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  1. 21. Understanding the functions of the ASEAN Way in Great Power Management: The Co-constitution between Social Structure and Agency in International Society of States in East Asia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Varintorn Thanvichien; [2016]
    Keywords : ASEAN; ASEAN Way; Great Power; the United States US ; China; East Asia Summit EAS ; English School ES ; multilateralism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to capture a deeper understanding of the functions and roles of the long standing norms of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) characterized as the ASEAN Way codified in an ASEAN-led multilateral institution, the East Asia Summit (EAS). Based on a comparative case study between the US and China, and using a theoretical thematic analysis, this thesis addressed what the functions of the ASEAN Way are in great power management in this new geopolitical landscape. READ MORE

  3. 22. Approaching a Global Arms Trade Treaty - Norm building in small arms control

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Suzanna Thomas; [2012]
    Keywords : norm building; small arms; Arms Trade Treaty; human security; international relations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The upcoming negotiations on a global Arms Trade Treaty in July, 2012 mark a new development within arms control regimes. This thesis seeks to investigate the prospects and challenges towards the achievement of an Arms Trade Treaty. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Common Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the European Union? How Member States’ Ideas, Norms and Identities Matter

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gamze Firat; [2010]
    Keywords : European Union; international terrorism; counter-terrorism strategy; security culture; social constructivism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the prospects of a common counter-terrorism strategy in the European Union. It analyzes how Member States’ security cultures influence the establishment of a common European counter-terrorism strategy. READ MORE

  5. 24. Principles versus Interests: Reactions of the Current Actors in Turkey to the EU’s Increasing FTAs with Third Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Yilmaz Kaplan; [2010]
    Keywords : neo-liberal institutionalism; complex interdependence; the EU-Turkey relations; international regimes; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The EU has recently shifted its trade policy from multilateralism to bilateralism, and this has highly affected Turkey via the existing trade regime with the EU. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the reactions of current actors in Turkey to the EU’s increasing FTAs with third countries in the EU-Turkey trade regime context. READ MORE

  6. 25. The politics of resilience : A qualitative analysis of resilience theory as an environmental discourse

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Rickard Andersson; [2008]
    Keywords : Resilience theory; environmental discourse; ecological modernization; green governmentality; civic environmentalism; textual analysis;

    Abstract : During recent years, resilience theory – originally developed in systems ecology – has advanced as a new approach to sustainable development. However, it is still more of an academic theory than a discourse informing environmental politics. READ MORE