Essays about: "the cartel party thesis"

Found 2 essays containing the words the cartel party thesis.

1. 1. Is EU policy taken out of competition? – A newspaper analysis of government-opposition conflict in Swedish EU politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hassan El-Saghir; [2023]
   Keywords : opposition; EU policy; representative democracy; the cartel party thesis; policy alternatives; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the level of conict in the media between the government and the opposition at dierent time periods, and specically regarding EU policies. Opposition towards policy is a crucial ingredient in democratic systems of government that do not only allow the people to send dierent personalities to represent them in government, but rather dierent policy agendas that are, in the end, implemented in their name. READ MORE

3. 2. Competitive, Accommodative or Neither? : An Examination of two Swedish Parties Competitiveness while in Opposition and Support Party Status

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Nathalie Gunnarsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Party competition; minority situation; minority government; support party; opposition party; cartel party thesis; model of classic opposition; Sweden.; Partikonflikt; minoritetssituation; minoritetsregering; stödparti; oppositionsparti; kartellpartiteorin; Sverige.;

   Abstract : This research aims to contribute to the knowledge gap about opposition and support parties’ competitive behaviour in minority situations where no party have a majority in the parliament. Two Swedish parties - the Centre Party and the Left Party - will be examined to answer the two overarching research questions. READ MORE