scholarly journals European Integration as New National Mythology: On The Resolution of the Macedonian Name Dispute

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Dimitar Nikolovski
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Mythology

The paper examines the effect that the resolution of the naming dispute between North Macedonia and Greece has on the re-definition of the Macedonian nation. It discusses the narratives of supporters and opponents to the Prespa Agreement and poses the question of whether the European integration (under which auspices the name change occurred) has indeed served as new national mythology for Macedonians.

The Concept of Europeanization and Possibilities of its Application to the Analysis of Ukraine-EU Relations

2017 ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
Natalia Popova
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Member States ◽  
External Governance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Eu Studies ◽  
The Eu

The concept of Europeanization has become quite fashionable in EU studies in recent years. It is often used for the analysis of the relations between the EU and non-member states. The aim of the article is to examine the possibilities of its application in explaining the relationship between the EU and Ukraine. The structure of the article is as follows: firstly, the concept of Europeanization is defined considering such two disputable issues as distinguishing among concepts of Europeanization and European integration as well as Europeanization and EU-ization. Next, the evolution of the theoretical research of Europeanization and definition of this concept are analyzed. Two main mechanisms of Europeanization (conditionality and socialization) are examined. The author considers main approaches to the analysis of the "external" Europeanization emphasizing the concept of "external governance". Three groups of factors which influence the effectiveness of Europeanization are briefly analyzed. And finally, the peculiarities of application of the Europeanization concept to the Ukraine-EU relations are outlined. Keywords: EU, Ukraine, Europeanization, EU-ization, ‘external’ Europeanization, conditionality, socialization, concept of ‘external governance’

scholarly journals Current Challenges of the Labour Law of Ukraine: On the Way to European Integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Yana Simutina
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Labour Legislation ◽  
Atypical Employment ◽  
Definition Of

The article describes the main challenges facing labour law and its practice in modern conditions. In particular, the author concludes that the long and complex process of codifying the labour laws of Ukraine has, regrettably, not yet achieved its main objective – namely, to bring radical change from the old model of socialist labour. The draft Labor Code submitted for consideration would, in reality, introduces some cosmetic changes, which lack the ability to modernise Ukrainian labour law. It is emphasised that in the context of Ukraine’s European integration and the rapid development of innovative information technology, labour legislation should take into account and, in fact, legalise long-standing practices in atypical employment relationships, so as to ensure labour rights and guarantees for persons involved in such activities. The author presents various elements as necessary: revision to the legislative definition of an employment contract, further differentiation and clarification in the legal regulation of labour relations, and rejection of these relations’ ‘excessive regulation’. Also proposed is an approach that renders labour relations more flexible while maintaining and ensuring the fundamental rights of employees.

scholarly journals Definition of Globalization in the Context of European Integration

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-42
Author(s):  
Barna Szabó
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Definition Of

Globalization is perhaps the most frequently used yet least defined terms of our era. Theodore Levitt was the first to  scientifically analyse the phenomenon in his study  published in 1983; however, no one came up with a  definition accepted by everyone to date. In addition to the  introduction of scientific definitions, evolvement and the  main branches of globalization, in this paper I attempt to  present my own, scientific definition of the term that may  serve as a useful working definition in the analysis of  European integration.

scholarly journals Integration processes and identity: a view of the European youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-61
Author(s):  
Elena V. Viktorova ◽  
Daria A. Petrenko ◽  
Natalia V. Vlasova
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
National Identities ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Study Results ◽  
European Values ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Youth

