The aim of this paper is to give the reader a comprehensive approach to the topic of the emerging Regional Policy in Bulgaria and its progress. The issue gained a large scope of attention since Bulgaria started working her way to the European Union. The regional policy has a great importance for the …

The paper is centered on the issue of sustainable development and how cities approach in their urban planning the need to diminish the environmental impact of their economic activities and at the same time create quality of life for their citizens. The focus is specifically on linking economic growth …

Analyzing Innovation Performance in East Asia was created for the consideration of The Technopolicy Network (TPN) - regional innovation focused organization for its further expansion purposes. As the title indicates, The TPN's main interest area is East Asia. The paper's central question is: Which East-Asian …

This paper focuses on the concept climate refugees in the 21st Century and mainly concerns environmentally displaced persons from developing countries. It seeks to answer the following question: 'Should the concept of climate refugees best be approached from a juridical or an environmental point of view?' …

This dissertation offers an insight into international refugee law and the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). Its intention is to reveal discrimination and difficulties of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refugees in the European Union (EU). There is only little research done on the topic, …

Recently, the European Union seems to have a popularity problem. Especially in the Netherlands the attitude of citizens and journalists has changed dramatically over the past fifteen years. This resulted in low voter turnouts over the years and eventually a Dutch 'no' towards the European Constitution …

Sub-national authorities [SNAs] have seen a great development in their influence in the European up from the 1980s, due to several processes at work in Europe. Multi-level governance [MLG], a theory derived from studies on European Integration, explains for instance the changing interaction between different …

Throughout the years women in most countries were granted the same political rights as men. Namely, the right to vote and the right to stand for election. However, this did not automatically lead to equal participation in political decision making. It is remarkable to see that this, even though women …

Background As the level of government closest to citizens and the real economy, local and regional authorities have an important role in tackling the severe impact of the current economic crisis. The double pressures of decreasing public revenue and increasing demand for services, however, call for more …