Essays about: "eu presidency"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words eu presidency.

  1. 11. A Foreign Policy Actor in the Making. Discursive Construction of the EU Self-image and Role(s) (1999-2009)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alime Aysu Müftüoglu; [2011]
    Keywords : European Union; foreign policy; Common Foreign and Security Policy; role theory; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Departing from the question of how the EU self-image and role conception have been constructed in 1999-2009, this study locates the analysis of the EU as a foreign policy (FP) actor within the constructivist framework of role theory combined with a discursive approach. Guided by the central assumption that identity and role conception can be analysed by studying language in the form of discourse, the study particularly aims to address the relationship between the EU’s self-image and role conception in FP and the extent of continuity and change within the EU’s official FP discourse. READ MORE

  3. 12. Does Self-Perception Affect EU Council Presidency Performance? .

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aliaksandr Sharf; [2009]
    Keywords : performance; European Union Council Presidency; self-perception; European Affairs; France; Germany; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Studies of the European integration reveal that EU Council Presidency is an institution, whose vision of Europe defines and shapes ongoing and future integration processes. In times of deadlocks, it is the Presidency that is expected to exhibit leadership and guide the integration process towards new goals (Elgström 2003: 1). READ MORE

  4. 13. The European Green Capital Award - Towards a sustainable Europe?

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lovisa Lönegren; [2009]
    Keywords : European Green Capital Award; Ecological Modernisation; Stockholm; Sustainable Development; Sweden s EU Presidency 2009; Voluntary Approaches; Environmental Policy-Making; Urban Development; European Union;

    Abstract : Today a grand majority (around 80%) of the European citizens live in cities or towns. Europe is more urbanised than ever. Contemporaneously, climate change and global warming is an increasing threat worldwide. READ MORE

  5. 14. The European Union and the International Criminal Court - Analyzing an international relationship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emilie Olsson; [2009]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : EUs institutional and historical particularities create challenges for the organization when promoting international criminal law in general and ICC in particular. This has however not hindered EU from emerging as a staunch supporter of the ICC. To this end, the Presidency, the Council and the Commission have acted with one voice to promote ICC. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Emperor's New Clothes- A Study of the Leadership of the European Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Brunsson; [2009]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; leadership; Commission; agenda-setting; Council; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the leadership of the European Union has developed over the years and what has caused these changes. The Commission and the Council will be the compared objects for this analysis. READ MORE