Essays about: "EU soft law"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words EU soft law.

  1. 16. A matter of democracy: EU soft law in the education area - A study on how Sweden relates and refers to the European Union in the policy field of higher education

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Quintans; [2015-12-01]
    Keywords : Democratic deficit; Education policy; Europeanization; Soft law; Sweden;

    Abstract : The aim of this master thesis is to shed light on some of the democratic implications of Europeanization through soft law in the education area. The central question is how the national level, in its higher education policy, relates and refers to the EU, and how this can be understood and problematized from a democratic point of view. READ MORE

  3. 17. Think Glocally, Discriminate Internally? State Discretion, Renewable Electricity Schemes, and the Internal Market in the Context of Articles 34-36 TFEU and state Aid Rules

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hunar Aljaderi; [2015-05-19]
    Keywords : EU-rätt; Internationell rätt;

    Abstract : The overarching question addressed in this essay is whether the seemingly wide scope of state discretion in respect of principal renewable electricity support schemes – feed-in tariffs (FIT), feed-in premiums (FIP), tradable green certificates (TGC), and FIT initiated by tendering (TENFIT) – is curtailed or upheld under the internal market regimes governing, firstly, the free movement of goods in the context of non-fiscal measures targeting imports i.e. READ MORE

  4. 18. Soft Europeanisation of Work-Family Reconciliation Policy-Making? Social, Policy and Political Learning among German MPs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alisa Gühlstorf; [2015]
    Keywords : German Elterngeld reforms; domestic policy-making; soft Europeanisation learning mechanisms; EU soft law strategies; work-family reconciliation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The EES, Lisbon and Europe 2020 are the most relevant soft law strategies promoting the improvement of work-family reconciliation-related policies in the EU Member States. In this study, the cases of the German Elterngeld reforms are applied to scrutinise the influences of these three strategies on domestic policy-making. READ MORE

  5. 19. Governing Cognitive Biases – Case studies of the use of and justifications for behaviorally informed policy tools

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wilhelm Ast; [2014]
    Keywords : cognitive biases; behavior; policy; paternalism; nudge; practice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the last few decades, researchers have identified many systematic errors – cognitive biases – in the human mind. The predominant notion of human beings as rational have gradually been flawed, in one context after another. READ MORE

  6. 20. EU: Education Policies and Third Countries. Civilian Power or "Just" Foreign Policy?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Marco La Rosa; [2014]
    Keywords : European Union; Education; Foreign Policy; Europeanization; Civilian Power; Languages and Literatures; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Despite the lack of attention from academia, there are concrete examples that show an attempt to Europeanize the education policies and institutions of countries outside of the EU. This dissertation investigates the relationship between education and foreign policy, looking at the partnership between EU and third countries. READ MORE