Dissertations / Theses: 'European cooperation – Case studies'

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Spieker, Kathleen M. "A community perspective on the interaction of EC external relations and European political cooperation in the pre-Maastricht Community : case studies of actor behaviour manifested through economic sanctions and trade used as political instruments." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15241.

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The interaction of Community and European Political Cooperation (EPC) affairs is a subject which has been neglected in the research on European integration. While legal scholars have partially taken up the complex task of treaty exegesis, there has been a dearth of research from the political perspective. This thesis fills a major gap in the discussion of EPC from theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects. Thus, it explores from a Community perspective not only the normative question of whether the European Community (EC) requires or even desires an institutionalised, external political voice to fulfil its role as an international trade alliance; but also, and more important, it examines the political linkages implicit in and inseparable from economic decisions and actions. In this context the thesis examines, through a series of case studies, the issues and tensions that have come about and still exist in the European Community in the interplay between forces of integration, external relations, and EPC: the aspiration for political integration on one hand, and the desire by the member states of the Community to retain independence on the other. The resulting tension from these forces is best reflected in the relationship between EC external economic relations, and European Political Cooperation, manifested in the quest for actorness by the Community.

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Schwarzkopf, Anke. "Realpolitik or reinforcement of the EU’s normative power : A Case Study on the EU’s relations with the CELAC." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-130052.

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This research aims to understand the nature and underlying motives of the EU’s relations with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The frequently claimed normative role of the EU will be examined in the context of the EU- CELAC summit relations, and the cases should be outlined that cause a switch to Realpolitik behavior. Thereby, the EU’s engagement in regional integration and interregional cooperation will be illustrated and EU-CELAC cooperation areas concerning the fight against poverty and social inequality, the consolidation of good governance and the promotion of peace, and lastly, the regional integration, trade, and economic cooperation are analyzed to reach an understanding of their normative or Realpolitik content. The research illustrates the ways of understanding the EU’s normative behavior and power, and the nature of the cooperation between the EU and the CELAC, whereby it should be shown that the EU acts according to normative consideration and only in few exceptions turns towards Realpolitik behavior.

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Ng, Wing-hong Ringo, and 吳永康. "Issues of inter-departmental cooperations in the provision of quality service in corporate banking." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31267634.

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Llewelyn, C. W. "European political cooperation and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe : a case study in European integration." Thesis, Swansea University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637937.

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This thesis is an analysis of European Political Cooperation (EPC) and its role within the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) from its inception to the Paris Charter in 1990. The thesis considers EPC as a foreign policy coordinating mechanism within the European Community (EC) and the EPC and CSCE processes, as intergovernmental structures, within the wider process of post-war European integration. The first part of the thesis examines the origins and development of EPC and before analyzing various theoretical approaches to the process of European integration and EPC's position within that process. The origins and development of the CSCE process are considered next, within the context of post-war European security concerns and the wider process of post-war European integration. The next part of the thesis deals with the CSCE process in detail and examines the operation of EPC at the Helsinki, Belgrade, Madrid and Vienna Conferences along with the various intervening subsidiary and intersessional CSCE meetings. This section assesses EPC's ability to coordinate policies efficiently and effectively and the need to deal with matters of political and military security; problems caused by traditional foreign policy orientations within the EC; relations between the EC and the USA and the Soviet Union; and continuing developments within Europe as a whole and the process of European integration. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the issues raised during the course of the inquiry and an assessment of the EPC and CSCE processes within the context of the 'New Europe'.

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Handy, Kristina. "Tacit Cooperation Between Enemies: Two Case Studies." BYU ScholarsArchive, 1994. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4749.

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This research details a point of reference to understand two case studies of cooperation that developed among lower-level, or non policy-making bureaucrats during times of conflict or war. Using components of game theory, I propose that when an international conflictual relationship occurs that resembles an iterated Prisoners' Dilemma, and that meets certain conditions, tacit cooperation can emerge. Tacit cooperation consists of illicit or implied cooperation that is not sanctioned at the national policy level.In this research I develop a framework of tacit cooperation, relying heavily upon Robert Axelrod's theory of evolutionary cooperation. With the framework in place, I then explicate two international case studies, World War I trench warfare cooperation and the INF "walk in the woods" between Kvitsinsky and Nitze, to show how the theory can be used to describe ways that cooperation can occur in a hostile or conflictual environment.

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Stavridis, Stylianos. "Foreign policy and democratic principles : the case of European political cooperation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265598.

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Bures, Milan. "Cooperation within nato: the influence of european democracies on U.S. foreign policy." FIU Digital Commons, 1997. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1944.

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Two NATO allies, Great Britain and France, exerted greater influence on US foreign policy than most analysts assume. They did so even during the 1950s and early 1960s when the United States enjoyed undisputed economic and military supremacy in the alliance. This study hypothesizes that the British and French influence on US foreign policy is explained both by the existence of transnational and transgovernmental coalitions and by the cohesion of weak allies toward the alliance leader. Yet although both cohesion and coalitions are complementary in influencing US foreign policy, the relationship between coalitions and influence is more critical. To investigate the proposed relationships, the study relies on an analysis of three events during which both Great Britain and France challenged US policies: the Korean War, the Suez crisis, and the 1958-1963 test ban negotiations.

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Schneider, Kimberly Ann. "Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in the European Union: A Hybrid Case of Integration." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1178151333.

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Kehoe, Susan. "Markets in higher education : European case studies." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412127.

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Defraigne, Jean-Christophe P. L. G. "De l'intégration nationale à l'intégration continentale: analyse de la dynamique d'intégration supranationale européenne et de ses liens avec les changements technologiques des processus de production dans une perspective de long terme." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211359.

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Höglund, Lovisa. "The European Union and Food Security : A study of how the European Union works with food security within the context of international cooperation and development." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354140.

