Essays about: "Lisbon Strategy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words Lisbon Strategy.

  1. 6. Normative Contention: European Union and Russian Federation - The Case of the Northern Dimension

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ilyas Nabiyev; [2013]
    Keywords : Normative Power; EU-Russia; Trans-Border Cooperation; Northern Dimensions; Treaty of Lisbon; Russian Foreign Policy Concept; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Vladimir Putin’s accession to power after 2000s not just brought new era to the Russian Federation but also provided new bounds for the EU-Russian relations. By solving the problems of internal instability and changing its political trajectory, President Putin restored state prestige and Russia returned to world politics with immense ambitions not being just an energy superpower. READ MORE

  2. 7. Social Partners’ Responses to Employment of Migrant Workers in the course of the ‘Lisbon Strategy’ and the ‘Europe 2020’ : Has there been any change in the social partners’ responses from the Lisbon to the EU2020? The case studies in Sweden, the UK and at European level

    University essay from Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Jihee Han; [2013]
    Keywords : Lisbon Strategy; Europe 2020; Social partners; migrant workers; Sweden; the UK;

    Abstract : The research is aimed at investigating how the common EU social and economic strategies, namely the 'Lisbon strategy' and the 'EU 2020', have been influential as a 'EU incentive' in European social partners having drawn the matter of employment of migrant workers both at Member state level and at European level by looking into their respective changes in responses towards the matter in the course of the two strategies. The research has found that there have been changes made in the European social partners' responses regarding the problematic matter of migrant workers' employment, namely precarious working conditions and lower employment rates than native workers, at all levels. READ MORE

  3. 8. What to do about Kim? The European Union as an external actor towards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2001-2011

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alina Mattisson Lax; [2012]
    Keywords : European Union; Democratic People s Republic of Korea; Actor capability; Common Foreign and Security Policy; Treaty of Amsterdam; Treaty of Lisbon; The Swedish EU-presidency 2001; European External Action Service; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The concept of actor capability outlines the basic features for the EU to be an international actor, separating it from nation-states and international organizations. This thesis applies this diagnostic concept to the case of EU-relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). READ MORE

  4. 9. STRATEGIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN BASED ON ENDOGENOUS GROWTH

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Yawar Saeed Khan; [2009]
    Keywords : Endogenous growth; Knowledge Spillovers; Human Capital; Spatial Heterogeneity; Bologna Process;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the possible opportunities for Higher Education in Pakistan towards gaining a competitive advantage in the international community, the link between Human capital development and GDP growth in Pakistan and finally compares the HE policies in Pakistan and the EU. We look at empirical evidence and statistical data to investigate how endogenous growth affects the GDP per capita with the case study of Pakistan. READ MORE

  5. 10. The Social Democratic Welfare State in a Neo-Liberal Context, does it Fly? - On Social Policy Convergence.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johannes Carlberg; [2008]
    Keywords : Social Policy Convergence; Neo-liberalism; Social Democracy; Globalization; Lisbon Strategy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a theory-testing analysis of the free-market commercial neo-liberal welfare-regime convergence hypothesis, stating that welfare regimes in a globalized international economy will converge towards the liberal welfare regime. Given the structural settings of the EU context, the cases of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, i.e. READ MORE