Essays about: "unions"

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  1. 16. European Union's Achilles' Heel - Securing the supply of critical raw materials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Karla Jozic; [2023]
    Keywords : critical raw materials; supply security; EU; dependence; diversification; political risks; strategies; challenges; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper examines the policy measures employed by the European Union (EU) to mitigate external risks to the supply of critical raw materials (CRMs). The research makes an informed overview on the dynamics of contemporary international relations and challenges it may pose for EU’s CRM supply security, necessary for its green transition, against the backdrop of the complex interdependence theory. READ MORE

  3. 17. Diffusion of norms through EU funding instrument : A qualitative theory-consuming case study of the EU ́s ambition of being a Normative Power within the Instrument Pre-accession Assistance II in the Western Balkan

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Lina Lumio; [2023]
    Keywords : Normative Power; Normative Power Europe; norm diffusion; the Western Balkan; the instrument Pre-accession Assistance II; the European Union.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study was to examine how the EU's ambition is to diffuse norms, as a normative power, within the instrument Pre-accession Assistance II during 2014-2020 in the region of the Western Balkans. The study was conducted with a qualitative theory-consuming case study together with a theoretical framework by Tuomas Forsberg (2011) which is based on the theory of Normative Power Europe. READ MORE

  4. 18. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Niklas Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; Finland; Minimum wage directive; Discursive institutionalism; ideas; discourse; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE

  5. 19. Digital Market Acts and the Future of European Union's Digital Sovereignty Policy : An Assessment of Structural Power, and Policy Implications for the Future

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

    Author : Putri Løgager; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Market Acts; Digital Sovereignty; European Digital Policy; Structural Power; the European Union; Neoliberalism;

    Abstract : The adoption of the Digital Market Acts (DMA) marked a significant development in the direction of the European Union’s stronger approach to regulating its digital economy. This thesis sought to evaluate the European Union's structural power in the digital economy as well as the DMA’s potential impact on the future of the EU’s digital sovereignty policy. READ MORE

  6. 20. United through Division: An Innovative Approach to European Monetary Policy : A Study of the Optimal Currency Areas in the European Union through Cluster Analysis Conducted on Samples Between 2007–2019

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

    Author : Marinda Gadén; Alexander Granberg; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Monetary Union; Cluster Analysis; European Monetary Union; Euro; Europäische Union; Währungsunion; Klusteranalyse; Europäische Wirtschafts-und Währungsunion; Euro; Europeiska unionen; valutaunion; klusteranalys; europeiska monetära unionen; Euro;

    Abstract : The study deals with the theory of optimal currency areas complemented with the EU's Maastricht criteria in order to investigate how today’s Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union can be divided into smaller unions with countries that are more homogeneous based on said criteria compared to the current larger currency union. To investigate this, we use cluster analysis as the method easily enables analysis of similarities and differences between countries. READ MORE