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In order to review the advantages and disadvantages of technocratic governance, this paper will be drawing on the policy developments in the fields of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) regulation in the European Union (EU) and UK drug policies. The paper aims to review how policy developments in these areas are approached technocraticaly and whether this approach is effective. With regards to GMOs, the specific type of technocratic governance that this paper will look at is comitology. This is

Feedback essay: ‘Portfolio 1’: Overall criticisms: In examining my feedback, the first main concern identified was in reference to structure. The marker refers to my ‘input’ being “all over the place”, suggesting a lack of organisation and comprehensive structure to my argumentation which is also insinuated by the recommendation to ‘label’ points more explicitly. Consequently, it became difficult to develop a compelling argument, neglecting my discussion to a series of statements with little elaboration

Rivella AG is a Swiss company founded by Dr Robert Bath along the Lake Zürich in 1951. The idea of Barth was to create a healthy and natural beverage made from milk serum. The name “Rivella” comes from the Italian word “rivelazione”, wich mean revelation. Only six years after the creation of Rivella, the Swiss pioneer creates “Rivella Blue” the Europe’s first low-calorie beverage. Dr Robert focused on the twin themes Switzerland and Health for the identity of his brand .The company is sponsoring

Nowadays, legislation of both Westminster and Brussels has become the main source of the law for the UK. Moreover, United Kingdom has its own law, which is called English legal system equally Brussels has a major role within the UK as it part of the predominant source for the UK. Therefore, this paper will firstly examine and give brief description of the legislative power. Then, it will define the legislative powers of both Westminster and Brussels and their roles. Consequently, it will explain

When memories and events become institutionalized in a museum setting, they become the lens through which present and future generations gaze into past. National museums promote local history and identity, but what about multinational museums and multinational identity? This is the question the European Union hopes to address with their sanctioning of the House of European History (HEH). The main goal of the HEH is to create a collection of permanent and temporary exhibitions to invite people into

3.0 Operationalisation In this section, the aim is to clarify the operationalisation of the concepts ‘prerequisites for a deliberative process’ and ‘EU integration’. 3.1 Response variable: EU integration EU integration is operationalised as trust in the European Parliament (EP). As pointed out in Section XX, the level of trust in EU institutions function as a proxy for the level of identification with EU as a political project. The exact wording of the question is: Using this card, please tell me

This trade dispute initially began on July 25th, 2012 when EU Pro Sun, a joint initiative of members of the EU solar industry, filled a complaint to the European Commission that solar panels and various components where being sold in the European marketplace at a value lower than market value. It was the biggest anti-dumping complaint to the European Union in history with the total value of currently imported solar panels was around 2 billion euros. The European Commission is mandated to investigate

Peplos, chitons, himations, and epi belmas, what do they all have in common? Well everyone is wearing these sophisticated articles of clothing. Fashion is a universal language, but in Greece it is our official language. In Greece, clothing is homemade from pieces of homespun fabric. Fabrics are intensely colored and decorated with intricate designs. Clothing for women and men consists of two main garments a peplos or chiton and a himation. The peplos is a large rectangle of heavy fabric, usually

flying at half staff. Fast forwards twelve years later and now terrorist are attacking the city that I live in. Unfortunately terrorism is becoming a predominate issue for not only us in the United States but for our Allies in Europe. The Paris and Brussels attacks are proof that even 15 years later we are still faced with a dangerous problem. Groups like Al-Qa’ida and recently ISIS are planting members of their terror organization in the borders of many countries around the world with only one goal

In his article Sputnik Goes to Brussels: The Exhibition of a Soviet Technological Wonder Lewis Siegelbaum discusses how Soviet Union used replicas of sputnik satellites in the Brussels 1958 world fair. And regarding to that, especially how soviets used their success in space to represent itself to both international audience and also its own people. Siegelbaum uses a modified version of Stuart Hill’s famous reception theory and Sharon Macdonald's framework to analyze museum displays, as a way to