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Abstract Today a lot of people in the world experience food insecurity. In this paper a qualitative content analysis method has been used in order to answer the following question: How does the European Union work with food security? More specifically, this paper investigates if the EU´s focus is on strengthening people’s entitlements or on increasing the availability of food, e.g. through increasing the production of food. This analysis was able to confirm that the 23 European Union projects (within the international cooperation and development context) which were analysed focus their attempts to achieve food security in a variety of different ways. Around half the projects include elements of improving both entitlements and food availability/production, whilst roughly half of the projects aim to improve only one of the above-mentioned elements. It was possible to identify Sen’s entitlement approach in the European Union projects; however, the paper reached the conclusion that although the entitlement approach to achieving food security is clearly very influential in the projects, it is not the only influence present.

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Jacobs, Philippus Christoffel. "Intelligence and intelligence cooperation in combating international crime : selected case studies." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24739.

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This study firstly focuses on the response to the post-Cold War era with the shift of the focus of intelligence to terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and transnational organised crime. Intelligence cooperation in respect of international crimes, including mercenary crimes, piracy and war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide is analysed, as well as peacekeeping intelligence. Secondly the focus is on intelligence cooperation in response to the events of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America, and intelligence failures in respect of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Intelligence cooperation on the national level is analysed with reference to the United Kingdom and the United States of America; on regional level, with reference to the African Union, the European Union and South East Asia; and on international level with reference to INTERPOL and the United Nations. International and regional obligations in respect of intelligence cooperation are described and analysed and both the drivers of intelligence cooperation and the challenges to intelligence cooperation are analysed. Best practices are identified and proposals made to improve intelligence cooperation on the mentioned levels, in combating international crimes, including a high degree of cooperation between crime intelligence and positive intelligence.
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Political Sciences
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Myrjord, Anne. "Diversifcation in the foreign policy arena : the case of three-level cooperation in the Barnets Euro-Arctic region." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272476.

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Zografos, Christos. "Environmental governance and languages of valuation: two European case studies." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/316215.

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El análisis de políticas ambientales mediante el uso de homo economicus ha sido criticado por no tomar en cuenta la multiplicidad de valores ambientales y bases éticas en las cuales se basa la motivación humana. Esta limitación es importante, dado que puede resultar en excluir algunas preferencias ambientales y así generar políticas ambientales inefectivas y de poca legitimidad. Esta tesis considera las implicaciones de la racionalidad comunicativa para formar y analizar políticas ambientales, dado que esa pretende ser no solo un modelo alternativo a homo economicus sino también un modelo capaz de integrar múltiples lenguajes de valoración en la governanza ambiental. La tesis primero examina temas conceptuales y teóricos relacionados al uso de racionalidad comunicativa como modelo analítico y luego considera de forma empírica, implicaciones de usar este modelo para analizar la governanza ambiental por medio de dos estudios de caso. El primero, emplea la metodología Q para analizar discursos de ‘ruralidad’ que son la base de percepciones sobre el papel de empresas sociales operando en áreas rurales de Escocia. El segundo, analiza la formación política de disputas sobe el valor paisajístico que fomentan conflictos ambientales sobre parques eólicos en Cataluña rural. La tesis concluye que la racionalidad comunicativa es un concepto útil para analizar y mejorar la governanza ambiental, aunque con sus limitaciones. En términos normativos, el concepto permite conectar con el paradigma de democracia deliberativa que ofrece un marco potente para entender y evaluar aspectos relacionados a la legitimidad de governanza ambiental, particularmente en términos de justicia social y ambiental. Analíticamente, la acción comunicativa permite conceptualizar conflictos ambientales como retos de governanza y no meramente como fallos de politica ambiental, lo cual ayuda entender políticas ambientales que promueven tomas de decisiones participativa en la emergente sociedad de redes. Una limitación básica es que conceptualizando las acciones de agentes como acciones basadas en la racionalidad comunicativa, la investigación científica puede acabar ignorando contextos de poder que rodean la governanza ambiental. La tesis sugiere que el campo de economía ecológica adopte como un principio normativo la creación de esferas públicas de deliberación sobre decisiones ambientales y que enfoque al estudio del potencial deliberativo de configuraciones actuales de toma de decisión participativa. Esto ayudaría mejorar su capacidad de efectuar cambio y comprobaría si dichos procesos se transformen en mecanismos de legitimación de políticas que promueven desigualdades en el uso y reparto de recursos ambientales y desigualdades de poder. Tal visión investigadora podría también avanzar el estudio de poder que esta relativamente atrasado en economía ecológica, por medio de mejorar vínculos entre esta disciplina y la ecología política.
The application of the homo economicus model of human action for analysing environmental policy has been consistently criticised for ignoring the multiplicity of environmental values and ethical bases that underlie human motivation, which may result in undesirable crowding out and voice silencing effects that generate ineffective and legitimacy-deficient environmental policies. This thesis considers policy implications of communicative rationality as an alternative model of human action capable to integrate multiple environmental languages of valuation in environmental governance. The thesis first examines conceptual and theoretical issues relating to the adoption of communicative rationality as an analytical model and then moves on to empirically explore implications of employing that model for analysing environmental governance by means of two case studies. The first employs Q methodology to analyse ‘rurality’ discourses underlying stakeholder perceptions regarding the role of a sustainability institution (social enterprise in rural Scotland), while the second analyses the politics of landscape value that underlie environmental conflict in a case of wind farm siting conflict in rural Catalonia. Communicative rationality is found useful for analysing and indeed improving environmental governance, albeit with limitations. Normatively speaking, the concept allows connecting with the paradigm of deliberative democracy that offers an elaborated framework for understanding and assessing legitimacy aspects of environmental governance, particularly in terms of social and environmental justice. Positively speaking, communicative action allows conceptualising environmental conflicts as governance challenges and not merely as cases of government policy failure, which proves useful for analysing emerging policy arrangements promoting participatory decision-making in the network society. A main limitation is that by conceptualising stakeholder action embedded on communicative rationality research may develop a soft spot by ignoring the practical context of power that surrounds environmental governance. It is suggested that ecological economics adopts the creation of public spheres for deliberation of sustainability matters as a distinct policy objective and the study of the deliberative potential of actual participatory decision-making arrangements. This will help improve their capacity to effect change and test the danger of them becoming legitimising mechanisms for policies that promote existing resource inequities and power relations. Such a research outlook could also advance the relatively undeveloped study of power in ecological economics by furthering links with political ecology.

