Essays about: "Polyarchy"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the word Polyarchy.

  1. 6. Gloarchy : Polyarchy in the Age of Globalization

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper; Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Andreas Öjehag Pettersson; [2008]
    Keywords : Democracy; Globalization; Polyarchy; World-System Theory; Neo-liberalism and Political Philosophy; Demokrati; Globalisering; Polyarki; Världssystem Teori; Nyliberalism och Politisk Filosofi;

    Abstract : This thesis tries to evaluate the very large question of how globalization can be said to have an effect on democracy by reducing both concepts to a more usable format. In doing so it tries to evaluate how a special theory of democracy put forward by Robert Dahl in 1971 – polyarchy – could be said to be affected by the workings of contemporary globalization. READ MORE

  3. 7. Planting The Tree Upside Down? : Perspectives on Actors' Influence on the Development of Democracy in Kosovo

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Jhimmy Liljekrantz; [2007]
    Keywords : Kosovo; Democratization; Actors; International Community; Domestic Political Elite; Polyarchy; Two-level game;

    Abstract : This study explores different actors’ perceptions on how the democratization process is being influenced in Kosovo. It is based upon empirical facts gathered during a field study in Kosovo. READ MORE

  4. 8. Time to Polish the Pearl of Africa - Institutional Design and Conflict Management in Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kajsa Carlsson; [2005]
    Keywords : Electoral Systems; Ethnicity; Institutional Design; Conflict; Uganda; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Democratization of plural societies is an oft-cited source of identity-based conflict. It has come to a point where concepts such as transition and stability sometimes are polarized by scholars and politicians and this is the case in Uganda. READ MORE

  5. 9. Views and conceptions about democracy among Indonesian university students

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Axel Fredholm; [2001]
    Keywords : Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Indonesia, one of the most populous countries in the world, is undergoing a major transition to democracy. In the anti-government demonstrations that led to the fall of the authoritarian leadership of Suharto, many university students played an active and significant role. READ MORE