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Squaring the circle : West European terrorism, EC/EU counter-terrorism and liberal democratic acceptabilityChalk, Peter 05 1900 (has links)
This dissertation is concerned with an analysis of the dynamic of
West European terrorism and European Community/Union (EC/EU)
counter-terrorism as it has evolved since the late 1960s. The first half
of the study is devoted to an investigation of the nature of the
terrorist phenomenon itself; the factors that were primarily responsible
for its escalation from the late 1960s onwards; the new and continuing
trends that are likely to affect the future course of terrorism within
Western Europe into the 1990s. The main focus of the second half of the
project centers on an examination of the effectiveness and
appropriateness of the latest EU provision to counter terrorism (and
other major threats to internal security) - the Maastricht third "pillar."
This assessment is made from a perspective that takes into account
questions of both operational anti-terrorist proficiency and liberal
democratic acceptability.
Police and security forces throughout the EU have strongly
endorsed the third pillar as providing an efficient response to serious
criminality. However, from a liberal democratic point of view, the
Maastricht provisions raise critical questions concerning the underlying
ideological rationale that appears to be guiding the Twelve's evolving
internal security cooperation, the lack of public debate surrounding this
coordination and the absence of any effective means to control closer EU
judicial and law enforcement action. All this poses a serious problem for the future of EU counterterrorism
cooperation. Close coordination between the EU member states
is absolutely necessary if the continuing threat of terrorism in Western
Europe is to be effectively quashed in the 1990s. However, one cannot
realistically expect this to happen if fundamental fears exist over the
desirability and legitimacy of establishing ever closer internal security
cooperation. It is therefore vital that in the headlong rush to provide
for an enhanced international operational capacity to deal with terrorism
critical considerations of democratic control and acceptability (both of
which the EU as well as individual member states are sworn to uphold
by virtue of their "status" as a liberal democratic entities) are not lost
by the Union Twelve.
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Europa vom Atlantik bis zum Ural? : Europapolitik und Europadenken im Frankreich der Ära de Gaulle, 1958-1969 /Lucas, Hans-Dieter. January 1992 (has links)
Texte remanié: Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Bonn--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, 1990.
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The evolving relations between the People's Republic of China and East Central Europe : 'strategic' triangularism to 'pragmatic' bilateralism /Tubilewicz, Czeslaw. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Publicists, professors, policymakers and the transformation of Central European agriculture 1750-1880: liberal images and social change.Hawes, Edward L. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.
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Internationale Sozialpolitik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg : die Anfänge europäischer Kooperation aus der Sicht Frankreichs /Herren, Madeleine. January 1900 (has links)
Texte abrégé de: Diss.--Philosophisch-historische Fakultät--Universität Bern, 1990. / Bibliogr. p. 250-269.
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Squaring the circle : West European terrorism, EC/EU counter-terrorism and liberal democratic acceptabilityChalk, Peter 05 1900 (has links)
This dissertation is concerned with an analysis of the dynamic of
West European terrorism and European Community/Union (EC/EU)
counter-terrorism as it has evolved since the late 1960s. The first half
of the study is devoted to an investigation of the nature of the
terrorist phenomenon itself; the factors that were primarily responsible
for its escalation from the late 1960s onwards; the new and continuing
trends that are likely to affect the future course of terrorism within
Western Europe into the 1990s. The main focus of the second half of the
project centers on an examination of the effectiveness and
appropriateness of the latest EU provision to counter terrorism (and
other major threats to internal security) - the Maastricht third "pillar."
This assessment is made from a perspective that takes into account
questions of both operational anti-terrorist proficiency and liberal
democratic acceptability.
