Search for dissertations about: "European integration economic theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words European integration economic theory.

2. 1. Air transport liberalisation in the European community 1987-1992 : A case of integration

   Author : Robin Travis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; European Union; air transport; aviation; liberalisation; integration theory; game theory; neo-functionalism; intergovernmentalism; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Commercial aviation in the European Community was regulated by a system based on bilateral negotiations until the late 1980s. Regulation ensured that airlines did not compete. The lack of competition conflicted with the aim of the Treaty of Rome of having a common economic market. READ MORE

4. 2. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe -Lessons from Estonia

   Author : Per Högselius; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Economics; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Political and administrative sciences; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social and economic history; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; case studies; inherited competencies; proximity; Estonia; telecommunications; systems of innovation; Eastern Europe; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; systems of innovation;

   Abstract : The overall interest pursued in this thesis is how the former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe can build strong and dynamic systems of innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the dynamics and evolution of the telecommunications system of innovation in Estonia from the late Soviet period to Estonia's EU accession, and to provide an in-depth explanation of how innovation has been enabled to occur in the system. READ MORE

5. 3. Public Attitudes Towards the European Union : A study explaining the variations in public support towards the European Union within and between countries over time

   Author : Thomas Karv; Kim Strandberg; Kimmo Grönlund; Linda Berg; Åbo Akademi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political support; European Union; Legitimacy;

   Abstract : Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) have become increasingly important over time. This especially since the process of European integration has become widely considered as a political process affected by attitudinal fluctuations. READ MORE

6. 4. Sweden and Poland Entering the EU : Comparative Patterns of Adaptive Organization and Cognition

   Author : Niklas Eklund; Lindahl Rutger; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; integration; transnationalization; adaptation; Sweden; Poland; European Union; enlargement; Stein Rokkan; political cognition; national elites; strategic policy deliberation; qualitative research interviewing; enthusiasts; voluntarists; pragmatists; skeptics; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; politikvetenskap; political science;

   Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of how elites in Sweden and Poland approach and make sense of EU membership. It begins with the observation that the public debates in several EU member countries are becoming increasingly politicized around a dichotomy, i.e. enthusiasm and skepticism vis-à-vis European integration. READ MORE

7. 5. Democracy Reconsidered : Britain, France, Sweden, and the EU

   Author : Hans Agné; Kjell Goldmann; Jörgen Hermansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democracy; Democratic theory; Autonomy; Participation; Deliberation; Internationalisation; Globalisation; EU; Budget policy; International Political Economy; parliament; European integration; Sweden; France; Britain; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether some positions in democratic theory should be adjusted or abandoned in view of internationalisation; and if adjusted, how. More specifically it pursues three different aims: to evaluate various attempts to explain levels of democracy as consequences of internationalisation; to investigate whether the taking into account of internationalisation reveals any reason to reconsider what democracy is or means; and to suggest normative interpretations that cohere with the adjustments of conceptual and explanatory democratic theory made in the course of meeting the other two aims. READ MORE