Search for dissertations about: "European Union Commission"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words European Union Commission.
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1. Europeans only? : essays on identity politics and the European Union
Abstract : The chief preoccupation of the dissertation revolves around the European Union's project of calling forth a collective sense of "European identity" amongst people in the Union. It focuses specifically on how the European Union's identity politics plays out once the ethnic minorities with immigrant background now living in the Union are brought into view. READ MORE
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2. The New Role of the European Commission in the EU’s Security and Defence Architecture : entrepreneurship, crisis and integration
Abstract : In recent years, the European Union (EU) has strengthened its foreign, security and defence policy in a remarkable way. Several new supranational security and defence initiatives have been launched and implemented, which have given the European Commission a new and central role in European security and defence policy. READ MORE
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3. Making States Comply : The European Commission, the European Court of Justice, and the Enforcement of the Internal Market
Abstract : One of the central bones of contention in the study of the European Union (EU) is the capacity of its supranational institutions to be a driving force in the process toward deeper integration. Whereas existing research predominantly addresses the institutions’ ability to shape European integration through pre-decisional agenda-setting, this study examines the scope for supranational influence in the post-decisional phase of EU enforcement. READ MORE
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4. Health security in the European Union : Agents, practices and materialities of securitization
Abstract : Over the past two decades, the notion of ‘health security’ has emerged as a central tenet of European Union (EU) public health policy. This PhD thesis examines the rise and implications of health security cooperation, associated with an imperative to fight ‘bioterrorist attacks’, pandemics and other natural or man-made events. READ MORE
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5. In the service of the European Union : The role of the presidency in negotiating the Amsterdam Treaty 1995-97
Abstract : This thesis investigates the role and influence of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in European Union negotiations - to what extent the Presidency can actually exert leadership and to what extent the office-holder can advance national priorities. The study addresses these questions by examining the activities and achievements of the Spanish, Italian, Irish and Dutch presidencies in the prenegotiation and negotiation processes in the intergovernmental conference (IGC) 1996-97, which resulted in the Amsterdam Treaty. READ MORE