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Ryoo, Dong-Keun. "Cooperation forms and business strategies : the case of Korean liner shipping." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274260.

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Carter, Joel Luthuli. "Return Migration of Entrepreneurs to West Africa| A Case Study from Paris, France." Thesis, The American University of Paris (France), 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13871622.

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Müller, Joachim W. "International collaboration in advanced technology : the case of the European communication satellite programme." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9b633345-23dd-483c-9623-5ed5e6c16321.

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Governments have funded the development and production of advanced technology in order to establish supply security and/or to achieve economic growth. The policy of government funding includes three alternatives: the two basic options of maintaining a national project or participating in international collaboration involving a number of sovereign states, and the third option of doing both in parallel. The study examines international collaboration in such a way as to assist in the selection of the appropriate policy option. Particular attention is paid to the perspective of small and large, advanced and less advanced European countries. The research problem is addressed by focusing exclusively on those results which distinguish international collaboration from a national project, summarised under the concepts of collaborative sharing and collaborative efficiency. The former identifies the sharing of funding and technology not to be found in a national project. The latter identifies the difference in efficiency between international collaboration and a national project. Efficiency, indicated by cost, quality and time, is examined under the headings of policy-making, executive management, industrial rationalisation and production volume. Furthermore, collaborative sharing and efficiency are examined in the context of parallel national projects. This focus on the differences between the policy options provides the basis for selecting the appropriate one. Previous studies fail to give convincing answers to the research problem: they concentrate on collaborative efficiency while neglecting collaborative sharing, and they disagree over whether international collaboration or a national project is more efficient. This study attempts to overcome these shortcomings by examining a major case study of international collaboration, namely the European Communication Satellite Programme. The following conclusions are established. To achieve supply security, the collaborative option is considered appropriate for the large, advanced European country, and the parallel option for the large, less advanced countries. To achieve economic growth, the national option is appropriate for the advanced European countries. The smaller, less advanced countries are seen to play only a limited role in government funding of advanced technology.

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Cohen, Justin A. "The committee system and participatory governance in the European Union : case Studies from the European Commission." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522861.

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Espejo, Herrera Nadia Carminia 1983. "Nitrate exposure and cancer risk : evidence from European case-control studies." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/323894.

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Ingested nitrate is a precursor of N-nitroso compounds that are carcinogens in animals, with limited evidence in humans. The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate whether the exposure to nitrate through drinking water and diet is associated with carcinogenic effects in humans. This thesis has been conducted in the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) from 2011 to 2015, under the supervision of Cristina M. Villanueva Belmonte PhD. The results of this thesis consists of a compilation of four scientific papers including: a) a descriptive study of nitrate levels in drinking water in Spain (paper I), and b) three large European case-control studies evaluating the risk of prevalent tumors (bladder, breast and colorectal) associated with nitrate exposure through drinking water and diet (papers II, III and IV). This document also includes a general introduction, a description of the methodology, an overall discussion of the results, conclusions and an appendix section.
El nitrato ingerido es un precursor de compuestos N-nitroso, que son carcinógenos en animales, con poca evidencia en humanos. El objetivo principal de esta tesis fue evaluar si la exposición a nitrato a través del agua de consumo y la dieta está asociada a efectos carcinogénicos en humanos. Esta tesis fue llevada a cabo en el Centro de Investigación en Epidemiología Ambiental (CREAL) entre 2011 y 2015, bajo la supervisión de Cristina M. Villanueva Belmonte PhD. La parte principal de esta tesis es una compilación de cuatro artículos científicos, que incluyen: a) un estudio descriptivo de los niveles de nitrato en agua de consumo en España (artículo I) y b) tres estudios caso-control que evaluaron el riesgo de tres tumores prevalentes (vejiga, mama y colorrectal), asociados con la exposición a nitrato a través del agua de consumo y la dieta (artículos II, III and IV). Este documento incluye también una introducción general, una descripción de los métodos, una discusión y conclusiones generales y una sección de anexos.

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Björnstjerna, Magnus. "Reexamining Nordic Security : A Case Study on Contemporary Nordic Security Cooperation." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-10512.

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This study explores the driving forces and motives behind contemporary Nordic security cooperation. It asks and investigates whether the security cooperation has a foundation based on a shared (peace) identity or is founded on rational and functionalistic calculations. Through applying a theoretical model based on the theory of Regional Security Complexes the study reveal how external and internal transformations affect the Nordic nations and forces them to respond. The study reveals how both these factors are important when explaining the responses of the Nordic states and the development of the Nordic security cooperation. While national strategies differ there is a need to look to the own region which has led the Nordic states to search for a security structure at home. The study concludes that all of the Nordic nations have had to respond to a changing external environment which has put pressure on their defense budgets which problematizes their national foreign policy and security strategies. A strong Nordic amity and tradition of cooperation has eased a stronger formal structure which increases cost-effectiveness and functionalism for the Nordic states security structures. This structure has replaced older identity based and influence searching structures. Conclusively, contemporary Nordic security cooperation can be said to increase the Nordic states‟ security while simultaneously letting them follow their national security strategies. Norden is thus regaining importance and Nordic security cooperation show that the region is both active and proactive in dealing with their regional issues.

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Paczulla, Jutta Carleton University Dissertation International Affairs. "Premises for German unification: two case studies in the area of economic cooperation." Ottawa, 1991.

