Essays about: "defection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word defection.

  1. 1. How cohesive is the kingmaker of the European Parliament? A roll call-vote study of voting cohesion in the Liberal Party Group of the European Parliament in EP8 and EP9

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Thea Erlandsson; [2023]
    Keywords : European Parliament; roll call-votes; Alliance of Liberals and Democrats; Renew Europe; ideological heterogeneity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Voting cohesion in the European Parliament is a thoroughly studied field, however a deep dive into the kingmaker of coalition building, the liberal party group, has yet to be done. This thesis attempts to illustrate how voting cohesion varies within the Alliance of Liberals & Democrats and Renew Europe respectively, and what factors can explain variation in cohesion. READ MORE

  3. 2. SOCIAL IDENTITIES, VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND DEFECTION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT A quantitative study of plenary roll-call votes during the Common Agricultural Policy reform (2020-2021)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frédéric Daudon; [2022-09-26]
    Keywords : European Parliament; voting behaviour; defection; agricultural policy; Social Identity Theory SIT ; outside earnings; moonlighting;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it investigates analytically whether social identities and financial interests influenced voting behaviour during the reform of the CAP, precisely the percentage of defection of MEPs towards their respective EPGs. Second, it questions the empirical fit of SIPP theory with dissenting voting behaviour. READ MORE

  4. 3. What makes nonviolent resistance movements successful?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marie Castellote; [2022]
    Keywords : nonviolence; resistance; movements; success; development;

    Abstract : Abstract Social uprisings that attempt to achieve social change through nonviolentmethods are not a new phenomenon, but researchers have so far not beenable to determine the factors that lead to their success. This study engages inthat debate by looking at three ongoing cases of nonviolent resistancemovements, in Sudan, Myanmar, and Lebanon, and applying the lens ofErica Chenoweth’s framework, as that is the most recent work on the topic. READ MORE

  5. 4. Disengagement, Defection, Abandonment - Why? : A qualitative case study on reasons of disengagement from the Fridays For Future Movement in Västerås, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Corinne Lejdström; [2022]
    Keywords : Disengagement; Fridays For Future; Biographical unavailability; Collective inefficacy; Hopelessness; Psychological pressure;

    Abstract : This study explores a little researched question by the scholars of social movements - why activists disengage before the movement’s goals have been attained. Based on interviews with former and current activists of the Fridays For Future movement in Västerås, this study argues that disengagement occurs due to four reasons, either combined or separately. READ MORE

  6. 5. Peace on Whose Terms? : A Goal Approach to Conflict Resolution

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Sebastian Raattamaa; [2022]
    Keywords : Conflict Resolution; Negotiations; Settlement; Issues;

    Abstract : Contemporary peace and conflict research has come to discount the potential effects of the goals rebels pursue in both conflict and negotiation. Rather than probing the issues parties fight over, research has focused on the conditions surrounding conflict settlement as an explanation for why parties decide to either defect or comply. READ MORE