Narrating boom and bust: the life-cycle of ideas and narrative in New Labour’s political economy, 1997-2010. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Popescu, Diana-Elena (2018) Dynamic injustice: interlocking recognition and distribution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wiedenbrüg, Anahí Elisabeth (2018) What is really owed: structural injustice, responsibility and sovereign debt. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

van Geffen, Robert (2018) Essays on the career paths and legislative activity of Members of the European Parliament. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bronner, Laura (2018) Competition and communication: the development of campaigning in Britain from the Second Reform Act to the First World War. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Decker, Philipp (2017) The building of nations in Habsburg Central Europe, 1740-1914. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schmoll, Moritz (2017) Broken promises: the politics of lax enforcement of tax laws in Egypt. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mastrorocco, Nicola (2017) Essays in political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huber, Jakob (2017) Kant and the global standpoint. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kovner, Nimrod Z. (2017) Migration in a warming world: on the responsibility and obligations of states towards climate change immigrants. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bonifaz Moreno, Gustavo (2017) The gap between legality and legitimacy: the Bolivian state crisis (2000-2008) in historical and regional perspective. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jentry, Corey (2017) The trouble with studying the troubles: how and why an epistemic community emerges. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Poole, Ed Gareth (2017) Essays on the political economy of decentralization. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Beinisch, Natalie (2017) Making it work: the development and evolution of transnational labour regulation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gauthier-Chung, Maud Faïle (2017) Relational autonomy from a political perspective. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rangoni, Bernardo (2016) Uncertainty and experimentalist policymaking in internal market regulation by the European Commission: cases on electricity and gas policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Corrêa, Izabela Moreira (2016) Unveiled to regulate: the logics and the trajectories of regulatory transparency policies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Must, Elise (2016) When and how does inequality cause conflict? Group dynamics, perceptions and natural resources. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dinc, Pinar (2016) Collective memory and competition over identity in a conflict zone: the case of Dersim. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ting, Wang Leung (2016) Does experience matter? The effect of pre-parliamentary careers on MPs’ behaviour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Donadelli, Flavia (2016) Reaping the seeds of discord: advocacy coalitions and changes in Brazilian environmental regulation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Armstrong, Carolyn (2016) The limits of communitarisation and the legacy of intergovernmentalism: EU asylum governance and the evolution of the Dublin system. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nosova, Anastasia (2016) The merchant elite and parliamentary politics in Kuwait: The dynamics of business political participation in a rentier state. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nam, Ju Hyun (2016) The patterns and dynamics of the civil service pay reform in Korea. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hope, David (2016) The political economy of growth models and macroeconomic imbalances in advanced democracies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nekouei, Navid (2016) The popularisation of factional politics in the IRI from Khatami to Rouhani. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Laveille, Yasmine (2016) Contestation in marginalised spaces: dynamics of popular mobilisation and demobilisation in upper Egypt since 25 January 2011. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gerver, Mollie (2016) Refugee repatriation and consent. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Freier De Ferrari, Luisa Feline (2016) A reverse migration paradox? Policy liberalisation and new south-south migration to Latin America. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sampson, Christopher (2016) Sectoral policy-making in China’s strategic industries: government guidance and state firm influence in the electricity supply sector. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gonzalez, Julio (2016) The politics and institutions of informality and street vending in Mexico: the case of Mexico City. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Suhjin (2016) Essays on functions and organisations of political parties. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tomic, Slobodan (2016) Explaining enforcement patterns of anticorruption agencies: comparative analysis of five Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian anticorruption agencies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Blumenau, Jack (2016) Essays in legislative politics: legislative leaders and Parliamentary behaviour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Flanding, Jens (2016) European labour market flexibility reforms: a longitudinal study of change and continuity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Brkanić, Anita E. (2016) A home away from home: the drivers behind Croatian diaspora mobilisation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Morgan-Collins, Mona (2016) First women at the polls: examination of women’s early voting behaviour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Skorge, Øyvind Søraas (2016) The century of the gender revolution: empirical essays. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Williams, Martin (2016) The organizational basis of government in developing countries: management and policy implementation in Ghana’s public sector. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Volintiru, Clara (2016) Clientelism and cartelization in post-communist Europe: the case of Romania. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bertsou, Eri (2015) Citizen attitudes of political distrust: examining distrust through technical, ethical and interest-based evaluations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Solhjell, Randi (2015) Dimensions of statehood: a study of public goods in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of Congo. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ren, Justine Zheng (2015) Understanding Chinese nationalism through Chinese politics: competing claims and state-society dynamics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hage Ali, Mohanad (2015) Hizbullah’s identity: Islam, nationalism and transnationalism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fouirnaies, Alexander (2015) Essays on campaign finance and political power. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bunker, Kenneth (2015) Coalition formation in presidential regimes: evidence from Latin America. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cheng, Wai (2015) Development without slums: institutions, intermediaries and grassroots politics in urban China. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Braunstein, Juergen (2015) Explaining sovereign wealth fund variation: the role of domestic politics in small open economies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Knott, Eleanor (2015) Kin-states and kin majorities from the bottom-up: developing a model of nested integration in Crimea & Moldova. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Scrollini Mendez, Fabrizio (2015) Right to information arenas: exploring the right to information in Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Morrison, Suzanne (2015) The boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement: activism across borders for Palestinian justice. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Baillie, Donna (2015) The good soldier: dynamics of moral judgment among Israeli reserve soldiers and conscientious objectors within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Argenton, Carlo (2015) A liberalism without liberals. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Iordachescu, Irina (2015) Who runs the radio commons? The role of strategic associations in governing transnational common pool resources. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schuster, Christian (2015) When the victor cannot claim the spoils: institutional incentives for professionalizing patronage states. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zheng, Yixiao (2014) Complex interdependence and China’s engagement with Australia: navigating between power and vulnerability. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ketchley, Neil (2014) Contentious politics and the 25th January Egyptian revolution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