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Mitsui, Kenji. "Cooperation and collaboration in economic development : a case study of Massachusetts manufacturing centers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68782.

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Gorospe, Ernesto S. (Ernesto Sese). "A pattern of state and non-governmental organization (NGO) cooperation : the Philippine case." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74342.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988.
Title as it appears in M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1988: A pattern of state and non-governmental organizations (NGO) cooperation--the Phillipine Case.
Includes bibliographical references.
by Ernesto S. Gorospe.
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Roberts, Christine L. "Conflict and cooperation in watershed management : case study of metropolitan Boston's water supplies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69711.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
Title as it appears in the M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1990: Cooperation and conflict in watershed management.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-151).
by Christine L. Roberts.
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Sempijja, Norman. "Inter-organisational cooperation for peace : burgeoning relationship or opportunistic liaison? : a study of the cooperation between the European Union and United Nations peace operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2003-2008." Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/26594/.

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The study seeks to understand the nature and development of the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) in peacekeeping using the case of the peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) between 2003 and 2008. The EU deployment in 2003 of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force (IEMF) in DR Congo represented an important shift in the role of regional organisations, as it was deployed outside its geographical setting for peacekeeping reasons. Furthermore, the co-deployment of EU and UN forces highlighted the changing pattern in peacekeeping, as regional organisations were starting to play an important role in burden sharing with the UN, thereby enhancing the notion of effective multilateralism. However the seemingly positive rhetoric emanating from the EU and UN about the partnership did not necessarily reflect the reality of the relationship. Fundamental to the study are issues concerning the involvement of regional actors outside their geographical spheres. Key questions are raised regarding the motives of regional organisations and the UN. Such questions concern, for instance, the motives behind the UN calling for EU involvement in DR Congo (at the expense of the African Union and nations) and factors that persuaded the EU to answer the call. The dynamics of the EU-UN cooperation are analysed from a political and operational dimension. Key components of the operational cooperation are essentially command and control, logistics and communication. The political cooperation components include the course taken by actors while using the structures set up to aid the partnership and the already existing departments within both organisations that facilitated the initial interaction. Further questions arise concerning cooperation between the UN and EU from the political and operational level. These include questions concerning the informal and formal mechanisms put into place to resolve the divergences between the missions. In addition, perceptions of the recipient people and the neighbouring states are examined in order to assess if this partnership is working or not. The results of the research which entailed a number of interviews and an analysis of primary and secondary data show that the motives of the EU and UN, plus the dynamics of their cooperation can be analysed in a multi-layered paradigm involving the following levels of interaction: i) Operational level — MONUC and EUFOR RD Congo, IEMF, EUPOL and EUSEC ii) Political level — local and national actors iii) Political level — regional and international actors. For instance, from an operational perspective the UN considered EU deployment as suitable especially for the provision of resources. The EU on the other hand viewed the deployment in DR Congo as an opportunity to become a global actor especially in the aftermath of the fallout from the US and its allies’ invasion of Iraq. The local, national and regional viewed the motivation for the involvement of the EU alongside the UN with suspicion. This was mainly based on the fact that key players like Belgium and France had vested interests in the DR Congo. There was dissatisfaction regarding the marginal military role given to the regional and continental powers yet the conflict was in their backyard. The nature of the path of the cooperation, especially from an operational perspective, was not smooth. This can be attributed to the different organisational cultures and motivations between the organisations. The internal dynamics of individual organisations played a role in determining the level of cooperation between the two organisations. In light of the above, the research came to several conclusions which included the fact that, due to the complex motives and differing aims of the actors, cooperation at the political level does not necessarily dovetail with cooperation at the operational level. Although the organisations have set up a system of collaboration through the declarations of 2003 and 2007, it has not been fully utilized. National and organisational interests and organisational culture among others can hinder cooperation. Nevertheless, despite a divide between the political and operational aspects of the missions, actors in the field have found ways of addressing operational problems, though significant issues remain concerning the viability of the methods used to address them in the long run.

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Pilsner, Léa Alice Aloïsia. "The European Union as a green normative power? : the case of the EU's sustainable energy cooperation with China." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15953/.

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Given energy’s powerful role in achieving sustainable development (SD), the relevance of turning to sustainable energy (SE) – understood as renewable energy and energy efficiency – has been recognised as an essential instrument in the global SD agenda. In its Treaties, the European Union (EU) made a profound commitment to the SD principle, and to environmental sustainability, by enshrining it as an objective of the Union and vowing to promote it both domestically and abroad. With Manners’ introduction in 2002 of the ‘Normative Power Europe’ (NPE) conceptualisation of the EU, this commitment can be linked to the EU’s very identity (Manners 2002). The EU is to be a norm promoter in the world to which it can be held accountable. The objective of this thesis is to determine if the EU can legitimately be called a green normative power to the extent that it abides by its commitment to promote SD in the world. In order to test this proposition this research applies Manners’ NPE approach to the case study of the EU’s SE cooperation with China. With its fast paced rise as an economic powerhouse and main fossil fuel consumer, China currently poses one of the single greatest challenges to the achievement of effective SD for the planet. China is also one of the main countries with which the EU developed its SE cooperation. This work presents three main contributions. First, the thesis' main originality derives from the use of Manners’ tripartite analytical framework (Manners 2009b) in the context of EU-China relations in SE. This provides for a comprehensive assessment of the EU’s normative status, not only addressing the EU’s commitment to SD but also to promoting it in a normative way (Manners 2002) by looking at the whole policy process. In doing so, this research seeks firstly to enrich the currently very limited NPE literature on the EU’s status as green normative power by extending it to the field of SE. Secondly, the thesis also aims to add an originally researched case study on China to the NPE field of study. Finally, the thesis also contributes to expanding the application of Manners’ analytical framework by operationalizing it to the study of the SD norm as a concept.

