The ‘rediscovery' of ethnicity: Theory and analysis

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « scholars concerned about barriers to the access and participation of newer immigrant groups, at a time when new pan-European forms of citizenship are being ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Theory and analysis.. The context for the ‘Rediscovery' of ethnicity.. Classical theories and the marginalization of ethnic phenomenon in sociology.. The period of transition: 1970s and 1980s.. The 1990s and emergent research...»

Citizenship & Democracy: Civil Society and the Democratization of Kosovo

Political science   |   Political science   |   Case study   |   05/05/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Conclusion; Works consulted. Citizenship & Democracy Civil Society and the Democratization of UN-sponsored forces and their replacement by European Union forces ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Recent history of Kosovo. Importance of civil society. History of civil society in Kosovo. Civil society advantages. Civil society disadvantages. Civil society organizations in Kosovo today. Conclusion. Works consulted....»

The economic, territorial, and cultural impact of the European Union on the Danish identity

Business & market   |   European union   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « 1993 to convince the Danes to follow the new European Union. It led to a special Maastricht treaty version with reservations on union on citizenship, a common ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Danish identity and culture.. Danish identity at stake and the European Union.. Debates about the European Union and Denmark 1970's to 1980's.. The tight coupling of the state and the nation.. The European Union's democratic...»

The role of the European Union in the democratisation of Central and Eastern Europe

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « fairness and equal opportunity, or the introduction of exclusionary citizenship laws. is not considered as a democratic one by the European commission, as it ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The concept of 'consolidation of democracy'.. The qualitative and quantitative aspects of democracy.. The consolidation of democracy, a question of democratic survival?. The proposition by Andreas Schedler.. Appropriate criteria for a...»

Euroscepticism in Poland

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   13 pages
Document abstract : « government, put several and important conditions to the integration of Poland in the EU, such as the rejection of the European citizenship, the subordination ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Fluctuations of the level of euroscepticism: Short history of polish euroscepticism.. Three phases in the fluctuations of the level of Polish euroscepticism.. Two important events: the 2001 parliamentary elections and the 2003...»

How can the "crisis" of the Welfare States affect the policy of fight against poverty?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « HANSEN, « Reforming the French Welfare State: Solidarity, Social Exclusion and the three crisis of citizenship », West European Politics, 2000, 23, n 1, p. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «The crisis of financing: The unevenness between receipts and expenditures.. Post-industrial evolutions: from an inadequate system of social protection.. A tax and market based model.. The crisis of efficiency: Cases of extreme poverty.. The...»

"It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round"

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « order to fight against these other spheres and for fear of those who increasingly claim the existence of a European nation , based on citizenship and similar ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How a modern conception of the nation has emerged.. Was Ancien Regime France a nation-state?. A 'process of destabilization'.. Did nationalism engender the French nation? . Western European societies evolution into an age of...»

Communatarism" in Great Britain and the "French Republican model" of integration: With which method should the public policies be controlled while dealing with a multicultural society

Political science   |   Political science   |   Term papers   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « a multicultural society The issues of national identity, citizenship and multiculturalism appeared with the massive immigration of non-European immigrants ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Historical comparative perspective between two models: The English Communautarism versus the French republican model of integration. The French republican model of integration from the Jacobin origins to his current application. The...»

The far-right in Europe

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « integrate them; it seems that the definition of the British citizenship is less are an exception in Europe; nowadays the bulk of the European countries have a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The far-right in Europe: Some keys to understand.. The end of workers movement.. The EU and the inertia of the political community.. The immigration issue.. The far-right movement: How it works.. The need for a new political...»

Is there a meaningful way in which we can talk about global citizenship in the contemporary context?

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « are talking about while saying global citizenship , that is to say to define the attributes of a so-called citizen of the world (or at least a European citizen ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The actual and cumulative process of globalisation.. The context of globalisation and a new sphere for political theory.. The very meaning of 'global citizenship'.. A real philosophical and political concept?. Plato and Aristotle's...»

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