Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på emneord "EU"
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Brexit 2016. En empirisk analyse av populistiske trender, historie og kultur.
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Background and objectives: In June of 2016 a small majority in the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). This is referred to as Brexit. The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to understand Brexit ... -
Decision-Shaping From the Outside: Measuring and explaining the degree of preference attainment in the EEA EFTA Comments
(Master thesis, 2020-08-21)The membership of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the European Economic Area (EEA) has often been suggested to entail a democratic deficit. These three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members have to implement ... -
Demokrati, personvern og samfunnstryggleik - Ei analyse av deliberativ kvalitet i den norske debatten om EU sitt datalagringsdirektiv
(Master thesis, 2011-06-23)4. april 2011, fem år etter at datalagringsdirektivet vart vedteke av Europaparlamentet og Ministerrådet, vedtok Stortinget å innføre direktivet i norsk rett. Dette vart gjort etter sjeldan engasjement og debatt kring eit ... -
Diversity in Stakeholder Preferences Regarding EU Policy: The Effect of Survey Elements within Processes of Open Public Consultation
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)Since the "European Governance A White Paper" launched in 2001, the European Union has worked to improve accountability and transparency within the organization. Preferences voiced by the public are one of the most important ... -
En fremtid under overvåking- Hvordan Norges forhold til EU vises i implementeringsprosessen rundt Datalagringsdirektivet.
(Master thesis, 2013-06-02)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg hvordan Norges forhold til EU vises i debatten om Datalagringsdirektivet. -
Energieffektivisering og hvite sertifikater - nødvendig energipolitikk eller feilslått klimapolitikk?
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)I denne oppgaven vil følgende problemstilling belyses: Hvorfor skal myndighetene sørge for mer energieffektivisering, og hvordan vil hvite sertifikater påvirke energimiksen? Energisparing og energieffektivisering har vært ... -
Explaining Scottish and Catalan Secessionist Mobilization in the Framework of the EU. A Comparative Case Study of Minority Nationalist Mobilization in Scotland, Catalonia, Wales, and the Basque Country
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)The purpose of this thesis is to compare and assess the mobilization processes leading up to the referendum bids for independence in Scotland and Catalonia. Minority nationalist regions have over the latter decades emerged ... -
Global Visions, Regional Realities: EU Migration and Asylum Policy in light of the UN Compacts on Migration and Refugees
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis examines the development of the European Union’s migration and asylum policy post-2018, focusing on its alignment and misalignment with the United Nation’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. It explores ... -
Just a matter of power? Explaining EU Member States’ commitment to Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)The EU Member States have generally been reluctant towards a common European security and defence policy, and previous attempts of such inter-state cooperation have been perceived as unsuccessful. Yet, the new European ... -
Konstitusjonsdebatt i fransk dagspresse. En analyse av lederartikler og leserinnlegg i tre franske dagsaviser.
(Master thesis, 2008)Målet for denne studien er å vise at en analyse av lederartikler og leserinnlegg fra de franske avisene le Monde, l'Humanité og le Figaro kan bidra til å gi en forståelse av opinionsdanning og opinionsendring som politisk ... -
Med én fot innenfor: hvordan norske interesseaktører jobber i Brussel
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)Denne masteroppgaven er et hypotesegenererende casestudium, foretatt innenfor et hovedsaklig uutforsket område. Oppgavens hovedmål er å forklare hvorfor interesseaktører i EU-systemet velger ulike lobbystrategier når de ... -
Mellom ord og krig: Ein komparativ casestudie av EU og USA sin bruk av GSP-sanksjonar mot Kviterussland
(Master thesis, 2012-06-03)This thesis aims to reveal the nature of the European Union as a sender of sanctions compared with the United States. The question I ask is; is the European Union less united as sender of GSP-sanctions than the US, and ... -
Norske kommunar og EU. Forventingar til medlemsskap i europakontor
(Master thesis, 2008-06-02)Har norske kommunar intensjonar om å påverke politikkutforminga i EU, eller har dei heilt andre forventingar til bruk av europakontora som verktøy? Dette spørsmålet er rimeleg å stille seg når ein ser korleis kommunane ... -
Postmarket Surveillance of Orthopaedic Implants using Web-technologies
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)In the European Union (EU) between 8-12 % of patients admitted to hospitals, suffer harm from the healthcare they receive every year. There are many reasons for this, e.g. surgical error, error in diagnostics and medical ... -
Responsiveness to a Digital Age: Voting on Artificial Intelligence in the European Parliament
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)Artificial Intelligence is a growing technology that is likely to be central for economies and industries across the whole globe. The European Union wants to be at the forefront of the development and deployment of this ... -
The road towards 2020: A multiple case study on the implementation of the RES-Directive in Estonia, Latvia and Norway and the factors affecting their performance towards meeting the 2020 renewable energy targets.
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The purpose of this study is to examine which factors have affected the performance of Estonia, Latvia and Norway towards reaching their 2020 renewable energy goals they have committed themselves to as a result of the ... -
Suksessfaktorar og utfordringar ved internasjonal mobilitet for yrkesfag: Ein casestudie av Voss vidaregåande skule
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Samandrag Denne oppgåva ser på ulike suksessfaktorar innan internasjonal mobilitet for elevar innan yrkesfag. EU har prioritert mobilitet for yrkesfag heilt fram til 2020. Det var viktig for EU at mobilitet blant folk i ... -
Swiss and Norwegian regions in Brussels: How and why do the regions of associated member-states of the EU mobilize in Brussels?
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)Why do the regions of Norway have regional offices in Brussels while the Swiss regions do not? The research done in the thesis features one of the first analyses done on regional mobilization from countries currently not ... -
"To hell with you and your union, we are going whatever you say". An ethnographic study of how class, race, ethnicity, and immigration affected the Brexit referendum
(Master thesis, 2018-06-06)Based on a five-month long fieldwork in Wigan, North West England this thesis presents an analysis of how class, immigration, ethnicity and race affected the Brexit referendum. I did my fieldwork in a post-industrialised ... -
Transnational Governance of the European External Borders: The case of Joint Operation Triton
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Frontex plays an important role in assisting European Union Member States towards ensuring effective and coherent management of its external borders. This study examines the way that Frontex and member states work together ...