The presented article, based on the empirical study materials, examines the concept of European identity and the attitude to the European integration of the young people in a number of the EU countries. The relevance of the study is determined by the lack of a clear definition of the concept of “European identity” in the scientific discourse, as well as the need to assess to what extent the opinion of Europeans, in particular of the younger generation, coincides with the statements of researchers in this field. The objective of this study is to determine how representatives of European youth understand European identity, to highlight its main elements and assess the impact of European integration processes on the formation of European and national identities. Students from European countries were selected as the target group of the study, since their worldview was formed in the context of a united Europe. The research was carried out within the framework of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Project “Transformation of identities in Europe and Russia in modern conditions” (Project No. 611458-EPP-1-2019-1-RU-EPPJMO-PROJECT). In conducting the research, the in-depth interview was chosen as the main method.he results of the study showed that respondents, whilst identifying themselves as Europeans, still find their national identity more important. Among the elements of European identity, the respondents name, first of all, “European values” (mobility, freedom, democracy), as well as cultural (religion) and behavioral characteristics (love of travel). The study results are preliminary and allow us to identify the most significant trends in the formation of the modern European identity, that will serve as the basis for further research.

Il "valore aggiunto" di un approccio storico allo studio delle politiche comunitarie

2009 ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Ariane Landuyt
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The Core ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Object Of Study

- This paper deals with analytical and methodological problems which are currently at the core of historical studies about European integration. It also reminds that history of European integration went through different periods which fostered various thematic conceptualizations. Indeed, the "essence" of the European construction, as a diachronic and in fieri process, furthered a renew of the object of study, gradually widening its importance, enriching and renewing historiographical interpretations. The definition of research lines about origins and development of EEC/EU policies, in particular those "second generation" policies promoted since the beginning of the Seventies, is placed in a complex historiographical background. The author shows the reasons to study this topic through a diachronic approach, highlighting that policies are fundamental to understand properly many relevant political and social dynamics at national, infranational, European and also international level.Parole chiave: Integrazione europea; storiografia integrazione europea; identitŕ europea; politiche comunitarie; istituzioni europee; governance multilivel European Integration; European Integration Historiography; European Identity; EEC/EU policies; European Institutions; Multilevel Governance

scholarly journals Legally Armenian: Tolerance, Conversion, and Name Change in Turkish Courts

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceren Özgül
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Body ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
Public Record ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Site

AbstractOver the last fifteen years, hundreds of Muslim citizens claiming Armenian descent have submitted petitions to Turkey's secular legal authorities asking for changes to both their name and religion in the public record. In this article, I discuss the name-change cases of Armenian return converts to further the debates on Turkish secularism and to critique the body of scholarship that welcomes the governing Justice and Development Party's legal reforms as a measure of growing religious tolerance. In the article's first part I analyze the historical foundations of the regulation of religion and name changes in Turkey by fully and explicitly engaging with law as a site where minority difference is constructed, authorized, and challenged. The article's second half offers an alternative reading of how tolerance functions as an aspect of the Justice and Development Party's reforms. Based on my investigation of specific legal forms of argument that converted Armenians and their lawyers put forward in today's secular courts, and how legal officers of the state respond to them, I demonstrate that legal reform has shifted the definition of religion as a marker of minority difference in legal space. I argue that the historical context of name change and religious conversion forces the limits of existing understandings of freedom of religion in Turkey, and that this renders visible historical injustices that cannot be resolved simply through the notion of “religious tolerance” in the courts.

The Takeoff after Lisbon: The Practical and Theoretical Implications of Differentiated Integration in the EU

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boglárka Koller
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The Self ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Differentiated Integration ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Eu

Differentiated integration is one of the ‘magic’ concepts of integration theories. Although differentiated integration exists in the European integration since the establishment of the Rome Treaty, only in the last ten years became a new direction of European integration. Supporting this, the evolution of the concept is introduced with special emphasis on the various political, legal and academic interpretations. This paper analyses differentiated integration within the Lisbon Treaty and argues that it is a milestone in the realization of it. The paper further argues that differentiated integration is an approach that reinterprets the existing and so far used ‘big’ theories of European integration (federalist, liberal intergovernmental, neo-functionalist, MLG theories etc) and provides new ideas for the self-definition of the European Union itself and in the same time may serve as a pragmatic way out from the scepticism and incapacity that surrounds the contemporary discourses on the ‘finalité politique’ of the EU.