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Laenen, Ann Maria Louisa. "Why Opera Education? Five case studies of views in a European context." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.484910.

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Since the 1980s, Opera Houses across Europe have started education programmes; some encouraged by national governments, others on their own initiative, emphasizing that the artform should be accessible to everyone. But although Opera Education is now a widely practised activity in most Opera Companies the field is almost unresearched. Only recently, from the late 1990s onwards, has Opera Education been treated as a separate practice in research on education in arts organisations. Studies, writings and reports started to focus on Opera Education in order to give an overview of 'best practice' within the field and concentrate on concrete educational activities looked at from the students', teachers' or artists' point . , of view. This is the first piece of qualitative research that compares Opera Educationpractitioners' thinking on Opera Education in an in-depth investigation. The study has explored, through a representative sample of Opera Education practitioners in Europe, the complex interaction of personal, social and cultural factors that give rise to their answers to the question Why Opera Education? To reveal views, ideas and beliefs a methodology was developed offering enough space to the participants in the research to express their thoughts as freely as possible within the context of their professional work. The overall question, Why Opera Education?, was explored via four sub-questions focusing on what opera education practitioners in an opera house/company understand opera education to be, why they are engaged in it, how they see it within the opera house/company and the wider cultural setting and what the possible influences are to t,heir perspectives. Through the case study approach, using the narrative as a semi-structured interview technique, it has been possible to address these questions and to set the stories of the practitioners in a comparative framework. The_ results are valuable not only to opera education professionals but also to other arts education professionals, arts marketing professionals, policy makers and people working in opera, because they offer a unique way of exploring the audience - institution relationship in today's society. The in-depth focus offered insight into the complex and rich field of audience-related activities in an opera house/company. The daily challenges the practitioners are confronted with are broader than just opening up the artfonn to a wider audience and are an integral part of the audience-related activities in the opera house or company. .By looking for the reasons behind opera education, lines of thinking that at first sight seemed to be quite predictable, were revealed to be more complex and challenging than if one had only looked at 'what' opera education is/might be. What emerged from the study was that the personal and cultural background of the practitioners is crucial to their thinking. Through the European framework of the research it was . . possible to identify the importance, the richn~ss and the complexity of the diverse cultural contexts that shape the beliefs of the practitioners. The thesis argues that only through a rich contextual excav~tion of beliefs situated within per~onal, social, cultural and professional narratives the diversity of meanings about opera educationÃ‚Â· in the 21st century can be realised. As such this research raises new questions about the 'role of opera' today, and ';J-bout the impact of opera education and audiencerelated activities on the artfonn. These are questions that hopefully will be explored through further qualitative research in the future.

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Minnella, Carlotta. "Imperfect socialisers : international institutions in multilateral counter-terrorist cooperation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c1d13bdc-56a2-4cc1-9919-dfda38a95604.

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This thesis examines the effects of cooperation within multilateral counter-terrorist fora on the process of preference formation of a selected group of Western countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy. The analysis focuses on the global counter-terrorist regime, a set of complex and multifaceted institutional arrangements, which were developed in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks in order to harmonise state counter-terrorist responses worldwide. The study looks at three sets of formal international institutions within the regime: the United Nations, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the European Union. It also selects a sample of three issue areas in multilateral counter-terrorist cooperation: counter-radicalisation policies, the inclusion of human rights safeguards within the main counter-terrorist sanctions provisions, and counter-terrorist financing standards. The thesis identifies as the visible symptom of institutional effects the progressive convergence of policy outputs at member state level, and proceeds with an exploration of the processes of regime creation, evolution, reform, and participation on the part of the three country case studies. The analysis reveals that the instances of pro-institution behaviour displayed by state actors are occasioned by image-related group-pressures, triggered by considerations of the maximisation of status markers and social praise, and the related avoidance of shame and social devaluation. The thesis labels this process social influence. The study further outlines the specific conditions under which interaction within a group can activate the social influence phenomenon and identifies the main triggers of state actors’ particular sensitivity to image and shame.

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Bukhshtaber, Natalia. "The role of networking in innovation in an emerging economy : the case of Russia." Thesis, Kingston University, 2018. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/42091/.

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This study aims to expand the existing knowledge of the role of networking in innovation. It focuses on Russia, a country with a transition economy. On the governmental level, the lack of understanding of the networking mechanisms that Russian start-ups use to support their innovation creates a barrier to effective decision making related to the development of the national innovation system. On the start-up level, this lack of understanding hampers the ability to select effective networking strategies aimed at ensuring that companies can achieve their aims in each stage of their development. In order to determine the scope of opportunities for companies to establish external relationships and to set the context for the interpretation of the primary data, the author conducts a detailed analysis of the evolution of Russia's national innovation system. The investigation is based on secondary data, including official government documents, articles, and publications in the scientific literature and newspapers. To gain a deeper understanding of the interrelationship between networking and innovation, the study investigates the networking behaviour of Russian SMEs, represented by a sample of 59 companies that launched business activities in Moscow between 2009 and 2017. To collect primary data, in-depth interviews were carried out with the founders of these companies. To conduct a comparative analysis of networking behaviour of companies with different degrees of innovativeness, entrepreneurial ventures in the sample are grouped into four innovativeness categories: very low, low, medium and high. The findings confirm the key proposition that innovative start-ups are more actively engaged in networking and have wider networks. In addition, the study shows that more innovative start-ups build and govern their networks of business contacts differently than less innovative start-ups. Finally, the author discusses implications for the development of theory and practice, reflects on the limitations of the research, and makes suggestions for future research on innovative networking that might build upon this study. A key contribution of this DBA thesis to practice emerged in the sphere of the author’s teaching and administrative activities at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School. The results of this study were utilised in the construction and implementation of an educational project (February-April 2018) in which students worked closely with technological start-ups to help them establish vital contacts in their business and market environments. Therefore, the knowledge obtained from this study was taught to students and applied in practice in the implementation of a systematic approach to the search for and expansion of contact networks conducive to innovation. As such, it helped students develop networking skills and assisted start-ups in successfully solving tasks related to the commercialisation of innovative products and services.