O’Keeffe, Mícheál (2014) Essays on the political economy of financial crises: causes, containment and resolution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shochat, Sharon (2014) Oil and women's political participation: a sub-national assessment of the role of protests and NGOs in Nigeria. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Henehan, Kathleen (2014) Whose party? Whose interests? Childcare policy, electoral imperative and organisational reform within the US Democrats, Australian Labor Party and Britain’s New Labour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Davis, Richard (2014) The making of an insurgent group: a case study of Hamas, vox populi and violent resistance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hedayat, Maria (2014) The “exceptionalist” collective imaginary, hegemonic battles, and Costa Rica’s democratic institutional development from the 1820s to the 1960s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aitchison, Brian (2014) Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin’s Russia: from “grabbing hand” to “helping hand”? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chu, May (2014) The internationalisation of regulation: food safety regulation in China. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kroth, Verena (2014) Essays in political economy: elections, public finance and service delivery in South Africa. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yorke, Andrew (2014) State-led coercive takeovers in Putin’s Russia: explaining the underlying motives and ownership outcomes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Luo, Ting (2014) Village economic autonomy and authoritarian control over village elections in China: evidence from rural Guangdong Province. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Akkoyunlu, Feyzi Karabekir (2014) The rise and fall of the hybrid regime: guardianship and democracy in Iran and Turkey. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jenkins, David (2014) The value of effort. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mirza, Mansoor (2014) Between 'Umma, empire and nation: the role of the 'Ulama in the 'Urabi revolt and the emergence of Egyptian nationalism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fuentes Sosa, Ninfa (2014) Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American Countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jesperson, Sasha (2014) Inhibiting integration? Tensions in the security development nexus in Sierra Leone and Bosnia Herzegovina. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lord, Ceren (2014) Rethinking religio-politics in Turkey through the prism of religious majoritarianism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Grainger, Alex (2013) Alternative forms of power in East Timor 1999- 2009: a historical perspective. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

