The United States in the Economy
Course material - 25 pages - International economy
Globalization is a contest content, it can have a negative view; responsible of outsourcing, massive unemployment (Europe), positive view; eliminate discrimination, global general culture, universalism. A complex reality, positive & negative sides. Is a process of interaction and integration...
The American Civil War and the independence of the Southern States
Course material - 2 pages - Modern history
Although historians now agree that there were many causes for the American Civil War, one of these causes remains the desire of the Confederacy to defend the institution of slavery against what they perceived to be an attack by the Northern states. By electing Lincoln as President, the...
What would be the major differences between being a citizen in a nomocratic state and in a teleocratic state?
Case study - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
Some famous conservative philosophers as Michael Oakeshott define the origins of states by distinguishing two basic types of government: the nomocratic and the teleocratic state. Their conception about the role of state and how it should rule the citizen's life is...
EU towards a federal state - publié le 11/06/2013
Case study - 5 pages - European union
"Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity" (issued from Schuman Declaration on 9th May 1950). At the end of the Second World War, bruised, France, Germany, Benelux, and Italy,...
The future of the state in a global context: Is the European Union a super state? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 12 pages - European union
The organization of the world has been changing for the past few decades. Besides the nation sates, a lot of different forms of organization have been coming up. The development of international relations has brought about the need for organizations which enable cooperation between the national...
Implementation of European Law in a federal state: The Belgian case between coherence and autonomy
Case study - 9 pages - European law
‘Ultimately the impact of EU rules depends on the willingness and capacity of Member States authorities to ensure that they are transposed and enforced effectively and fully and on time' (Graver) . This statement from the European Commission in its White Paper on Governance...
EU towards a federal state
Case study - 5 pages - European union
"Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity" (issued from Schuman Declaration on 9th May 1950). At the end of the Second World War, bruised, France, Germany, Benelux, and Italy,...
The EU policy towards fragile states
Thesis - 12 pages - Political science
“Some developing countries are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, climate change, environmental degradation and external economic shocks. The member States and the EU will support disaster prevention and preparedness in these countries, with a view to increase their...
The future of the state in a global context: Is the European Union a super state?
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
The organization of the world has been changing for the past few decades. Besides the nation sates, a lot of different forms of organization have been coming up. The development of international relations has brought about the need for organizations which enable cooperation between the national...
"The European Union's agenda for constitutional reform, as first set out in the Laeken Declaration, has been and remains an urgent priority." Discuss the above statement
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The European Union is constantly evolving. We are currently in the middle of the ratification process by Member States of the Lisbon Treaty ? or Reform Treaty ? which seems to mark the end of a constitutional agenda that was started by the Laeken Declaration in the aftermath of the...
Explain and discuss the effectiveness of the EC Treaty provisions concerning state aids in preventing distortions to the operation of the single market
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
As recognised by the EC Treaty, state aids are important and necessary policy instruments to achieve social and economic goals. However, depending on the way in which they are given, State aids can have a material impact on competition, leading to significant distortions to the...
Has European integration contributed to save or to undermine the nation state? - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
In 1882 Ernest Renan declared: “a Nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which, in truth, are really one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories, the other is the...
Turkey: Member or privileged partner?
Thesis - 8 pages - European union
Turkey, with its 72 million inhabitants, became a layman state since Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and founder of the Republic of Turkey) and tried to follow the EU's vision of human rights, culture and economy. Since...
The problem of state aids as a possible source of unfair competition in the EU
Course material - 12 pages - Economic politics
A subvention is a refundable grant granted mostly by the State or a Local authority. It is paid by a public community for activities in which it neither takes the initiative, nor the responsibility. It is granted either to facilitate the execution of a public utility, or as help or...
Has European integration contributed to save or to undermine the nation state?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
In 1882 Ernest Renan declared: “a Nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which, in truth, are really one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories, the other is the...
State surveillance in Hungary
Essay - 7 pages - European union
As a general principle, all relevant evidence in a case should be available for inspection by all concerned parties. However, the public interest may dictate that certain evidence is withheld, and thus frustrate the interests of justice. We need to critically evaluate the mechanisms which exist...