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Mangle, Katherine. "Growth management strategies in the American west : a case study of intergovernmental cooperation in Colorado." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68313.

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Kanchana, Kamonphorn. "Studies on Energy Security and International Relations: The Case of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia." Kyoto University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/215646.

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Abdulhamidova, Nurangez. "The European Union-Central Asia : in the light of the New Strategy." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-51548.

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Central Asia is a region strategically located at the crossroads of the two continents: Asia and Europe. The region is represented by five states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) with different level of economic development and with the population amounting to over 60 million people. The region is rich in energy resources represented by oil, gas, coal and water resources.

The thesis analyses, assesses and scrutinises one of the topical issues of the contemporary international relations - cooperation between the European Union and Central Asian states before and after adoption in June 2007 of the ‘European Union and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership’, an important political document in the history of relations between the two parties.

The new stage of cooperation is analysed more comprehensively accentuating priorities set in the Strategy. Analysis of the current state of affairs is conducted concerning some important issues of the Strategy related to regional cooperation between Central Asian states, such as integrated water management and development of hydro-energy system, issues of diversification of hydrocarbons supply routes from the region to Europe and provision of energy security, etc.

Issues of cooperation between the European Union and Tajikistan are analysed as a case study. State of affairs between the Central Asian states and the European Union Member States actively cooperating with these countries is characterised.

The thesis also scrutinises other regional/international actors engaged in cooperation with Central Asia (such as China, Russia, the US, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, etc.) and their potential for interaction with the European Union for more effective joint solution of the problems existing in the region is assessed.

In the conclusion, development of cooperation between the European Union and Central Asian states is scrutinised, the problems and their possible solutions in this regard are analysed, and the recommendations for increasing effectiveness of cooperation between the two parties are presented.

The European Union’s policy in Central Asia is interpreted from perspective of the theories of international relations namely neorealism, neoliberalism and constructivism in the research.

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Sjölund, Mikael. "With a little help from our friends : The European Union and its relation to Ukraine concerning regional cooperation." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1122.

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This study examines the European Unions (EU) promoting of regional cooperation, included in its programme, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The thesis is based upon the agreed activities in the EU/Ukraine relation concerning regional cooperation.

The aim for this thesis is to visualise the policy outcome of the ENP concerning the EU/Ukraine relation and regional cooperation. The following questions are posed: What are the goals for the EU; what are the achievements and planned actions and what instruments are used by the EU in the ENP concerning the EU/Ukraine relation and regional cooperation?

The theoretical approach assumes that the Union is a power in international relations. It’s well suited promoting its policies in an asymmetric power environment, where the EU is the supremacy.

This study is conducted with a qualitative research method, based on text analysis on the European Unions official documents.

The result shows that the goals for the Union are the protection of its prosperity and its energy supply. Ukraine shall assist the EU, reaching these goals. In exchange, is the EU promising integration to the Unions internal market for Ukraine. But the EU has problems when this contravenes to Russia’s interests. This confirms the theory.

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Magnusson, Erika. "The Importance of Participation Across Transnational Spheres for Democratic Development : A content analysis of the emergence of a European public sphere within the European Economic and Social Committee." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43880.

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The last 15 years has exemplified severe deficiencies in the institutional design of the European Union (EU). The EU suffers from a democratic deficit, which is demonstrated in the neglect if citizens preferences and their influence on decision making processes. This democratic deficit impacts not only the authority and legitimacy of the union but raises concerns between the EU and the world. The democratic deficit remains because of the lack of a European public sphere (EPS), an element which Habermas argues is necessary for democracy development. While previous research has found evidence for its existence in social networks and masss-media, this study broadens the field and investigates the potential existence if an EPS in a physical political network, namely the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). By conducting a quantitative content analysis, the study reveals clear indications of an EPS within the committee in which it is highly engaged in. Their engagement in the sphere is crucial to increase influence and power, as their engagement can decrease the democratic deficit, increase the legitimacy of the EU, and favour smooth cooperation between the member states, and between the EU and the world.

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Petersen, Nikiforos. "The Common European Asylum System : Challenges and Opportunities in Greece. A Case Study." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156344.

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This thesis aims to investigate decision-making and policy implementation in the European Union, specifically regarding the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and to compare how the political intention corresponds to the reality of its implementation, using the example of Greece. Europe’s ability to handle migration and refugee flows has been severely tested in recent years due to the large number of people fleeing wars in Central Asia and the Middle East. The CEAS constitutes a fairly modern endeavor compared to other regional programs concerned with refugee protection but it has not yet made a significant improvement in how refugees are treated. At the same time, Greece has been in an acute socio-economic crisis since at least 2010. European integration has traditionally been subject to theoretical analysis through Moravcsiik’s Liberal Intergovernmentalism and various forms of formalism. This thesis has tried to apply Historical Institutionalism to explain certain facets of the CEAS and the recent and on-going ‘refugee’ crisis. In combination with other theories, Institutionalism can contribute to an understanding of recent forces towards further integration and divergence in the European Union.

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Weaver, Alexandra R. "Case Studies on the Implementation and Impact of Gender Quotas in European Legislative Bodies." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/227.

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This research is an examination of the impact of gender quotas in EU legislative bodies, analyzing data regarding the increase of women in national governments since quota implementation. This paper analyzes and compares the results of four case studies: France, Spain, Romania and Slovenia. The data is analyzed relative to their respective histories, cultures and political systems. The sources used for obtaining numerical data are government/EU documents, other academic work, and newspaper articles that have been published on the subject. Due to the limited scope of the research, the purpose is not to draw any definite, far-reaching conclusions about gender quotas in European Union legislatures. Rather, it is a demonstration of the knowledge acquired in conducting the research and how it may be pertinent to further research.