De Ferrari, Ignazio (2013) Performance, endorsements and tactical spending : electoral accountability of leaders and parties in Latin America. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Farquhar, Michael (2013) Expanding the Wahhabi mission: Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Escobar, Mariana (2013) Paramilitary power and "parapolitics": subnational patterns of criminalization of politicians and politicization of criminals in Colombia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wagner, Rikke (2013) Exit as voice: transnational citizenship practices in response to Denmark’s family unification policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kuzu, Durukan (2013) Shifting paradigms: null remedies for national minorities from civic egalitarianism to ethnic multiculturalism: a context sensitive approach. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ulaş, Luke (2013) Realising cosmopolitanism: the role of a world state. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hall, Edward (2013) Realism and liberalism in the political thought of Bernard Williams. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Saavedra-Herrera, Camilo (2013) Democracy, judicialisation and the emergence of the Supreme Court as a policy-maker in Mexico. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Whiting, Matthew (2013) Defying moderation? the transformation of radical Irish republicanism, 1969-2010. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rahman, Ashikur (2013) Essays on political dynasties: evidence from empirical investigations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Caballero-Sosa, Lila (2013) Party dynamics in the Mexican chamber of deputies: power networks and committee appointments. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Amani, Aslan (2013) Is democratic multiculturalism really possible? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dussauge Laguna, Mauricio Ivan (2013) Cross-national policy learning and administrative reforms: the making of 'management for results' policies in Chile and Mexico (1990-2010). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chng, Nai Rui (2013) Even flow: water privatization and the mobilization of power in the Philippines. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kriel, Mariana (2013) Loose continuity: the post-apartheid Afrikaans language movement in historical perspective. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Maffettone, Pietro (2013) The coherence and defensibility of Rawls’ law of peoples. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Theuerkauf, Ulrike (2012) Ethno-embedded institutionalism: the impact of institutional repertoires on ethnic violence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Chien-Kang (2012) Hume’s conservative utilitarianism: an interpretation of David Hume’s political and moral philosophy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reshef, Yehonathan (2012) Justice, children and family. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bussu, Sonia (2012) Governing with the citizens: strategic planning in four Italian cities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wong, James Ka-lei (2012) Green visions and democratic constraints: the possibility and design of democratic institutions for environmental decision-making. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lertchoosakul, Kanokrat (2012) The rise of the Octobrists: power and conflict among gormer left wing student activists in contemporary Thai politics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Biancani, Francesca (2012) "Let down the curtains around us" sex work in colonial Cairo 1882-1952. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mills, Linnea Cecilia (2012) Questionable assumptions and unintended consequences: a critical assessment of the international donor community’s fight against corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wolff, Johannes (2012) Enhanced rationalisation, control or coordination? Impact assessments in the European Union. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tarlov, Jessica (2012) Through the looking glass: controversy, scandal and political careers. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Poncin, Emmanuelle (2012) Hegemony, transformism and anti-politics: community-driven development programmes at the World Bank. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aziz, M. H. (2012) How a crisis in the moral economy of development policy challenges state legitimacy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rasaratnam, Madurika (2012) Tamils and the nation: India and Sri Lanka compared. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tsang, Rachel Wai Yin (2012) The contemporary significance of the past: cultural heritage and the liberal state. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Angolano, Joseph (2012) Politics as a craft: the equal advancement and consideration of interests. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Seiferling, Michael (2012) Essays on the political economy of public finance: taxation and debt. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Olivas Osuna, José Javier (2012) Civilian control of the military in Portugal and Spain: a policy instruments approach. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Carvalho, Susana Adelina S. G. S. (2012) Nationalism and regime overthrow in early twentieth century Portugal. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Beck, Steven R (2012) Computer bargaining in México and Brazil 1970-1990: dynamic interplay of industry and politics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Marshall, David J. (2012) Organised interest representation and the European Parliament. