Essays about: "European integration theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 133 essays containing the words European integration theory.

  1. 16. Across the Øresund: A narrative case study of the connections between national borders and national sentiments in a European cross-border region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Denise Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Cross-border; National Sentiments; Narrative Policy Framework; Regional narratives; Borders; Cross-border integration; Territoriality; Øresund; Greater Copenhagen; European Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the field of border studies, a common theoretical assumption is that national borders and national sentiments are interconnected. Some even argue that national boundaries are a precondition of national sentiments (Anderson & O'Dowd, 1999; Paasi, 1998 (b)). READ MORE

  3. 17. The Politics of Porpoises – A Critical Assessment of the Biodiversity Conservation Efforts by the European Union within the Baltic Sea

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tina Alexandra Döhring; [2022]
    Keywords : Baltic Sea; Conservation; Biodiversity; Harbor Porpoise; European Union; European Commission; Member States; Integration Theory; Case Study;

    Abstract : The Baltic Sea is a brackish body of water in the heart of Europe, and within it lives a small whale: the Baltic Sea harbor porpoise. However, this animal is becoming increasingly more endangered. Due to various man-made threats, less than 500 animals remain in the sea. READ MORE

  4. 18. Myth and Othering in EU Enlargement Discourse : The Case of Kosovo’s European Integration

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Ejner Pedersen Trenter; [2022]
    Keywords : Political myth; liminality; discourse analysis; Kosovo; EU enlargement; Europeanness;

    Abstract : This paper argues that the EU’s enlargement discourse can be understood as a form of political myth wherein a subject must align itself with an fantasmatic ideal type ofEuropean state. It works through positing a past from which the subject must advance, and a mythical horizon towards which the subject strives. READ MORE

  5. 19. European Jewishness and European Muslim-hood: A comparative analysis of religious organisations' approach to the European integration project and European identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Louise Dahlstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : European integration; European identity; religion; European Jewish Congress; European Muslim Union; minority groups; Judaism; Islam; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Certain religious organisations restrict their operations to a specific geographical area despite the fact that their aim presumably would be to transcend these boundaries. They promote one overarching religious identity that is shared worldwide which is why it should not be in the organisations interests to limit themselves geographically. READ MORE

  6. 20. Academically skilled refugees’ experience of discrimination while integrating through the Danish and Swedish labor market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Sandra Fröberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Discrimination; Human Capital; Danishness and Swedishness; Labor Market policy; Immigration and Integration policies; Sweden; Denmark; Öresund; European Studies; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : From empirical material collected through semi-structured interviews, this master’s thesis is conducting a critical discourse analysis, investigating to what extent discoursive structures entails discriminatory treatments of academically skilled refugees in the integration process of entering the Danish and Swedish labor market. Academically skilled refugees and relevant caseworkers from both Denmark and Sweden have been interviewed to investigate individual experiences related to the integration process. READ MORE