Essays about: "Social policies in the eu"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 150 essays containing the words Social policies in the eu.

1. 1. Navigating Social Sustainability: : Revealing Contemporary Laws and Policies in Public Procurement

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mirjam Chahed; [2024]
   Keywords : Socially Sustainable Public Procurement; EU Directive 2014 24 EU; The Swedish Public Procurement Act; The National Public Procurement Strategy; Sweden; WPR-approach; Poststructuralism;

   Abstract : The thesis is about Sweden’s approach on social sustainability in public policy. The Swedish New Reform derives from the EU Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement, including policies and legislations on social aspects, labor-law, and environmental considerations. READ MORE

3. 2. Social Policy from Above? : Europeanisation of Swedish Social Policy 1990-2019

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jakob Strigén; [2023]
   Keywords : Social policy change; social policy; Europeanisation; welfare state; unemployment policy; family policy; process tracing;

   Abstract : At the same time as the European Union’s (EU) influence has grown, path-breaking changes in Sweden’s social policy characteristics have appeared. Previous research gives contradictory evidence on whether and how these developments relate, and it remains unknown to what extent the EU contributed to the changes observed in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. The obscuration of climate-induced mobility : A discourse analysis of the EU governance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josefin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability science; mobilities; EU; Governmentality; Vulnerability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate changes and disasters are evidently contributing to migration and displacement of people all over the world, including Europe, and yet, climate-induced mobilities seem to be neglected in EUs internal policies. The aim of this study is to use discourse analysis and the Foucauldian inspired framework “analytics of governance”, to analyze and understand the shaping and construction of EU policies on climate-induced mobility. READ MORE

5. 4. How does the EU legislate within social policy? : A qualitative case study on the Commission proposal on gender balance on company boards

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Adina Persson Kehler; [2023]
   Keywords : European Union; legislative proposal; EU-policy; gender balance; multi-level governance; social policy; Euroscepticism;

   Abstract : This paper is a single-case study on the European Commission’s (the Commission) proposal for a directive on improving gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchange. I aim to study the decision-making process of the Directive and, by applying the theories of multi-level governance and social policy, examine to what extent the proposal was negotiated and watered down during the negotiation process. READ MORE

6. 5. Reduce, Reuse, Reshape - Evaluating EU Policies on plastic for sustainable transition of plastic packaging system to align with the 3Rs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Parisa Bazaz; [2023]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; recycling; Creative destruction; sustainability science; plastic pollution; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The global surge in plastic production, particularly single-use packaging, has triggered pressing environmental and health concerns. Addressing this crisis necessitates transformative shifts within the plastic packaging system, prioritizing the reduction, reuse, and recycling of plastic packaging. READ MORE