Essays about: "autocracy"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the word autocracy.
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16. Counting votes or counting bodies? : A qualitative study on the effect Regime Type has on the nature of Pre-election Violence in autocratic states
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : In a quantitative study in 2007, Davenport found that autocratic military regimes statistically face a higher risk of electoral violence than authoritarian party-backed regimes. This thesis has attempted to link Davenports findings with theories on military belligerence presented by Lai and Slater (2006) as well as Geddes et al. READ MORE
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17. The public political narrative of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This research presents a narrative analysis of the public political narrative of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America. The aim of the study is to explore how the organization creates a narrative of itself and its political project, through the use of temporal framing, motifs, symbols, characters and subplots that are all connected to each other. READ MORE
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18. Are the Interests of Women Included in Times of Crisis? : A comparative study of the substantive representation of women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southern African Region
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study set out to answer how and to what extent the gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are addressed in parliamentary debates in the Southern African regional context. As both the proportion of women in parliament and the level of democracy have been established by previous research as important conditions for women to be able to act for women as a group, four countries with varying combinations of these factors are examined. READ MORE
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19. Trust is good; control is better Exploring repression is the relation between Collective Actions and Blacklists within the Chinese Social Credit System
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The Social Credit System (SCS) is a trial regulatory and reputational system set to score, reward, and punish Chinese residents for desirable and undesirable behavior. Officially, the SCS aims at enhancing overall societal trust, and integrity. READ MORE
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20. Gaining international legitimacy by improving women's rights and gender equality - The case of Nicaragua
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : A reoccurring argument in previous research is that autocracies implement policy changes for women’s rights in order to gain international legitimacy. The idea is that by showing the international community that they are on-board with the global movement to empower women; focus is diverted from their shortcomings in other democratic aspects. READ MORE
