Essays about: "European cultural policy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 essays containing the words European cultural policy.

1. 21. Good meadows, good farmers? An assessment of the cultural sustainability of an Irish pilot results-oriented agri-environmental scheme

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Lorraine Guerin; [2018]
   Keywords : Results-oriented agri-environmental schemes; agri-environmental policy; Common Agricultural Policy; agriculture; farming; farmers; rural environment; policy evaluation; cultural sustainability; conservation; Ireland; Shannon Callows; high nature value grassland; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Agri-environmental schemes [AESs], which pay farmers to manage their land more environmentally sustainably, are the European Union’s primary policy instrument for addressing rural environmental problems. The majority of AESs in Europe are action-oriented (meaning they pay farmers to adhere to specified management prescriptions). READ MORE

3. 22. English in Europe post-Brexit: An analysis of the post-Brexit discourse surrounding English as a European lingua franca

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Jennifer Melckersson; [2018]
   Keywords : lingua franca; language policy; Brexit; media discourse; Europastudier; European Studies; UK; EU; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This essay examines in what ways the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union negatively affects the status of English as a lingua franca in Europe, if at all. I theorize that English will continue to play a major part in the lives of regular Europeans in the future, but that politicians and other public figures in Europe may push for a change in language policy and language planning in order to further their own language. READ MORE

4. 23. The development of a European identity : the cultural politics of the EU

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Isabella Lindahl; [2018]
   Keywords : European Union; culture policy; Creative Europe; social constructivism; nation; nationalism; europeanization; identity; Europastudier; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the European Union through its cultural program “Creative Europe” is constructing and promoting a transnational European identity. In the context of humanities and European Studies this can be seen as relevant in the sense it is the study of man as a cultural being, as well as it is stated in Merriam-Webster dictionary “humanities plural : the branches of learning that investigate human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes and social relations”, and a part of the EU. READ MORE

5. 24. The Cost and Benefits of a Swedish EMU Membership : An analysis of the consequences for Sweden to had opted out of the European Monetary Union

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Rafael Foscarini; [2018]
   Keywords : Sweden; Finland; EMU; Monetary Policy; OCA;

   Abstract : The 2008/2009 world financial crisis, as well as the 2010 onwards European sovereign debt crisis, retriggered the debate on costs and benefits of a European Monetary Union membership. This thesis examines whether Sweden experienced net costs or benefits in opting out the EMU, especially in comparison to Finland due to the close link between both economies, as well as cultural and geographical similarities. READ MORE

6. 25. Smelly sustainability : the case of the 1st Polish food waste to biogas plant

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Vera Chudnikova; [2018]
   Keywords : biogas; food waste; renewable energy; waste management; Zabrze; Poland; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Poland with its long coal and landfilling traditions struggles to reach the European Union goals for both the share of energy produced from renewable sources and management of biodegradable waste. Biogas is proven to be a part of a sustainable solution addressing the problem of organic waste utilisation while providing an opportunity for renewable energy generation as well as for nutrients recycling. READ MORE