Sökning: "Comparative Regionalism"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Comparative Regionalism.
1. What Kind of Regionalism? : Regionalism and Region Building in Northern European Peripheries
Sammanfattning : "What Kind of Regionalism?" is a comparative study of regionalism and region building in two northern European regions – Meclenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany and Norrbotten in Sweden. The aim of the thesis is to investigate what kind of regionalism is emerging in regions that are neither economically successful nor regarded as 'ethnic communities'. LÄS MER
2. Regional cooperation organizations in a multipolar world. Comparing the Baltic and the Black Sea regions
Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the phenomenon of regionalism around the Baltic and the Black Sea since the end of the Cold War with a comparative approach and by applying an extended neorealist theory that includes geopolitics and historical legacy. The main focus is regional organizations, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which defines the geographical and political borders of the Baltic and the Black Sea region. LÄS MER
3. Regional citizenship regimes: Comparing ECOWAS and ASEAN
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the relationship between citizenship and regional organisations in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Specifically, it studies variation in regional citizenship regimes, how regional actors interpret the notion of regional citizenship, and what these variations and interpretations mean for our understanding of regional citizenship regimes. LÄS MER
4. A rational response to natural disasters? : Explaining the global rise of regional disaster risk management
Sammanfattning : Natural disasters pervade the certainty of social life. In a globalized world this truism increasingly calls for transnational solutions to prevent, prepare, and respond to these deadly disruptions. Regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) has recently emerged to meet this concern. LÄS MER
5. Sweden and Poland Entering the EU : Comparative Patterns of Adaptive Organization and Cognition
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER