Essays about: "accession process"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words accession process.

  1. 1. Sweden – “a Safe Haven” for Terrorists? : Investigating the Strategic Elements in Türkiye’s Narrative of Sweden During the NATO Accession Process

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Theo Tsappos; [2023]
    Keywords : Strategic narrative; narrative; Türkiye; Sweden; NATO; terrorism; PKK; deliberate; strategic communication;

    Abstract : How states narrate the world, their own policies and convey their story of events to a growing extent conditions the responses of others and the trajectory of political discussions. While storytelling is increasingly prevalent as a way of exerting influence in the political spheres of today, wider understanding of its practical manifestations is limited to a handful of actors. READ MORE

  2. 2. Multiethnicity and Identity in Kosovo through European Integration : The Construction of Group-Differentiated Rights in Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Elma Mislimi; [2023]
    Keywords : multiethnicity; identity; ethnicity; Kosovo; non-majority communities; group-differentiated rights; minority rights; European integration; European accession;

    Abstract : The Republic of Kosovo’s self-declared multiethnic society has strived to construct an inclusive attitude and tolerating spirit toward all communities within. This study has explored how group-differentiated rights are used to construct identity and multiethnicity in relation to European integration in four official documents using the research questions; how is the production of identity and multiethnicity through group-differentiated rights in Kosovo constructed in the documents and related to EU integration; and how has the EU accession process affected the construction of multiethnicity and identity in Kosovo’s documents on minorities relating to group-differentiated rights? An ethnographic content analysis and comparative design, with a social constructivist perspective, grasping the constituents of group-differentiated rights concerning exclusive rights granted to minorities employed to develop, and safeguard identities was applied. READ MORE

  3. 3. HOW DEMOCRACY BACKSLIDES. Tracing the Pathway in Turkey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zekeriya Alperen Bedirhan; [2022-06-17]
    Keywords : democratic backsliding; politicization; clientelism; patronage system; reform avoidance; authoritarian legacy;

    Abstract : Democratic backsliding is a gradual process that negatively affects the countries in terms of democracy. The different levels of democracies can face a number of challenges as a result of democratic backsliding and this is due to various factors. For this thesis, the main aim is to find the variables which affect the Turkish case. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Republic of Kosovo, awaited Member State in the European Union or a false illusion? : “Europe is our continent, and the EU is of our destiny”– The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Benjamin Shehu; [2022]
    Keywords : European Union; The Republic of Kosovo; Copenhagen criteria; accession; normative power; international relations.;

    Abstract : The EU has taken a major role in The Republic of Kosovo, creating a new future for the country via the EU office in Kosovo with its role in implementing EU norms in Kosovo. Kosovo is a potential candidate state for the EU and has declared its interest in becoming an EU member state. READ MORE

  5. 5. What does the identity politics problems in the regional relations of the Republic of Serbia tell us about the European integration process of this country?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Vuk Gajic; [2022]
    Keywords : European integration; Regionalism; Constructivism; Neoliberalism;

    Abstract : The Western Balkans have been gripped by turbulent policies and relations in the region for the past 25 years. The Republic of Serbia, as a country responsible for many of the armed conflicts of the 1990s, is today a country that is largely conducting accession negotiations with the European Union towards membership. READ MORE