Essays about: "CROATIA"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 59 essays containing the word CROATIA.

1. 16. Russia’s Geopolitics in Southeast Europe: Energy security and pipeline politics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Filip Sasic; [2021]
   Keywords : Geopolitics; Southeast Europe; Russia; energy security; natural gas; pipelines; defensive realism; soft power;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes Russia’s geopolitical objectives in Southeast Europe by focusing on natural gas pipelines and energy security. Natural gas is a crucial soft power asset that Russia utilizes to maintain its sphere of influence in the region. READ MORE

3. 17. Practicing What You Preach - Development of Media Freedom and Plurality Following Accession to the European Union: A comparative analysis of pre- and post-accession Europeanization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lukas Andreasson; [2021]
   Keywords : Media freedom; Media plurality; media systems; Croatia; Czechia; Europeanization; EU-ization; de-Europeanization; de-EU-ization; CEE countries; acquis communautaire; EU legal framework; EU competences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay poses the question: To what extent does accession to the European Union lead to an improvement of media freedom and media plurality, and to what extent does a Europeanization of media occur? The essay focuses on the developments of the Central and Eastern European countries and focuses on Croatia and Czechia as the analyzed cases. In answering this question, the various theories of Europeanization (Europeanization, EU-ization, de-Europeanization, and de-EU-ization) are utilized through a co-variational analysis. READ MORE

4. 18. Balkan refugees in Sweden - a study on labour market assimilation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Nathalie Sommar Lindskog; Anton Viklund; [2020]
   Keywords : Yugoslav war; refugees; assimilation; labour market; gender differences; Sweden; 1990s;

   Abstract : This study focuses on annual earnings assimilation and the employment probability, described as the assimilation of annual earnings and the extent of which available workers are being used respectively (in this case workers originating from a certain country) of immigrants arriving from former Yugoslavia, i.e. READ MORE

5. 19. The Impact of EU Accession on Trade : The case of Poland, Romania and Croatia

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Kotryna Rudelyte; Maja Bertilsson; [2020]
   Keywords : European Union; Trade Flows; Structural Break Analysis; Pooled Cross-Section Analysis;

   Abstract : One of the main reasons to why a membership in the European Union (EU) is so attractive for prospect countries are the free trade agreements the membership entails. The free trade agreements mean that the whole EU opens up as one big market, where tariffs and tolls are no longer an obstacle to trade for its members. READ MORE

6. 20. Sustainability and change in the automotive industry : How regulations on environmental sustainability are implemented in companies and leading to change

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Tatjana Richter; Anamarija Medunic; [2020]
   Keywords : environmental sustainability; regulations; implementing change; change management; automotive industry;

   Abstract : The general concert towards environmental sustainability has grown over the last few years. Pressure on firms from lawmakers request conformity with new regulations to ensure environmentally sustainable business operations. READ MORE