Essays about: "Democracy definition"

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1. 1. What are the odds of civil war? Investigating the relationship between quality of government, voter turnout, civil war, and the Democratic peace theory

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Salome Nordberg; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : Quality of government; civil war; voter turnout; democratic peace theory; logistic regression;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to quantitatively investigate the relationship between the quality of government, voter turnout, and civil war. By doing a hypothesistesting analysis through logistic regression. READ MORE

3. 2. Identity Construction in Populist Rhetoric : A discourse analysis on speeches made by Orbán between 2014 and 2023

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Linnea Dahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Populism; Discourse; Hungary; Orbán;

   Abstract : There is no secret that Hungary is one of the many countries in Europe where right wing populism have taken hold. Fidesz, the leading party, with Victor Orbán as party leader got a majority vote in 2010 and have not let up their power since. Populism, as disputed as the concept is, have certain core parts that most scholars can agree on. READ MORE

4. 3. Electoral Political Participation at the Core of Democracy: A Human Rights-Based Study of the Swedish Electoral System

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Wikström Avaria; [2023]
   Keywords : Public international law; constitutional law; democracy; political participation; Human Rights Law; folkrätt; statsrätt; demokrati; politiskt deltagande; Mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate how the democratic form of government is maintained and protected in the Swedish legal system, as well as what kinds of risks the legal system poses to the maintenance of democracy in Sweden. Recent reports from NGOs show that the world, and Europe, are going through a trend of democratic backsliding. READ MORE

5. 4. Concepts of democracy and human rights in abortion debate : Theme analysis of the abortion discourse in Poland

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Zuzanna Houjeiri; [2023]
   Keywords : democracy; human rights; abortion; Poland; discourse analysis; theme analysis;

   Abstract : Democracy and human rights are concepts whose definition depends on contextual cues. The paper analyzes what themes related to those concepts can be found in the context of abortion discourse in Poland in the years 2020-2023 and how they define or redefine these ideas, especially in the context of democratic regression. READ MORE

6. 5. Exercising freedom of speech: A cultural analysis of the Dawit Isaak Library

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Livia Skåve; [2023]
   Keywords : freedom of speech; free speech; artistic freedom; banned books; the Dawit Isaak Library; library selection; field theory; democracy; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how freedom of speech is implemented in a Swedish library context, by examining what actions and practices the concept is translated into at the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö, a library focused on freedom of speech and banned literature that opened at Malmö City Archive in 2020. The aim of the study is to illuminate and clarify discrepancies between the theoretical definition and the physical performance of freedom of speech, and it investigates the dilemmas that may arise there. READ MORE