Essays about: "EU Policies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 535 essays containing the words EU Policies.

1. 21. Waste Trade and The Role of NGOs

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

   Author : Elif Öztürk; [2023]
   Keywords : European Union Policies; Global Environmental Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations; Non-State Actors; Waste Trade;

   Abstract : This study seeks to understand the role of non-state actors, particularly NGOs, in global environmental governance by spotlighting the EU’s policies on waste trade. To understand the role of NGOs in waste trade, the study traces the waste trade problematisation of the EU and discovers NGOs' strategies and frames to influence the policies of the EU on waste trade. READ MORE

3. 22. Economic Distress and the Demand for Gender Equality Policies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Cardebring; [2023]
   Keywords : gender equality; economic distress; demand for gender equality policies;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the causal relationship between economic distress and the demand for gender equality policies using survey data from Sweden and the EU. By employing Bartik instru- ments to address endogeneity concerns, the study estimates the effect of economic distress on the demand for gender equality policies. READ MORE

4. 23. The obscuration of climate-induced mobility : A discourse analysis of the EU governance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josefin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability science; mobilities; EU; Governmentality; Vulnerability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate changes and disasters are evidently contributing to migration and displacement of people all over the world, including Europe, and yet, climate-induced mobilities seem to be neglected in EUs internal policies. The aim of this study is to use discourse analysis and the Foucauldian inspired framework “analytics of governance”, to analyze and understand the shaping and construction of EU policies on climate-induced mobility. READ MORE

5. 24. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

6. 25. How does the EU legislate within social policy? : A qualitative case study on the Commission proposal on gender balance on company boards

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Adina Persson Kehler; [2023]
   Keywords : European Union; legislative proposal; EU-policy; gender balance; multi-level governance; social policy; Euroscepticism;

   Abstract : This paper is a single-case study on the European Commission’s (the Commission) proposal for a directive on improving gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchange. I aim to study the decision-making process of the Directive and, by applying the theories of multi-level governance and social policy, examine to what extent the proposal was negotiated and watered down during the negotiation process. READ MORE