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Serrano, Alberto Marks Gary. "Obstacles behind a common European energy policy case studies of Germany, Hungary and Russia /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2139.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Feb. 17, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in the Department of Political Science, Concentration Transatlantic Studies." Discipline: Political Science; Department/School: Political Science.

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Miyazaki, Kumiko. "The dynamics of competence building in European and Japanese firms : the case of optoelectronics." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333526.

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The central aim of this thesis was to examine the dynamics of competence building processes at the firm level in an international sample of companies engaged in the field of optoelectronics. The development of empirical measures to assess the dynamics of competence building is crucially important both for management practice and the modem theory- of the firm. The concept was derived from the notion of firm specific competencies which are closely related to the firm's intangible assets and its accumulated technological bases. The principal argument has been that in the development of technological competence. firms would view a radically new opportunity offered by an emerging new technology such as optoelectronics from different angles, shaped to a large extent by their different technological bases and business interests. Competence building is a painstaking, lengthy arduous process. characterized by uncertainty, trial and error. and requires continuous learning. Several factors affect the rate and direction of competence building, chief among them being: primary markets, top management strategy and the evolution of the R&D organization, management of the linkages between systems, key components and component generic technologies, organizational learning and economies of scope. Two main investigation techniques were employed to support my argument. The first consisted of statistical analysis of bibliometric scientific publications data and US patent data of the firms involved. The second consisted of in-depth interviews with the firms' researchers and R&D managers, who provided data on the historical account of the firms' optoelectronics competence building processes. A novel pioneering technique was developed to measure competencies using the three types of data. The analysis showed that within large firms, variation existed in the scope of competence building depending on the range of prior capabilities. The areas of strength and weakness within optoelectronics could be used to group the firms into three groups of 1, communications driven 2, consumer and industrial electronics driven 3, evenly balanced firms.

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Hien, Nguyen Mannee Chaiteeranuwatsiri. "Teacher's and administrator' perception of Asean cooperation in tourism training case studies of Thailand and Vietnam /." Abstract, 2007. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2550/cd399/4836019.pdf.

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Hanova, Selbi. "Understanding Central Asian cooperation through state narratives : cases of Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11096.

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This thesis examines the influence of state identity narratives on regional cooperation frameworks in Central Asia. It applies the perspectives of ontological security theory to the self-articulation of state identities of Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan to decipher socialization mechanisms in each of the cases. Consequently, it traces the routinization of the state narratives of Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan toward the region and regional organizations. Ontological security theory argues that, in addition to physical security, states seek ideational security, security of identity and security of being. Using a grounded theory approach to study the formation of the state narratives of Kyrgyzstan and of Turkmenistan and utilizing official and media sources and interviews conducted during fieldwork, the thesis analyzes the process of routinization of state identity narratives, showcasing the narrators, the narratives and the processes of self-articulation. The key process that is traced is the routinization of the state narratives, i.e. the sequence of repeated actions (inter-textualized through speech acts and textual references) that transform the self-articulated stories of the states into the realm of the habitual. This process of routinization is then analyzed within the regional context, examining how these routinized narratives influence inter-state cooperation in Central Asia. As such, the thesis contributes to two main bodies of literature: the growing literature on the ideational aspects of regional cooperation in Central Asia; and existing research on the role of state identification practices in the foreign policies of Central Asian states.

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Roman-Kamphaus, Urszula. "Effects of the European Union's cross-border cooperation programmes implemented in the Central-Eastern Europe : case of Polish-Slovak border region." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.742417.

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Dunbar, Rupert Kenneth Lewis. "Proving that the application of international law in the Court of Justice of the European Union is unjust in prominent case law." Thesis, Kingston University, 2016. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/39279/.

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Is the application of international law unjust in prominent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union? In answering this question the thesis explains that Justice comprises both legal certainty, which seeks clear rules to govern future conduct, and [j]ustice, which seeks the correct outcome in an individual case. There is a frequent tension between these aims. Moreover, there is not an accepted model of Justice which resolves how to balance legal certainty and justice. Any loss in one aspect may be justified by a gain in the other. On this basis the analysis of legal certainty and justice is divided in the thesis. Legal certainty can be measured objectively, but the appropriate level of legal certainty which any legal system should achieve is contested. It is argued that legal certainty in internal case law - case law not applying international law - is the appropriate measure of legal certainty in external case law - case law applying international treaty and customary international law. This is implicit in scholarship and has been expressly approved by the Court itself. The thesis will identify that external case law is les certain than internal case law. [j]ustice cannot be measured objectively and is contested in its substantive or 'thick' form. However, formal, or 'thin' justice, which is encapsulated in the obligation to treat like cases alike and unalike cases unalike to the extent of their unalikeness, is widely accepted. Accordingly, the thesis compares internal case law, which reveals strong and consistent conceptions of justice across EU law, to external case law. It identifies differing justice conceptions in external as copared to internal case law. Based on a 'thin' model of justice these justice modifications must be accounted for based on the context of applying international law; the extent of the unalikeness. It will be identified that unalikeness in the context of applying international law cannot account for the justice modifications in external case law and a fortiori the lower levels of legal certainty. Accordingly, this thesis endeavours to show that the application of international law in prominent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in unjust.

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Maljugin, Anton. "Emergence of dynamic capabilities in low velocity industries : a case study of European shipbuilding industry." Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/27010/.