Development priorities of Ukrainian-Polish cross-border tourism market in conditions of intensification of European integration processes

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Olha Bilanyuk
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Definition Of

The development of cross-border tourism markets can not be considered beyond the basic principles of EU development policy - smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The approach to the development of tourism based solely on the use of cultural and natural resources is unpredictable in modern conditions. European experience proves that it is important to consider tourism not as a sphere in the shadow of the industrial sector, but as an integral part of the regional innovation system and an element of the development of the knowledge economy in the region. At the same time, smart-development of tourism is based not only on the active use of the newest information and communication technologies, but also on managerial innovations, production of innovative types of tourist services, application of technologies related to the use of robotics, innovative medical equipment, renewable energy, etc. The purpose of the article is to determine strategic priorities of the development of cross-border tourism market on the basis of smart-specialization, definition of directions of joint actions of Ukraine and the EU countries (both at the level of authorities and local self-government, and business sector) in the development and promotion of new tourist products, substantiation of directions of effective the use of endogenous tourist potential of a cross-border region in conditions of activation of European integration processes. On the basis of the study, main development directions of Ukrainian-Polish cross-border tourism market on the basis of smart-specialization are defined as following: creation of a digital platform for the Ukrainian-Polish cross-border tourism market, active promotional campaign for tourist products of Ukrainian-Polish cross-border tourism market, development of cycling tourism and creation of an inter-state bicycle route, expansion of market by increasing the number of tourists aged 55+ and creation of tourist products for this age group as well as development of sentimental (nostalgic) tourism.

scholarly journals Europe - a project worthy of being built

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Valentina Maglietta
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
European Citizenship ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
European Citizen ◽  
The Eu

Sixty years after the emergence of the EU, it is still a challenge to educate citizens about European themes and to really involve them in the integration process. This requires the pursuit for solutions and adequate responses from institutions, among others. But, what does it mean to be a European citizen? Does it make sense to use the concept of “citizenship” beyond the national borders? With the purpose of addressing these questions, this paper is divided into three parts. The first part addresses the definition of citizenship within the borders of a Nation State and, looks at the relationship between nationality and identity emphasized by the philosopher Thomas H. Marshall. The second turns to the European citizenship, looking at the political developments under which this concept has been given greater prominence, becoming both a source of legitimation of the European integration process and a fundamental factor in the creation among citizens of a European identity. Citizenship of the Union treasures the indisputable virtue of being the first political and legal materialisation of a citizenship at a transnational level. Nevertheless, at the time like the present, when nationalist and xenophobic feelings against the EU are on the rise and national egoism is becoming an attractive alternative to integration, the European identity struggles to attain a legitimate status in the eyes of the citizenry. The challenge ahead is that we need to find a new way to narrate European integration to all those who do not feel part of this project and that do not understand the pressing need for being “united in diversity”. In this achievement, the EU stakes its future. With this in mind, in the third section of the article, I propose some areas where progress should be made to encourage a greater sense of integration among European citizens.

The Study of Current European Integration Problems: A Discussion of the Neo-Functionalist Approach with Special Emphasis on So-Called ‘Functional Linkages’

1972 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Martin Sæter
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Great Uncertainty ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Integration Problems ◽  
Functionalist Approach

Functionalist analysis of integration processes requires some prior definition of aim, i.e. some goal conceptualization. There is at present great uncertainty over the question of European integration, causing some of the most prominent theoreticians to abandon the functionalist approach. The author argues that, although the simple federalist or supranational model no longer seems valid, functionalist analysis can still be used in a fruitful way, provided that the goal conceptualization is continually readjusted, on an empirical basis, to the actual integration policies of the actors implied. This readjustment of analytical model to observable reality can be secured by focusing on the so-called ‘functional linkages’, i.e. the different factors that lead the actors in the direction of realizing a given goal conception. The author then goes on to describe empirically what he regards as the most important functional linkages in the EC process of today.

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