Essays about: "social-constructivism theory and EU"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words social-constructivism theory and EU.

1. 1. Theorizing the External Actorness of the European Union in Global Development Governance : The Case of Aid Effectiveness in Post-Cotonou Development Policy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Maria Ioannou-Naoum; [2021]
   Keywords : global development governance; aid effectiveness; EU actorness; Social Constructivism; Role Theory; norms; poverty eradication; foreign policy; development policy.;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) is the world’s leading development donor, playing a pivotal role in shaping development norms. This paper aims to investigate the extent to which the EU has been effective in its external aid actorness towards global poverty eradication during the post-Cotonou negotiation period (2000-2020). READ MORE

3. 2. Promoting a European Identity - an idea- and argumentation analysis of a European identity construction via the European Education Area

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Caroline Lloyd; [2020]
   Keywords : European Union; Identity; European Education Area; Europeanization; Social constructivism; European cultural policy; Nation state; European Studies; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how a transnational European identity is articulated and constructed in the initiatives constituting the “European Education Area” (EEA). Identity is one of the most disputed and dissociated concepts of social sciences and humanities. READ MORE

4. 3. The EU - a Normative Power: Understanding the EU's motivations through its use and non-use of sanctions (restrictive measures)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Neriman Kikici; [2017-08-04]
   Keywords : European Union; EU; foreign policy; sanctions; restrictive measures; strategic interests; normative power; norm promotion; economic interests; security interests; neo-realism; norms;

   Abstract : The objective is to understand to what extent the EU’s behaviors/reactions, especially the use of sanctions, against the third countries vary in accordance with strategic or normative motivations and secondarily how the EU’s foreign policy choices have been varied over time. For this purpose, the thesis explores the EU’s stated motivations and actual practices by employing content analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Rape and Media Coverage in Hungary and in the United Kingdom Expanding on the FRA’s Violence against Women Survey

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Babett Csokán; [2015-12-01]
   Keywords : framing theory; FRA report; media coverage; rape; social constructivism;

   Abstract : The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its Violence against women report in March 2014. According to the report there are large differences among the EU member states in the prevalence of reported gender-based violence. This motivates the exploration of what the explanations behind such differences may be. READ MORE

6. 5. The Construction of Immigrants´ Identity in the EU : A Foucauldian discourse analysis of EU common migration policy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; Mercedes Lopez; [2014]
   Keywords : discourse; Eurocentrism; European Union; Foucault; identity; migration; power; securitization; social constructivism; threat; policy;

   Abstract : The aim of the study is to analyse the discursive construction of the immigrants‟ identity within the EU‟s common migration policy. More specifically, this study seeks to identify what discourses are constituted within the EU, and how these discourses are constructed. READ MORE