Essays about: "Clara Popenoe Thor"

Found 1 essay containing the words Clara Popenoe Thor.

  1. 1. The middle class and its importance for democracy: A European study of the middle class, decreasing democracy and rising extremism surrounding the financial crisis of 2008-2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Nerman; Clara Popenoe Thor; [2021]
    Keywords : Middle class; democracy; EU; extremism; Francis Fukuyama; Seymour Martin Lipset; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : By testing theories from the likes of Seymour Martin Lipset and Francis Fukuyama, this thesis aims to illuminate the correlations between the size of a nation’s middle class and the stability and rigor of its democracy. Using quantitative data on democracy and middle class size in the time surrounding the financial crisis of 2008-2010, this thesis illustrates the parallel declines in both democracy and middle class size in Europe. READ MORE