Essays about: "Informal institutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 152 essays containing the words Informal institutions.

  1. 1. WHY WOMEN’S DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION DOES NOT LEAD TO SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION: An interview study of women politician’s perceptions of hindrances for political inclusion in Bolivia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Granlund; [2023-01-30]
    Keywords : Substantive representation; Women; Hindrances; Informal institutions; Bolivia;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to understand why a high descriptive representation does not result in a high substantive representation. The theory of politics of presence (Phillips, 1995) suggests that there should be a link between descriptive and substantive representation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Decline of Women's Rights : A Case Study About Women's Rights in Afghanistan

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Clara Lindvall; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Women all around the world struggle with issues related to gender equality and the patriarchy in many different ways. The women of Afghanistan are one of the groups of women most affected by misogynistic regimes and informal institutions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Transnationalism challenges  of Saccos through diaspora accounts : Evidence from a Kenyan Emerging markets

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Vinicky Odongo; [2023]
    Keywords : Internationalization; Saccos; challenges; diaspora accounts; remitances;

    Abstract : A lot of empirical research has been done on Savings and credit cooperative Societies in Kenya for decades but majority have focused more on the challenges that these Sacco’s face. Most of these research have focused on finding ways of increasing the competitiveness of these Sacco’s within a certain geographical region. READ MORE

  5. 4. Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Attractiveness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Dahlman; Kimiya Esphabodi; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper is a cross-country study on how national culture affects institutional private equity and venture capital investments in Europe and is based on the previous works of Groh, Liechtenstein and Lieser (2010) and Hofstede, Hofstede and Minkov (2011). We argue that national culture affects capital allocation and that this parameter is often missing in the contemporary discourse on the drivers of investments. READ MORE

  6. 5. Using Gender Quotas to Legitimise Non-Democracies : A critical discourse analysis of the Algerian gender quota

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cajsa Hemström; [2023]
    Keywords : gender quota; autocratic gender-washing; feminist institutionalism; Algeria; critical discourse analysis; gender reform; WPP;

    Abstract : This thesis examines a gender quota in Algeria to determine if signs can be found that it was adopted to improve the regime’s image, rather than to empower women. Such symbolic gender reforms are also known as autocratic gender-washing and are problematic as they are generally viewed as democratisation efforts but have no such effect. READ MORE