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Wesemann offers a refreshingly insightful and theoretically sophisticated analysis of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on EU citizenship by framing her analysis within the theory of constitutional rights developed by German theorist Robert Alexy.

Nowadays the production systems are linear and the consumption patterns are essentially based on products with a short life cycle, which contribute to increase the demand for raw materials and environmental impacts. The Circular Economy (CE) is playing a major role among scholars and practitioners. Many aspects are now defining this new trending paradigm such as the roles of product development, transformation and remanufacturing/recycling, and/or management of waste, ensuring the economic and environmental benefits. The increasing demand causes instability of the prices and markets, and there is also the risk of supply rupture. This is very unsustainable and puts at risk countries' development. In this work we analyze and assess some EU critical raw material (CRM), considering existing global reserves and production. Correlation between several parameters was also analyzed. Under this assumption one scenario was considered to assess the depletion of two CRM. China is the main supplier in 15 out of 25 CRM considered in this analysis and its average percentage is 65%. Phosphate rock presents the highest value and antimony the lowest for depletion indicator. It was possible to conclude that no significant correlation was found between depletion, self-sufficiency and economic importance indicators.

Maģistra darbs "Demokrātijas deficīts Eiropas Savienībā: Eiropas Parlamenta gadījums" ir izstrādāts ar mērķi izanalizēt Eiropas Parlamenta lomu demokrātijas deficīta mazināšanā Eiropas Savienībā. Darba pētnieciskais jautājums ir - vai Eiropas Parlamenta deputātu balsojumi atspoguļo to nacionālā elektorāta attieksmi pret konkrēto jautājumu? Darbā ir izvirzītas divas hipotēzes: 1) Jauno ES dalībvalstu EP deputāti ir mazāk atsaucīgi savas valsts iedzīvotāju interesēm nekā veco dalībvalstu EP deputāti; 2) Jauno ES dalībvalstu EP deputātu plenārsēžu balsojumos ir lojālāki savai Eiropas partiju grupai nekā veco ES dalībvalstu EP deputāti. Izvirzītās hipotēzes darbā tiek pārbaudītas veicot septiņu valstu deputātu balsojumu analīzi plenārsēdēs trīs dažādās jomās (vide, enerģētika un veselība), balsojumu rezultātus salīdzinot ar ES dalībvalstu iedzīvotāju interesēm noteiktās jomās. ; The theme of this maters paper is "Democratic deficit in the European Union: the case of the European Parliament". The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the EP in the context of democratic deficit reduction in the EU. Research question is – do votes of the Members of European Parliament reflect attitudes of their national electorate in particular issues? Paper has two hypotheses: 1) MEPs from the new EU Member States are less responsive to the preferences of their citizens, than MEPs from the old EU member states; 2) MEPs from the new EU Member States are more loyal to their European party group than MEPs from the old EU Member States. To do the research and analyze the responsiveness of the MEPs, seven different Member States and three different policy areas were selected. In order to see what position in different issues people have in the Member States, Special Eurobarometer Surveys were analyzed.

An Anthropology of the European Union: Building, Imagining and Experiencing the New Europe. Irène Bellier and Thomas M. Wilson. eds. New York: NYU Press, 2000. 224 pp.

The EU and Japan have one of the most important trade relationships in the world. Fittingly, this book presents a detailed analysis of their bilateral regulatory environment and negotiation processes. Moreover, the two polities have also co-operated extensively in bilateral and multilateral contexts on a range of global governance issues. Nevertheless, the relationship is widely acknowledged to have significant untapped potential. Deploying the concept of civilian power, the book takes a fresh, honest and provocative look at this important relationship, in a post-Fukushima, post-sovereign deb.