This paper aims to study how issues related to the European Economic Community/European Union (EEC/EU) are presented in Portuguese 9th-grade History textbooks. The methodological approach is mainly ...qualitative, based on a content analysis of ten textbooks, but some quantitative data was also considered in order to determine the importance given to the EEC/EU construction process and Portugal’s integration into it. It can be concluded that although the history textbooks contain some information about the political construction process, the institutions of the EEC/EU and its economic and social policies, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of Portugal’s integration into the EU, the information is mainly presented from a linear perspective and does not prioritise the development of students’ critical thinking. This study also points to a predominance of content related to national citizenship, the concept of European citizenship being presented in a brief and normative way. Our intention, in the near future, is to expand on this study, with a comparative study between Portugal and Spain, thus encompassing the Stone raft.
What is the relationship between private actors and international institutions in global governance, as institutions such as the EU develop aspects of political authority once in the sole domain of ...nation states? Important areas of recent EU development have been immigration, security, and defense policies. Are these EU policies the result of strategic imperatives, or are they also driven by the political economy of markets? Kaija Schilde argues that answers require evaluating the EU in the comparative tradition of the political development of authority. Drawing on industry documents, interviews, interest group data, an original survey, and comparative political theory, The Political Economy of European Security demonstrates that interest groups can change the outcomes of developing political institutions because they provide sources of external capacity, which in turn can produce authority over time. In this way, the EU is like a developing state in its relationship with interest groups.
Strategic partnerships are seen as a means of elevating bilateral relations between two countries, or in the case of the European Union (EU), relations between an intergovernmental organisation and ...its 10 identified strategic partners. There is a growing body of analysis on the value of these strategic partnerships for the two partner states, yet just what role this partnership has within wider multilateral forums is an area for further discussion. This article explores the role that the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership plays in shaping engagement between the bilateral partners in multilateral contexts. In reviewing the partnership over the course of its first decade, the article argues that South Africa has increasingly acknowledged its potential value. However, further interrogation on how to manage the complex intersection between bilateral and multilateral relations is called for if the strategic partnership is to be used to optimal effect as a tool of foreign policy.
The Eurostat yearbook 2004: - presents an overview of the data Eurostat offers, i.e. of the statistical background that is ever-more, important to understand current developments in Europe. This ...edition shows how benchmark figures have developed from 1992 to 2002 in the European Union, the euro zone, and the EU Member States. The EU's institutions and the governments in the Member States use the very figures that you will find in this yearbook. - is a combined product consisting of a book and a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains more than 1000 statistical tables and graphs. All data can be easily extracted. The graphs can be generated dynamically according to the wishes of the reader. - is easy to use: . Introductory texts for each section explain the main features and the relevance of the information presented and give an idea of what other data on the subject Eurostat bas on offer. . A glossary clarifies the statistical terms and concepts used. . The abbreviations used are spelled out on the bookmark to the yearbook. - reports impartial, reliable and comparable statistical data about: statisticians for Europe, Eurostat's service, the European Union ln the global context, in the spotlight: sustainable development, people in Europe, population, health, education and training, labour market, households and welfare, the economy, national accounts, prices and wages, balance of payments, international trade in goods, the environment, science and technology, research and development, information society, sectors and enterprises, business structures at a glance, industry and construction, distributive trades, financial markets, transport, tourism, energy, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, annexes, glossary, geonomenclature 2004, classification of economic activities in the European Community, NACE Rev. 1.1, classification of commodities, SITC Rev. 3, abbreviations and acronyms, CD-ROM instructions.
PDF