EU Conditionality and State-Building in Bosnia: An Uneasy Relationship
Thesis - 75 pages - Political science
The thesis examines the adequacy of the EU conditionality to induce state-building reforms in the particular context of Bosnia. The purpose is to analyze whether the conditions set, and the incentives offered by the EU are adequate to induce state-building reforms. The EU...
The European Union and democratic progress in post communist states:The cases of Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia
Thesis - 7 pages - Political science
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, strong winds of change have been sweeping across the European continent. With the growth of the European Union into the region's dominant political force, the last remnants of communism and totalitarian rule are rusting...
The situation of the United States concerning the Kyoto Protocol
Thesis - 17 pages - International relations
Understanding and predicting climate issues have become important because of disturbances caused by human activities and population pressure and economic development. The scientists were the first to draw the attention of policymakers on the risk of climate change linked to emissions of...
United States - Europe relationship
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Three days ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Barack Obama met in Washington to address economic issues and the European role in the sanctions against Iran. This meeting has been the main news in the European media, the American media barely spoke about it. This difference of views is...
Why did Britain not become a leading member of the European Union and why is it sometimes considered as an ?awkward partner' ?
Essay - 26 pages - European union
A wise man once said that a nation which did not know its own history would be condemned to repeat its mistakes. The History of Britain accession and membership to the EC and EU has singled out the country, compared to the other members. The recent events in Britain European political...
Describe the influx of foreign-labor migrants to Europe and the consequences for the welfare state in Western Europe
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
In Europe, the second half of the 20th century was a period of major change in all aspects of social life. It was marked by economic, social and demographic changes. Migration movements since 1945 have had an especially marked effect, both on the existing population and on newcomers, which...
The new challenges of the Finnish welfare state after 1980's
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
Even though Finland experienced a similar GDP per capita as Chile or Uruguay in the 1950's, the GDP of the former has now tripled. The orientation of economic development, a constant economic growth, the rising of public sector and the emergence of compromises and consensus regarding...
The role of the Swedish State in environmental politics
Book review - 10 pages - Ecology & environment
The issue of this literature review is to study the role of a state in politics, and which needs the support and the involvement of the public sector as well as the private sector, of the social group interests and the market, and which has to be decided and implemented at the local and...
The Networks of the Renewable Energy Policies in the United States, Belgium, and France.
Essay - 28 pages - Ecology & environment
At the end of September 2004, the Russian government announced its ratification to the Kyoto protocol. This event gave the question of renewable energies a new breath. The goal of this work will be to compare the networks of decision in the three home countries of the members of the group,...
Under what circumstances do you think states should intervene in humanitarian crises?
Essay - 6 pages - International law
Humanitarian intervention deals with two academic fields: political philosophy and international law. The question of intervention depends on the morality and on the legality of the intervention. Is humanitarian intervention a moral duty for states? Is humanitarian intervention a right for...
What is the role of the state in international Politics? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
International Politics is based upon two main theories, Realism and Liberalism. These theories are conventionally opposed, and therefore give two different interpretations of world politics. This essay will focus on the stances of these theories upon the role of the state. However, before...
« The lack of progress in tackling climate change internationally is due to states' economical interests ». Discuss.
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem". Seems like Reagan's statement should be inverted today, and the notion of Government amplified. In fact, in the last decades, states started realizing that they had to face a much...
State Sovereignty - Has the Role of the State Under Global Governance, Increased, Changed, Diminished or Stayed the Same?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Depending on the theoretical frame used by scholars, the perception of a state, at the time of increased globalization is really different. Its role, its place in international society, its obligations and what jeopardizes it, gets completely antagonist answers. Between those who believe...
What is the role of the state in international Politics? - publié le 24/07/2006
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
International Politics are based upon two main theories, Realism and Liberalism, which are conventionally opposed, and therefore give two different interpretations of world politics. This essay will focus on the stances of these theories upon the role of the state. But before assessing...
