Essays about: "Democratic deficit"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 58 essays containing the words Democratic deficit.

  1. 26. A matter of democracy: EU soft law in the education area - A study on how Sweden relates and refers to the European Union in the policy field of higher education

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Quintans; [2015-12-01]
    Keywords : Democratic deficit; Education policy; Europeanization; Soft law; Sweden;

    Abstract : The aim of this master thesis is to shed light on some of the democratic implications of Europeanization through soft law in the education area. The central question is how the national level, in its higher education policy, relates and refers to the EU, and how this can be understood and problematized from a democratic point of view. READ MORE

  3. 27. Do-It-Yourself Helium Balloon Aerial Photography : developing a method in an agroforestry plantation, Lao PDR

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sofia Valentin; [2015]
    Keywords : DIY; aerial photography; remote sensing; balloon; Helium; small format aerial photography; SFPA; Laos; Field of View; FOV; Ground Control Points; GCP; UAS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Syftet med studien har varit att utveckla en metod för flygfotografering som är lätt att använda, relativt billig och ger tillräckligt högupplösta bilder för att urskilja individuella trädkronor. Flygbilder har blivit ett värdefullt verktyg för skogsförvaltning genom tiderna på grund av den fördelaktiga vyn och möjligheterna att erhålla uppdaterad information. READ MORE

  4. 28. Civil Society Participation in Global Governance. A Road to Empowerment?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mario Zetino Hernandez; [2015]
    Keywords : Gramsci; Global Governance; Civil Society; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Whether it is global warming or financial crisis, more and more challenges we face today are increasingly of a global or transnational character. As global governance increasingly has been perceived as having a democratic deficit however, increased forms of participation by non-state actors in global governance processes has attracted scholarly attention. READ MORE

  5. 29. Consociational democracy as a tool for conflict resolution in plural societies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sayran Eliassi Sarzali; [2014]
    Keywords : Islamists; Seculars; Kurds; Consociationalism; Power-sharing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The fragmentation of the Turkish society into religious, ethnic and ideological cleavages, as a result of a series of historical events, has led to armed conflicts and a series of military coups, claiming the life of thousands throughout history. Suffering from a democratic deficit, the Turkish state has repeatedly failed to create a system of democratic institutions that accommodates the interests and demands, of the diverse groups of the Turkish society. READ MORE

  6. 30. Governing through freedom and control: A Foucauldian reading of citizenship and rights in EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kypros Savva; [2014]
    Keywords : citizenship; European Union; