Essays about: "electoral institutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words electoral institutions.

  1. 1. Explaining Gender-Based Political Funding: A quantitative cross-national analysis of the impact of electoral, political, and cultural factors on political funding

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saba Muneer; [2024]
    Keywords : gender targeted public funding; gender quotas; cross national; gender and politics; political; electoral; cultural; regression analysis;

    Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is gendered public funding – which has been adopted in more than 30 countries worldwide yet remains understudied in the literature on gender and politics. READ MORE

  3. 2. How are Cybersecurity Threats, in the Form of Disinformation Campaigns, Reflected on the Security Measures They Inspire? : A Case Study of the Responses to Russian Election Meddling in Mexico, Brazil and Spain

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Ailyn Christiansen; [2023]
    Keywords : disinformation campaigns; Russian election meddling; electoral security;

    Abstract : The contemporary topic and fear of information attacks making their way and altering the course of democratic elections is a common one for many nations at current times. New technologies, cyberspace, and the increasing risk of hybrid warfare, as well as the little and vague regulation present to manage these, pose an intimidating threat to nations trying to uphold their liberal democratic values; and the nations taking advantage of this new-found form of influence are well aware of this. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental performance and electoral institutions : What implications do election-design have for the environmental impact of democratic states?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rasmus Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental performance; electoral institutions; democracy;

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  5. 4. Crisis of representation and the opportunity for change: A case study of women’s representation in Chile between 2015-2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Lundholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Chile; constitution; women’s representation; gender quotas; institutional trust.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a descriptive case study of the institutional measures to improve women’s representation in Chile between 2015 and 2022. Women in Chile have historically been underrepresented because of two institutions introduced by former dictator Pinochet: the 1980 constitution and the binomial electoral system. READ MORE

  6. 5. HOW DEMOCRACY BACKSLIDES. Tracing the Pathway in Turkey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zekeriya Alperen Bedirhan; [2022-06-17]
    Keywords : democratic backsliding; politicization; clientelism; patronage system; reform avoidance; authoritarian legacy;

    Abstract : Democratic backsliding is a gradual process that negatively affects the countries in terms of democracy. The different levels of democracies can face a number of challenges as a result of democratic backsliding and this is due to various factors. For this thesis, the main aim is to find the variables which affect the Turkish case. READ MORE