Essays about: "why it is important to study political science"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words why it is important to study political science.
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16. Turkey Full Member of the EU, Fact or Fiction? A study of possible mechanisms that prevent Turkey from becoming a member of the EU.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This essay is about Turkey's accession to the EU and what the main obstacles are for a membership. In order to become a member in the EU there are certain political conditions that needs to be fulfilled. Within the EU there is a disagreement about whether or not Turkey should join because of its failure in implementing these conditions. READ MORE
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17. Analysing the Employment Discrimination Phenomena in China From an International Human Rights Perspective -- Focusing on Hepatitis B-Based Discrimination
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : As stated in Article 26 of ICCPR, ''all persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law.'' The pursuit of equality and non-discrimination has been widely accepted not only as a formal principle but also binding substantive human rights. READ MORE
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18. Why Unpopular? An Analysis of the Relative Low Level of Popularity toward the European Union by Its Citizens
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While the huge success of the European Union have, without doubt, drawn new attentions to several other exercises in regional integration in other parts of the world, the public popularity toward the European Union by its citizens is, ironically, at a relative low level - the support level of the membership is around 50 per cent with some yearly fluctuation as indicated by the Eurobarometer. Thus, considered the unpopularity of the EU among its citizens as a 'huge' case, this study is aimed to give an answer to the benchmark question - in spite of the fact that the European Union is largely viewed as the most successful regional integration exercise/experiment in the world, why is it unpopular among its citizens? Based on Beetham and Lord's three irreducible dimensions of legitimacy - performance, democracy, and identity, it is argued that successful performance, by itself, does not guarantee the legitimacy of, and thus the popularity toward, the EU - democracy and identity are, if not more important than, of equal importance. READ MORE
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19. Why don't they play a more important role? Trade Unions and the European Integration Process
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study discusses why trade unions at the European level do not play as an important role as early neofunctionalist theory (E.B. Haas) had foreseen. The study thereby provides a twofold answer, as both, the accuracy of the theory as such and the weaknesses of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in particular, are problematised. READ MORE
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20. The Development of Environmental Regimes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This essay contains a comparison of the development of environmental regimes. Three regimes have been chosen for the investigation - the hazardous waste regime, the global biodiversity regime, and the climate change regime. READ MORE