Essays about: "Democracy Assistance"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 36 essays containing the words Democracy Assistance.
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26. “A friend in need is a real friendindeed” : A study about the Sveriges Radio Media Development Office (SR MDO) and the perception of a post-colonial impact
University essay from Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Free Media is an essential part of democracy, a goal Sveriges Radio’s Development Program is aiming for. Existing since 1996 based on tax-financing, it offers its long experiences of public broadcasting and its ideal of serving democracy to other countries. READ MORE
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27. Aid, Democracy, and the Magic Wand of Accountability
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Two trends can be identified within the current development assistance discourse: the pursuit of aid effectiveness, and the support for democratic development, both of which emphasize the importance of accountability. By adopting a critical approach to the ‘buzzword’ accountability, this study explores how a number of bilateral donors conceptualize and understand the notion of accountability in the two contexts of the aid effectiveness paradigm and democracy assistance. READ MORE
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28. “A friend in need is a real friend indeed.” : A study about the Sveriges Radio Media Development Office (SR MDO) and the perception of a post-colonial impact
University essay from Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Free Media is an essential part of democracy, a goal Sveriges Radio’s Development Program is aiming for. Existing since 1996 based on tax-financing, it offers its long experiences of public broadcasting and its ideal of serving democracy to other countries. READ MORE
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29. Civil society and election monitoring as factors of the new political process in Russia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The present thesis studies the monitoring of the 2012 Russian presidential elections and explores theoretical and empirical questions of the influence of domestic and international actors on the election process. The study of the election observation is one of the topics of the very large field of study on democratization and, more specifically, democracy-promotion and assistance; therefore in my research I am trying to answer the following questions: What were the possibilities and limitations for election observers in the Russian presidential election 2012? Were they different for domestic and international observers? In my research I am particularly interested in whether domestic actors, in the form of election observers, can increase the accuracy of information about elections and therefore increase the incentives for governments to hold clean elections (Hyde & Marinov 2012). READ MORE
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30. Inflexible to Flexible Diplomacy in Taiwan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Taiwan is in many ways an excellent example of how an authoritarian country can overcome much of the associated difficulties of successfully transitioning into a healthy and well-functioning democracy. In spite of this undisputed fact, Taiwan can only be characterized as a diplomatic orphan, an outcast, shunned by the international community because of events dating back to before World War II and the fact that two regimes have for various intents and purposes claimed to represent the one true China. READ MORE