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schertzer, Robert S. (2012) Judging the nation: the Supreme Court of Canada, federalism and managing diversity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bastow, Simon (2012) Overcrowded as normal: governance, adaptation, and chronic capacity stress in the England and Wales prison system, 1979 to 2009. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Woods, Eric Taylor (2012) The anglican church of Canada and the Indian residential schools: a meaning-centred analysis of the long road to apology. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bolesta, Andrzej (2012) China as a post-socialist developmental state: explaining Chinese development trajectory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mossallam, Alia (2012) Hikāyāt sha‛b - stories of peoplehood: Nasserism, popular politics and songs in Egypt, 1956-1973. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fane-Hervey, Angus (2012) Why governance matters: a comparative study of the causes of deforestation in the miombo woodlands of Zambia and Mozambique, 1990 - 2010. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rasmussen, Maja Kluger (2012) The influence of interest groups in the European Parliament: does policy shape politics? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Baker, Jacqueline (2012) The rise of Polri: democratisation and the political economy of security in Indonesia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wong, Baldwin (2011) Contractarianism’s dilemma: on the normativity of contemporary contractarian theories. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mallard, Alison (2011) Freedom under the law: right and revolution in Kant's theory of justice. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahmadov, Anar (2011) A conditional theory of the ‘political resource curse:’ oil, autocrats, and strategic contexts. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sowers, Thomas S. (2011) Nanomanagement: superior control and subordinate autonomy in conflict: mid-level officers of the U.S. and British armies in Iraq (2003-2008). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Templeton, Jessica (2011) Framing elite policy discourse: science and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel C. J. M. (2011) Essays in political economy and voting behaviour. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dineen, Katy (2011) A non-contingent concept of connectedness for cosmopolitanism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Leveringhaus, Alexander Christoph (2010) Killing to rescue?: liberal political theory, non-consequentialist ethics and military humanitarian intervention. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Matisonn, Heidi (2010) Miracle or misery?: understanding democratic participation in South Africa. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Farfán-Mares, Gabriel (2010) Non-embedded autonomy: the political economy of Mexico’s rentier state, 1970–2010. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gledhill, James (2010) Political theory and social practices: G.A. Cohen, Rawls, Habermas and the problem of self-grounding. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kong, Camillia E.H (2010) Beyond the sub-Humean model: Instrumental reason in Aristotle, Hume and Kant. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vivyan, Nicholas Walter (2010) Essays on the political economy of monetary policy: New empirical approaches and evidence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Keba, Andrej (2010) Identity and reasons in contemporary liberal theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Harrison, Sarah (2010) Ideological (mis)match? Mapping extreme right ideological discourse and voter preferences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Young, Kevin Lloyd (2010) Private sector influence and the international political economy of banking regulation: The formation of the Basel II Accord 1998-2004. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chrysoloras, Nikolaos (2010) Religion and national identity in the Greek and Greek-Cypriot political cultures. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Berruecos Garcia Travesi, Martha Susana (2010) Separation of powers in new democracies: Federalism and the judicial power in Mexico. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Khanna, Parag (2010) The World Economic Forum: An anatomy of multi-stakeholder global policy-making. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hanashiro, Olaya (2010) The regional dimension in promoting human rights and the rule of law in new democracies: The police case in Ecuador and Poland. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kahane, Muriel (2010) A room of one's own in a house for all: Feminist considerations on autonomy and multiculturalism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Birnberg, Gabriele (2009) The voting behaviour of the European Union member states in the United Nations General Assembly. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hoareau, Cécile (2009) Does deliberation matter?: the impact of the Bologna process on attitudes and policies in European higher education. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Monteux, Camille (2009) Institution building in Kosovo: the role of international actors and the question of legitimacy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pardinas, Juan E (2009) Decentralisation and budget accountability in the twilight of Mexican presidentialism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sjoberg, Fredrik M (2009) Elections and identity politics in Kyrgyzstan 1989--2009---moving beyond the 'clan politics' hypothesis. