After the “Rose Revolution” in 2003, Georgia’s political elite announced its new policy direction to follow democratic and liberal beliefs norms, values and ideas. This has formed Georgia’s national identity, which, the country claims, has always been European. Georgia’s powerful neighbor country – Russia …

Germany has been an influential member state in the European Union, but how influential has Germany been in shaping EU-policies? What domestic policies did Germany upload to shape the EU-policies and what major EU policies did it download to shape domestic policies? This dissertation has researched Germany’s …

Victoria's Secret is the leading specialty retailer of lingerie and beauty products. This brand is dominating the world with body fashion, fragrances and cosmetics. In addition, Victoria’s Secret is also globally recognized for their supermodels and world-famous fashion shows. There are more than 1,000 …

Marine litter is cited by UNEP as “Any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of, or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment”, and includes metal, glass, paper, cardboard, processed wood, cloth and plastic. This report focuses mainly on the plastic fraction of …

Een onderzoek naar de gevolgen van Natura 2000 voor particuliere grondbezitters op de Brabantse Wal. Dit gebied is in 2013 aangewezen als Natura 2000 gebied. De provincie kwam aansluitend met een beheerplan voor het 4790 ha grote gebied. Nu willen de grondeigenaren inzicht verkrijgen voor de mogelijke …

The recent large-scale land acquisition by mainly foreign investors in developing countries for the agricultural production of food or biofuels is known as “land grabbing”. This thesis examines the literature and looks at the local impacts of land grabbing in Ghana, with a special focus to the biofuel …

Scriptie over de invloed van de crisis op beleid en prijsontwikkeling van strategische gronden. Dat zijn vaak (nog) agrarische gronden die bedoeld zijn voor de ontwikkeling van woningbouw en bedrijventerreinen. Daarnaast is de betekenis daarvan op het economisch bestaan van rentmeesters bekeken.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the consumer awareness of Anthurium cut flower in Being market and provide the recommendations for problem owner (Qing Yan Spring Horticulture Co.) to increase the sales rate in Being market.

This thesis focuses on the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and provides an analysis of ethics regarding the preparations. For the past few years, the situation of the preparations in Sochi has become more and more controversial. This thesis will provide an answer on the question whether the Russian …

This thesis focuses on the promotion of democracy by the European Union in Egypt with special regard to the differences before and after the so called 'Arab Spring'. More specific, the guiding question of this thesis is in what extent the EU's promotion of democracy in Egypt has changed after the Arab …