Essays about: "EU-referendum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word EU-referendum.

  1. 1. The battle of national identity in foreign policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Danial Sohail; [2023]
    Keywords : Brexit; National Identity; Individual Decision-Makers; Domestic Politics; Postcolonialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper endeavours to study whether Brexit could be Britain’s way to find its national role in the international arena by analysing three levels of theory analysis from foreign policy analysis operating discourse analysis in its different forms. Initially, individual decision-makers are scrutinised by operating psychological discourse analysis on three Prime Minister’s speeches to learn the primary actor’s construction of the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. History as an argument for the future : A study of Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s use of history during the United Kingdom’s 2016 EU referendum

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Joel Bertilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Nigel Farage; Nick Clegg; Euroscepticism; UK; Brexit; use of history; European Studies; political discourse; historical consciousness; Thematic Analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with history within Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s political discourse during the six months leading up to the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union. Using Thematic Analysis combined with Klas-Göran Karlsson’s typology of the use of history, Jörn Rüsen’s typology of historical narrative and drawing on the theoretical framework of historical consciousness, this research paper aims to provide a further understanding of history’s role in political discourse as a legitimisation of arguments for specific expectations of the future. READ MORE

  4. 3. Brexit: The predictors of a district majority vote

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Stephen Maconi; [2019]
    Keywords : Brexit; EU referendum; logistic regression; economics;

    Abstract : In June 2016, the United Kingdom held its EU referendum, colloquially known as Brexit, in which the people of the island nation voted on whether their country should remain a member of or leave the European Union. This thesis investigates what economic variables may have lain behind the majority outcome of a given voting area (or district) and to what degree they may have impacted it. READ MORE

  5. 4. What are the uncertainties and potential impacts of "Brexit"/the EU referendum result on the UK wind energy sector?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Robert Mummery; [2019]
    Keywords : Brexit; Wind power; UK; Wind energy; Energy; Policy;

    Abstract : This study examines the potential effects of Brexit on the wind power industry within the UK. It became apparent that in order to reach the objective that the approach of the research needed to be broadened as it was found that Brexit has potential effects in many areas of the UK's electricity industry, including the import and export of electricity and the associated fuels used in the generation of electricity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Brexit in the news : – frames and discourse in the transnational media representation of Brexit

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Katja Ballmann; [2017]
    Keywords : Brexit; transnational news; framing; media discourse; the UK; EU;

    Abstract : The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union and the possibility of it, has been discussed in the news with reference to the term ‘Brexit’ extensively for at least the last two years. The role of the media has been an important issue around the Brexit decision, which had its peak in June 2016 with the EU-referendum, where the population of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the EU. READ MORE