Essays about: "voting behaviour"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words voting behaviour.
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1. 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 institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. FROM SWEDEN, 12 POINTS AND 55.27 % TURNOUT TO THE EU. Attitudes towards the European Union and the electoral turnout in the Swedish elections for the European parliament 2019
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates if attitudes and extreme attitudes towards the European Union and on the left–right ideology scale affect the electoral turnout in the European parliament elections among Swedish citizens. Previous research lifts the importance of citizens' perceptions and attitudes towards the EU as one explanation of many for the low turnout in these elections. READ MORE
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3. Spatial Patterns for Potential Climate Voting
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The need to curb global warming is evident, and efficient climate policies are essential. But within the democratic context, public support for climate politics is needed to implement mitigation efforts. READ MORE
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4. Political Information & Ethnic Voting : A study on the impact of political information on ethnic voting behavior in Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Does political information lower the incidence of ethnic voting in Africa? Even though a significant amount of research has been dedicated to African ethnic voting behaviour,not much capacity has been dedicated to studying the function of ethnic cues as informational shortcuts. Considering voters use cognitive shortcuts like party affiliations or ideology when making decisions, it is also plausible that voters in elections characterized by ethnic voting use demographic cues in lieu of more comprehensive information. READ MORE
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5. Minilateral cooperation as a determinant of parliamentary behaviour : A study of debate and voting cohesion within the Visegrad Group during the Eighth European Parliament
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates minilateral partnerships, also referred to as regional cooperations, with the purpose of identifying whether these types of partnerships may be perceived as cohesive political grouping in the EP and if such cooperations influence the way in which MEPs debate and vote. The study uses a combined qualitative and quantitative method to study the behaviour of MEPs from the Visegrad Group when debating and voting on migration and asylum policy, during the Eight European Parliament. READ MORE
