Essays about: "Competitive Authoritarianism"

Found 5 essays containing the words Competitive Authoritarianism.

1. 1. The Persistence of Support for the Ruling Party in Singapore: A Study of Competitive Authoritarianism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elliot Borgstrand; [2023]
   Keywords : Singapore; Competitive Authoritarianism; Authoritarian Tools; Democracy; Civil Rights; Co-optation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the reasons behind the continuation of legitimisation for the ruling party in Singapore, despite its undemocratic practices. The main hypothesis is that the ruling party has effectively utilised competitive authoritarianism, which involves the use of manipulation and repression to maintain control over the public and convince or pressure them to vote for the party. READ MORE

3. 2. Democratic Backsliding in Czech Republic and Hungary:A comparative case study of the democratic backslide in Czech Republic and Hungary

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hareng Omar; [2022]
   Keywords : Democratic backslide; Democracy; Competitive Authoritarianism; Institutions; Czech Republic; Hungary; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The enlargement of the EU towards the CEE pointed and leaned towards democratization. Two of the countries that were on the path of democratization was the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, as time has gone by Czech Republic and Hungary that once were on the path of democratization has now suffered a Democratic Backslide. READ MORE

4. 3. The Meeting of Cultures : Effective Leadership in Multicultural Organisations

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Simon Haile; Ebrima Jabang; [2019]
   Keywords : Leadership; Culture; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sweden; SME; GLOBE; Adaptation; Transformation;

   Abstract : Globalisation has simplified the internationalisation process for companies, and are today not only constrained to multinational companies, as SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are entering global markets in order to attain a sustainable competitive advantage. As a result, more Swedish SMEs are now operating abroad, and SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) is a region that has shown great potential. READ MORE

5. 4. Democratization and Structured Contingency in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: A Nested Investigation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Steffen Ovdal; [2008]
   Keywords : competitive authoritarianism; nested research design; structured contingency; opposition mobilization; diffusion effects; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim with this study is to empirically investigate explanations behind different levels of democracy in a competitive authoritarian setting. My theoretical perspective is based on a structured contingency approach, since I argue that the common dichotomy between structural and actor-oriented causes behind democratization is unfruitful. READ MORE

6. 5. Getting Along: The Case for Regional Economic Integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Wilhelm Löwenhielm; [2006]
   Keywords : Commonwealth of Independent States; Economic integration; Central Asia; Transcaucasia; multilateralism;

   Abstract : From the ruins of the collapsed Soviet empire emerged 15 new independent countries. The communist command economy had integrated the Soviet territory closely in terms of production and transportation networks, which were effectively dissolved in the early 1990s. READ MORE