Essays about: "ethnic quotas"

Found 2 essays containing the words ethnic quotas.

1. 1. Who Gets Selected? : A quantitative analysis exploring the effect of ideology and electoral vulnerability on the ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hannah Gisgård; [2018]
   Keywords : representation; quotas; gender equality; intersectionality; ethnic minority women; electoral ballots; electoral vulnerability; complementarity advantage;

   Abstract : This quantitative study aims to investigate the mechanisms for ballot placement of underrepresented groups by examining how ideology and electoral vulnerability affect the ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates in the case of the election to the Swedish Riksdag in 2018. Four hypotheses for the relationship are set: that the Red-Greenswillputethnicminoritywomencandidates higherupontheirballots;that the Alliance will put ethnic minority women candidates higher up on their ballots; that electoral vulnerability will have a stronger effect on the Red-Greens’ ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates; that electoral vulnerability will have the same or no effect on the Red-Greens’ and the Alliance’s ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates. READ MORE

3. 2. Fighting Corruption: A Cross-National Study on the Effect of Reserved Legislative Seats for Ethnic Groups on Corruption

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ludvig Stendahl; [2016]
   Keywords : corruption; reserved seats; national legislature; quotas; minorities; ethnic groups; representation; power-sharing; governance;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between reserved seats for ethnic groups in national legislatures and corruption. In 2008, over 30 countries were reserving seats for ethnic groups in their national legislature. READ MORE