Essays about: "National Crisis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 285 essays containing the words National Crisis.
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1. Securitized or Not Securitized? : A Case Study of Sweden's COVID-19 Strategy During the First Year of the Pandemic
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyzes Sweden's unique and puzzling approach to the COVID-19 pandemic by using the securitization framework, exploring if Sweden's strategy during the pandemic's first year reflects securitization, (de)securitization, or non-securitization. It employs content analysis to evaluate Sweden's response, analyzing primary sources and academic literature, and uses a discourse table based on existing theoretical studies by Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde (1998) and Lene Hansen (2012) to assess indicators of securitization, (de)securitization or non-securitization. READ MORE
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2. A Crisis of Identity : National Identities’ Impact on Approval of Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In the face of ever-present crises, this thesis aims to investigate if national identity is a factor that can contribute to our understanding of why individuals have different opinions of government crisis response, focusing specifically on the COVID-19 pandemic as a most likely case for this. The research question is “Does national identity impact approval of government crisis response?” By using regression analysis to study national identities generally, as well as some subdivisions of national identity, the investigation finds an (albeit) weak relationship between having a strong national identity and approval of government response to the COVID- 19 pandemic. READ MORE
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3. The implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility : A case study of Sweden and Latvia
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This thesis investigates the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in Sweden and Latvia, to examine if the implementation has enhanced EU´s legitimacy. Applying a case study methodology, the study conducts a process-tracing approach and collects data from primary sources of national and EU documents. READ MORE
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4. Increasing Governance Capacity and Governance Legitimacy. A Case Study of the Lithuanian Crisis Management System.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : In 2022, the Government of Lithuania approved the new Crisis Management and Civil Safety law to establish the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC). This thesis was written during the initial phase of the NCMC creation process. READ MORE
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5. UNDERSTANDING THE WEAK LINK BETWEEN EU’S FARM TO FORK STRATEGY AND THE REALITY - A case study in the Netherlands
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how the Farm to Fork Strategy is being implemented in the Netherlands, what dilemma’s are being discussed on national level and what role the government and MP’s play. The research is done through the lens of Multi Level Perspective in socio-technical transitions. READ MORE