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bolton, Matthew (2009) Governance and post-statist security: The politics of US and Norwegian foreign aid for demining in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Sudan. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jarman, Holly (2009) Imagined commodities: "Trade and" policies in the European Union and United States. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wagner, Markus (2009) Policy interconnections in party competition: Issue linkages in 23 countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lopez-Gonzalez, Jesus Alberto (2009) Politics of civil-military relations in Mexico: A historical and institutional approach. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Burton, Guy Jonathan Sands (2009) Social democracy in Latin America: Policymakers and education reform in Brazil and Chile. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aparicio, Sofia Sebastian (2009) State building in deeply divided societies beyond Daytona in Bosnia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dasgupta, Paolo Subrato (2009) The independence of regulatory agencies in practice: The case of telecommunications regulators in the United Kingdom and France. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chappell, Zsuzsanna (2008) Deliberation disputed: A critique of deliberative democracy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lin, Xi (2008) Equity in the Chinese law: Is origin and transformations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Khatib, Kamleh (2008) Impact of electoral reform: Parties, voters and legislators in Italy, 1996-2001. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kodate, Naonori (2008) Institutional logics and responsive government: Hospital sector reforms in England, Japan and Sweden, 1990-2006. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Salerno, Francesco Maria (2008) Path dependence and institutional reform: A case study on the reform of Italian telecommunications institutions 1979-2007. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jimenez-Cuen, Adriana (2008) Remittances and votes: Emigrant political participation in Mexico. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Chun-hung (2008) Universalism with humility: Grounding human rights in a diverse world. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Miorelli, Romina (2008) The discourse on civil society in poverty reduction policy in the Argentina of the 1990s: the neoliberal and populist political project’s struggles for hegemony. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Glyptis, Agapi-Leda (2007) Kemalism as a language for Turkish politics: cultivation, reproduction, negotiation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wehner, Joachim Hans-Georg (2007) Legislatures, democratic control and budgeting: A comparative institutional analysis. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Goncalves Teixeira, Ligia Alexandra (2007) Rhetoric for philosophers: An examination of the place of rhetoric in philosophy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Warntjen, Andreas (2007) Through the needle's eye: the Council presidency and legislative decision-making in the European Union. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sarquis, Alessandra T.D.A (2007) An ethical framework for international politics: A neo-Hegelian interpretation of the role of states in the construction of just principles. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Griffiths, Simon (2006) Responses to the new right: the engagement of the British left with the work of Friedrich Hayek, 1989-1997. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rubenson, Daniel (2006) Community effects on political participation: The role of social capital, heterogeneity and government competencies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fuzesi, Julianna Christa Elisabeth (2006) Explaining irredentism: The case of Hungary and its transborder minorities in Romania and Slovakia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hausemer, Pierre (2006) Government of the people and for the people? Legislative specialisation and party representation in the European Parliament. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gregory, James Henry (2006) Moral ontology of Walzerian social criticism: An argument for philosophical conservatism. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chow, Po Chung (2006) Moral stability and liberal justification: An examination of the notion of stability in Rawls' theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mei-Chuan, Wei (2006) Public culture and the Taiwan imaginary: Freedom, the nation and welfare. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bashir, Bashir (2006) Reconciling historically excluded and disadvantaged groups: Deliberative democracy, recognition and the politics of reconciliation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kaya, Ayse (2006) Rival globalizations?: An analysis of US-EU post-Cold War trade disputes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moodgal, Rahul Nath (2006) Russian-Japanese relations: What role for the Far East? MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sircar, Indraneel (2006) Transnational consociation in Northern Ireland and in Bosnia-Hercegovina: the role of reference states in post-settlement power-sharing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Parau, Cristina Elena (2006) The interplay between domestic politics and Europe: How Romanian civil society and government contested Europe before EU accession. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Curry, Oliver (2005) Morality as natural history. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

