Essays about: "globalization and economic integration"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the words globalization and economic integration.

  1. 6. Sociopsychological and Political Reactions towards Immigration in Scandinavia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Maria Augusta Mesquita; [2019]
    Keywords : Sweden; Denmark; Migration; Refugee Crisis; War on Terror; Ontological Insecurity; Securitization; Populism; Welfare State; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Currently, a series of events initiated by globalization and its effects have interfered on how people live and how they face the “other,” the “outsider.” Through a series of theories and concepts, countries are analyzed, and their reactions towards these occurrences scrutinized. READ MORE

  3. 7. Compensation & Corporatism: Trade Openness, Risk and Social Policy in Mid 20th Century Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Dannerhäll; [2019]
    Keywords : Economic integration; Social Policy; Corporatism; Qualitative Content Analysis; Preference Formation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study will consider the link between trade openness and the preferences for social policy of key actors. In so doing, the findings will contribute to better understanding the qualitative link between globalization and social policy expansion (the compensation hypothesis) and complement previous quantitative findings. READ MORE

  4. 8. Does trade integration in Global Value Chains go hand in hand with anti-globalization sentiments? A regional analysis of the Brexit referendum

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Vanessa Wannicke; [2018]
    Keywords : Globalization; Offshoring; Brexit; Global Value Chains; Input-Output Analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Globalization has intensified interdependencies between countries, generating both winners and losers from trade in Global Value Chains. While economic theory predicts a net welfare gain from international trade on the aggregate level of an economy, geographical differences on the regional level and the need for territorial redistribution policies have been neglected, causing political backlashes. READ MORE

  5. 9. Integration – A Lifetime Project : Analysis of the Integration Process of Quota Refugees in Iceland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Hjördis Sigurjonsdottir; [2016]
    Keywords : Migration; refugees; integration process; life course; transnational living; social networks; Iceland;

    Abstract : Due to an increased flow of refugees over the past few years, affairs of refugees have caught increased attention. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the integration process of an earlier group of quota refugees who came to rural Iceland in 1998, from former Yugoslavia. READ MORE

  6. 10. Analyzing Economic Development : What Can We Learn from Remittances Recipient Countries?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lisa Norrgren; Hanna Swahnberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Economic growth; remittances; financial development; globalization; remittances recipients countries; developing countries; financial distress.;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth, and remittances, financial development, and globalization after controlling for different levels of international financial distress. We study four of the major remittances recipient countries individually over the period of 1976 to 2012 using an autoregressive distributed lag method (ARDL). READ MORE