The Franco-German relationship has always been very prominent in European politics and currently still is. These two states that started out as enemies in post-war Europe, gradually managed to come together and form a partnership. This dissertation seeks to examine during which main events in European …

This document offers basic information about the European Union and the Council of Europe.

Norway rejected EC/EU membership in 1972, and then again in 1994. The aim of this report is to investigate why Norway has chosen to remain outside the union. The majority of the Norwegian government has supported a membership ever since the issue first was raised. Nevertheless, the people of Norway have …

The central question of this dissertation is what lessons can be learned from Surinam when it comes to the integration of immigrants. Surinam consists of five main population groups and to assess this process of integration this dissertation is structured by the following questions: What is integration …

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 …

Voor u ligt het rapport over de situatie in Nederland op het gebied van jeugd, zwerfjongeren en alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdelingen. Het rapport beschrijft risicofactoren voor kinderen en jongeren in relatie tot sociale uitsluiting en dak- en thuisloosheid. Dit rapport is het eerste onderdeel van …

De doelstellingen die de Europese Unie zichzelf stelt op het gebied van studentenmobiliteit in het hoger onderwijs, veranderen het onderwijsmodel fundamenteel. Van aanbodgericht (het proces staat centraal) transformeert het naar klantgericht (de keuze van de student staat centraal). Deze omslag, die …