van Stolk, Christian Cornelis (2005) Europeanisation of regional and agricultural policy in the czech republic and poland. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zubek, Radoslaw Grzegorz (2005) Europeanizing from the centre: Core executive institutions and the transposition of the European Community legislation in Poland 1997-2002. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hadžidedić, Zlatko (2005) Forced to be free: from liberalism to nationalism. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hoyland, Bjorn Kare (2005) Government and opposition in EU legislative politics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Benedetto, Giacomo Giorgio Edward (2005) Institutionalised consensus in Europe’s parliament. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mattei, Paola (2005) The modernisation of the welfare state in Italy: dynamic conservatism and health care reform, 1992 to 2003. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McMenamin, Kevin Iain (2005) The 'soft state': Business-government relations in post-communist Poland. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stetter, Stephan Erich (2004) Cross pillar politics of the European Union. EU actors and the centralisation of foreign and interior policies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McIvor, James Martin (2004) Karl Marx's political epistemology: Subjectivity, abstraction and the state in the writings of the early 1840s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shiiyama, Shiho (2004) Nationalism and supranational regional solidarity: The case of modern Japanese nationalism and its perception of Asia, 1868-2001. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Deane, Shelley M. (2004) Negotiating peace agreements: elite bargaining and ethnic conflict regulation in Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lensu, Maria (2004) Respect for culture and customs in international humanitarian assistance: Implications for principles and policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Usherwood, Simon McDougall (2003) Beyond party politics: opposition to the European Union in France and the UK, 1985-1999. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kribbe, Hans (2003) Corporate personality: A political theory of association. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Adeney, Katharine Saskia (2003) Federal formation and consociational stabilisation: the politics of national identity articulation and ethnic conflict regulation in India and Pakistan. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Psarrou, Eleni (2003) National Identity in an Era of Globalisation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Levy, Gal (2002) Ethnicity and education: nation-building, state-formation, and the construction of the Israeli educational system. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ojeda-Revah, Mario (2002) Mexico and the Spanish Republic. 1931-1939. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Quinn, Thomas (2002) Organisational reform in the British Labour Party since 1983. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jimenez San Vicente, Armando (2002) The political economy of tax collection in Mexico: The constrains on reform, 1970-2000. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Varela, Diego (2002) The power of voice: An informational model of the legislative powers of the European parliament. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bleyer, Peter (2001) Cross-movement coalitions and political agency: the popular sector and the Pro-Canada/ Action Canada network. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Parvin, Philip (2001) Liberalism, political theory, and the rights of minority cultures: Just how different are the 'politics of difference'? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Santin Quiroz, Osvaldo Antonio (2000) Political economy of Mexico's financial reform, 1988-1994. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kirchbach, Jorge Leal (2000) The politics of privatization policies at local level in Mexico: The case of the water utilities in Aguascalientes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Albert-Roulhac, Catherine (1999) The Europeanisation of national budgeting in the United Kingdom and France: A study of governmental processes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Griggs, Steven Frank (1999) Professionalisation, policy networks and the development of French health policy: The rise of hospital directors, the Syndicat National des Cadres Hospitaliers, 1976-1991. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gallego-Calderon, Raquel (1998) 'New public management reforms' in the Catalan public health sector, 1985-1995: institutional choices, transactions costs and policy change. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Paraskevopoulos, Christos John (1998) Social capital, institutional networks and European regional policy: Adaptation and adjustment in the Aegean Islands. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Baena, Cesar E (1997) Politics of oil in Venezuela: A decision-making analysis of PDVSA's internationalisation policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Powell, Roxanne (1995) The frontiers of state practice in Britain and France: pioneering high speed railway technology and infrastructure. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Souza Motta, Celina Maria (1995) Constitutional change in Brazil: Political and financial decentralisation, 1981-1991. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Garmise, Shari Orris (1995) Institutional networks and industrial restructuring: Local initiatives toward the textile industry in Nottingham and Prato. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Mattos, Pedro Lincoln C L (1988) The politics of education funding in Brazil, 1964-1984. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Keliher, Leo (1987) Policy-making in information technology: a decisional analysis of the Alvey Programme. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rubinstein, B. David (1956) The decline of the Liberal Party 1880 - 1900. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Get the basics right: what's required.

