Can the private sector reverse the high-skilled labour shortage in Bulgaria after the country’s accession to the European Union? The main claim of this research is that the Bulgarian private sector...Show moreCan the private sector reverse the high-skilled labour shortage in Bulgaria after the country’s accession to the European Union? The main claim of this research is that the Bulgarian private sector cannot reverse the high-skilled labour shortage on its own, and thus needs to cooperate with the state.Show less
By analysing incidents in Italian football stadiums since 2000, this thesis explores whether the approach of the Italian authorities to combat racism has been effective over the past two decades....Show moreBy analysing incidents in Italian football stadiums since 2000, this thesis explores whether the approach of the Italian authorities to combat racism has been effective over the past two decades. Furthermore, the research identifies what form of racism is most common in Italian football and which supporter groups have been involved in most of the racist incidents in the 21th century. The goal of this study is to determine if the Italian Football Federation and the Italian authorities have dealt with racism in Italian football between 2000 and 2018 effectively.Show less
This research focus on the construction of Portuguese imperial nostalgia, especially through the Lusotropicalism theory, and the poems of Fernando Pessoa. In it I analyze the Portuguese narrative...Show moreThis research focus on the construction of Portuguese imperial nostalgia, especially through the Lusotropicalism theory, and the poems of Fernando Pessoa. In it I analyze the Portuguese narrative of colonial history and its place in the Portuguese identity. In order to best understand the development of Portuguese Imperial Nostalgia, and how it affects the Portuguese perspective about its place in Europe and the World, this thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is a critical reading of the works of Gilberto Freyre, introducing and analyzing his theory and how it became central to the Lusotropicalism embraced by the ‘Estado Novo.’ The second chapter focus on Nostalgia and the influence of Fernando Pessoa’s works, analyzing how the Salazarism’s Lusotropicalism was adapted into a contemporary form of imperial nostalgia within the context of the democratization of Portugal. The last chapter discuss how the narrative of imperial nostalgia affects Portugal both internally and externally, showing how imperial nostalgia became central to Portuguese society and identity, as the official narrative recentered Portuguese self-perception around the poetic nostalgia of their past glories and empire. Consequently, this national nostalgia is so prevalent that even when rejected by a percentage of the population, it still lead many others to embrace their connection to their former empire. This created a division in focus that makes Portugal, despite the country being an integral part of Europe, unwilling to truly embrace the unification and aspirations of the continent.Show less