Police and security forces throughout the EU have strongly
endorsed the third pillar as providing an efficient response to serious
criminality. However, from a liberal democratic point of view, the
Maastricht provisions raise critical questions concerning the underlying
ideological rationale that appears to be guiding the Twelve's evolving
internal security cooperation, the lack of public debate surrounding this
coordination and the absence of any effective means to control closer EU
judicial and law enforcement action. All this poses a serious problem for the future of EU counterterrorism
cooperation. Close coordination between the EU member states
is absolutely necessary if the continuing threat of terrorism in Western
Europe is to be effectively quashed in the 1990s. However, one cannot
realistically expect this to happen if fundamental fears exist over the
desirability and legitimacy of establishing ever closer internal security
cooperation. It is therefore vital that in the headlong rush to provide
for an enhanced international operational capacity to deal with terrorism
critical considerations of democratic control and acceptability (both of
which the EU as well as individual member states are sworn to uphold
by virtue of their "status" as a liberal democratic entities) are not lost
by the Union Twelve. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate
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Dynamics of small business internationalisation : a European panel studyHavnes, Per-Anders January 1998 (has links)
Internationalisation has become part of the daily life of most small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Europe. The internationalisation of enterprises is a dynamic phenomenon and is in this thesis studied as one specific example of change processes in the development of SMEs. Previous research on internationalisation has largely been explorative, most often without any modelling of causal relationships, and with insufficient definitions of concepts. The dominating dynamic models have been based on the assumption of un idirectional changes in small steps, and only cross sectional data have been used. The present research is one of the first where longitudinal date is available for studying the process of internationalisation. The data comes from a panel consisting of 1700 SMEs from 7 countries in Europe where each firm is observed 4 or 5 times in the period 1991-95. Around 47% ofthe enterprises in the panel exhibit development of their export quota which can be explained by an incremental change modeL. Importantly, an almost equally large proportion, 45% ofthe enterprises, exhibit fluctuations in their export quota which can not be explained by the incremental change models. Although variations have been found, the non-incremental change patterns are significantly represented in all countries, all size classes of enterprises and in all industry sectors; and can therefore be considered to be general features -- not patterns associated with specific sub groups of enterprises. The causal analyses of factors influencing export orientation were not able to identify a temporally stable regression model for export quota. The endogenous variable market extension has been found to be influenced by four composite measures: external interaction (+), available capacity (-), employment (+), and manager capabilities (+). Measured by growth in total sale, there is clear evidence that the non-regular change patterns of export quotas can not be regarded as indicators of failure. On the contrary, the results suggest that the non-regular change patterns identifY enterprises which successfully use adaptation and flexibility to their competitive advantage. An initial model was build on previous research where conceptualisation and relationships have mainly been tested with cross-sectional data. This model did not stand up to a test with longitudinal data. The discrepancy between cross sectional and longitudinal modelling indicates that there is a qualitative difference in what can be deduced from research based on one observation and multiple observations. The same conclusion can be derived from the fact that factor analyses as well as path analyses produced different results when the yearly data sets were analysed separately or concurrently.
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The determinants and componets of the labor outflow from Turkey, Italy and Spain to industrial EuropeAzmaz, Adviye January 1975 (has links)
This thesis explores the relationship between the determinants and the components of the labor outflow from Turkey, Italy and Spain to the industrial parts of Europe. It is a comparative study analysing the historical backgrounds of these countries and the characteristics of their people who work in various countries of the continent. It covers a period of fiftyfour years (1920-19Th) in three eras: The Ease Era, 1920-1950; The Pre-Migration Era, 1950-1960; The Migration Era, 1960-19Th. It studies the role of the Pre-Migration Era as a "thresho1" to the labor outflow with the hypothesis that the existence of the "threshold" plays an important role in making the components of the labor outflow the same for all the three countries considered, in spite of their different socio-economic backgrounds.For the pursuance of the objectives, the study uses secondary data on two sets of socio-economic variables. The first set analyses the Base Era and the Pre-Migration Era. The second set analyses the Migration Era,The results found prove the points hypothesized, but with variations.
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Europeanization and prospects for nationalism in East-Central Europe /Tesser, Lynn Marie. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Political Science, March 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
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Transborder state reterritorialization in Eastern Europe the Lower Danube Euroregion /Popescu, Gabriel, Leib, Jonathan. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Jonathan Leib, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Dept. of Geography. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 13, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 326 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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