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EUROPEAN UNION – TURKEY RELATIONS REACTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC IN TURKEY TO THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND MINORITY RIGHTS REFORMS CALLED BY EUROPEAN UNION AND REACTIONS OF EUROPEAN UNION TO THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THESE REFORMS
(2012-01-05)
After becoming a candidate member of Turkey to European Union at the end of 2005,
European Union demanded to continue implement political reforms from Turkey such as
religious freedom and minority rights. However, these ...
The political relationship between the EU member states and the European Court of Justice. A statistical analysis of the credibility of the governments’ threats of non-compliance
(2014-07-04)
This thesis focuses on two main theories about the shape and power of the EU and the role of the European Court of Justice: intergovernmentalism, which claims that the ECJ is too restrained by the members in order to make ...
The EU - a Normative Power: Understanding the EU's motivations through its use and non-use of sanctions (restrictive measures)
(2017-08-04)
The objective is to understand to what extent the EU’s behaviors/reactions, especially the use
of sanctions, against the third countries vary in accordance with strategic or normative
motivations and secondarily how the ...
What can cooperation in the Black Sea Region teach us about Securitization Theory
(2019-09-26)
As a relatively new theoretical framework, Securitization Theory has been criticized for its descriptive, rather than explanatory, nature, lack of unified methodology and its limited transferability. By using the Black Sea ...
Making Plans For Nigel Explaining the success of the United Kingdom Independence Party in the 2013 local council elections, with a focus on Boston, Lincolnshire.
(2013-11-11)
Eurosceptic parties across Europe are on the rise, and since the Eurocrisis their calls for reform of or even exit from the European Union have gained more prominence. One such party, The United Kingdom Independence Party ...
Does time make more converts than reason? An analysis of what drives public opinion towards the European Union in Sweden
(2016-06-22)
Since Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, the Swedish opinion towards EU
membership has gone from barely positive enough to win the advisory election, to a stable majority in favour of the membership. Founded on ...
Civil Society and Integration Between Established Habitants and Newly Arrived in Europe
(2017-09-08)
The aim of this research is to assess the possibilities in future development of integration in Europe as well as highlighting the importance of civil society in the integration work. The thesis is informed by a postcolonial ...
Competing or complementing? An empirical pilot study of Swedish MEPs’ and MPs’ perceptions of Nordic and European security collaborations
(2014-12-17)
Previous research has shown that a possible tension can be viewed to exist between the two parallel Nordic and European security structures which have come into place on the European arena since the end of the Cold War. ...
UNDER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE? A quantitative study on the effect of euroscepticism on European peripheral parties’ voting behaviour
(2016-12-06)
For nearly two decades, Europe was considered a stable and peaceful continent. Following several crises, including the annexation of Crimea and Brexit, the future of European integration is being questioned. Despite being ...
A Tale of Two Elections? - Differences in Media Representations between the European Parliament Election and National Election
(2015-12-01)
The low turnout in the elections to the European Parliament is arguably a crucial aspect of the democratic deficit in the European Union. Although the reasons for the low turnout may be several, this thesis puts focus on ...