There are different ways to approach social science research, different ways to do a dissertation, and specific requirements differ across departments. Be sure you have all the basic information about what is required and when it is required in your department.

You can find this information from your dissertation supervisor, course convenor for dissertations, academic mentor, or other staff in your department. You can also check Moodle or your departmental handbook.

• What is the word limit? Is there a penalty for exceeding the limit? Are footnotes included in this count? Are appendices allowed?
• When is the last day you can submit your dissertation?
• Are formal research proposal(s) required? If so, when?
• Is there a preferred style of referencing (eg, APA, Harvard, MLA)? Are there specific formatting requirements?
• How many hard copies are required? Is an electronic version required?
• Is collecting your own data required? Optional? Or is primary research discouraged?
• When are departmental workshops or information sessions taking place?
• When is the latest you can meet with your dissertation supervisor?

Inspiration from those who've been there.

An excellent source of ideas and guidance on ways to approach your dissertation is past dissertations from your department. Explore past dissertations and ask yourself

• What kind of research topics and questions do past students explore? 
• How is theory used to shape and inform research questions? 
• What kinds of methods are used to collect and analyse data? 
• What are the various ways to structure the dissertations you have reviewed?
• What are the main similarities you notice across past dissertations?  Differences?
• Which dissertation(s) do you prefer?  Why?

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How can you make sure your drafts, files, and data remain safe and useable throughout your entire research project? Are there ethical considerations?

PH399       Dissertation in Philosophy

This information is for the 2021/22 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Marie Milofsky

Availability

This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.

Course content

The dissertation may be on any topic for which a suitable supervisor in the Philosophy department can be found.

Selection of topic

Candidates should have the subject of their dissertation approved by their supervising member of department.

Arrangements for supervision

The dissertation is an opportunity to do extended independent research and writing and to present this work to one's peers. It should reflect the candidate's own views but must develop out of some established part of the philosophical literature. Students should carefully discuss their topic and approach with their supervisor who will also advise on reading and give feedback on written work. Students must have regular meetings with their supervisor, submit written work regularly, and keep a formal record of their work and progress. Students must also present an early version of their argument to fellow students and will be given feedback on the quality of their presentation as well as on the content of their arguments.

2 hours of seminars in the MT. 20 hours of seminars in the LT.

This year, some or all of this teaching will take place online.

Formative coursework

Students will be expected to produce 1 piece of coursework in the MT and 2 essays, 1 presentation and 1 other piece of coursework in the LT.

The formative coursework sets out several steps towards the dissertation: a literature review (due in MT); a first 2,000 words (due in week 1 of LT), a subsequent 3,000 words (which may be in part a revision of the first 2,000 words), due in week 5 of LT; a presentation of the student's arguments in LT; and a full draft of the dissertation, due in week 11 of LT. All written coursework must be submitted by email to both the student's supervisor and the teacher responsible. Students who fail to submit this coursework on time may be barred from submitting the dissertation. Participation in the weekly seminar and the quality of the presentation will determine 10% of the final mark for the course.

Dissertation (90%, 7000 words) in the ST. Class participation (10%).

Dissertations must be submitted in May 2021, exact date to be confirmed. They should be 5,000-7,000 words, and should be typewritten.

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Student performance results

(2018/19 - 2020/21 combined)

Important information in response to COVID-19

Please note that during 2021/22 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the differing needs of students in attendance on campus and those who might be studying online. For example, this may involve changes to the mode of teaching delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.

Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Total students 2020/21: 26

Average class size 2020/21: 13

Capped 2020/21: No

Value: One Unit

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