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During last two decades the uncertainty in and complexity of the external environment has become a common challenge for most companies worldwide. To gain a more sustainable competitive advantage in their rapidly changing competitive milieux companies should be able successfully to integrate innovative elements and develop their dynamic capabilities. The value of dynamic capabilities lies in the resource configurations that they create or enhance in rapidly and radically changing environments, which in turn enable the firm to pursue opportunities in new, unpredictable markets (Ambrosini & Bowman, 2009). Firms which operate in high-velocity industries continuously develop their dynamic capabilities as the only means to survive. Companies in low-velocity industries are usually unprepared for radical and rapid changes and thus they are less competitive than companies which develop their dynamic capabilities in less stable environments. This study examines how dynamic capabilities have evolved in an industry which is moving from a relatively low velocity into moderately high velocity. A deductive, interpretive approach is chosen for the current study, mainly because it offers a better opportunity to explain, describe, illustrate, and explore specific aspects of the emergence of dynamic capabilities in relatively low velocity environments. The study has studied three ship building companies in Europe. The study has two main phases of data collection. The first data collection phase begins with three in-depth interviews with chief executives from the companies selected for the case study. The chief executives of these companies are chosen for their known, recent experience with dynamic capabilities and because they represent the shipbuilding industry in Europe. The second data collection phase consists of nineteen semistructured interviews. The collected research data is analyzed by case studies methods. This work has found that dynamic capabilities developed in stable environments lead to superior performance under conditions of environmental volatility; entrepreneurial behaviour on every managerial level is necessary in order to develop dynamic capacity; low-cost experimentations are one of the most effective methods to trigger dynamic capabilities; and learning through internationalization is an effective tool to develop dynamic capabilities. It has also found that new business development units and spin-offs might trigger development of dynamic capabilities but cooperation between small and medium-sized firms and large enterprises does not increase the development of dynamic capabilities and might be even counterproductive.

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Askham, James William. "The European Language Portfolio in Action : Case Studies of the Classroom Use of the ELP." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520178.

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Azzopardi, Rose Marie. "Economic integration and small states : case studies of Cyprus and Malta in the European Union." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445627.

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Scotto, Naomi. "Mobility of highly skilled professionals in the Single European Market : Franco-British company case studies." Thesis, University of Bath, 1998. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340940.

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BOLLEYER, Nicole. "Internal government dynamics and the nature of intergovernmental relations : constraints and corridors of organizational adaptation in federal systems." Doctoral thesis, European University Institute, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/7039.

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Defence date: 7 May 2007
Examining Board: Prof. Tanja A. Börzel (Free University of Berlin) ; Prof. Adrienne Héritier (European University Institute) ; Prof. Peter Mair (European University Institute) ; Prof. Alberta Sbragia (University of Pittsburgh)
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Over the past decades, governments have increasingly been confronted with problems that transcend their boundaries. A multitude of policy fields are affected, including environment, trade and security. Responding to the challenges triggered by Europeanization and globalization, governments increasingly interact across different spheres of authority. Both theoretically and empirically, the puzzle of institutional choice reflected by the variety of arrangements in which intergovernmental cooperation takes place inside individual countries and across their borders remains surprisingly under-explored. In an attempt to solve this puzzle, the dissertation tackles the following questions: Why are the intergovernmental arrangements governments set up to deal with boundary-crossing problems so different? To what extent do these institutional differences affect the effectiveness of intergovernmental cooperation? To address this gap theoretically and empirically, this book adopts a deductive, rationalist approach to institution-building. It argues that internal politics, the type of executive-legislative relations within the interacting governments, explains the nature of institutions set up to channel intergovernmental processes: while power-sharing governments engage in institution-building, power-concentrating governments avoid it. It also shows that these institutional choices matter for the output of intergovernmental cooperation. The approach is applied to Canada, Switzerland, the United States, and finally the European Union. Disaggregating individual government units, the theoretical approach reveals how intragovernmental micro-incentives drive macro-dynamics and thereby addresses the neglect of horizontal dynamics in multilevel systems. The willingness and capacity of lower-level governments to solve collective problems on their own and to oppose central encroachment are crucial to understand the power distribution in different systems and their long-term evolutions.

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Sörensen, Karin, and Denum Nimanthi Abeysekera. "Why do Americans Travel? : A Comparative Case Study of WHOPs and DINKs in the United States in cooperation with VisitSweden." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-62232.

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Purpose: The purpose of our study is to discover and learn more about the motives of American WHOP´s (Wealthy Healthy Older People, age 50 and over) and DINKs (Double Income No Kids, working couples without children, age 25-45) leisure travel and which needs they wish to satisfy. Method: The thesis is a comparative case study which is carried out as a qualitative empirical study. For our empirical study we conducted twenty semi-structured personal interviews via telephone and Skype conversations. The participants consisted of ten DINKs (five females, five males) and ten WHOPs (five females, five males). Results and Conclusions: Both groups had strong novel motives and wished to experience something new, especially new cultures. WHOPs had a stronger educational motive and especially wished to learn about new cultures and history. Moreover, both groups found it important to relax, and DINKs have especially stronger motives and needs to relax mentally, particularly due to hard work conditions in their home environments. Another important factor for both groups was to experience an environment other than their own by diverging from their normal routines and home environment.

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Roe, Sara Hill. "How Is the Concept of Flourishing Centrally Compelling in a Move toward Sustainability? A Case Study of the Aeolian Islands." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10684814.

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This dissertation explores the role of the concept of flourishing as it moves toward sustainability by examining a theoretical case study of the Aeolian Islands, and in particular, the island of Lipari. Lipari is challenged by four core problems: lack of potable water, lack of collaboration on policymaking, lack of a shared vision, and lack of a sustainable economy. Each core problem is evaluated as a set of complex and interrelated systems. Through this analysis, the leading qualities associated with a flourishing society are explored to determine the potential levers that would be most effective in shifting the islands from unsustainable to sustainably flourishing. Using the framework of complexity, this paper integrates a variety of fields such as ecology, economics, public policy, and sociology in developing a more comprehensive definition of the concept of sustainable flourishing.

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Hopkins-Malchow, Janice Marie. "Perceptions of school faculty, university faculty, and teacher candidates participating in a professional development school partnership." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/776.

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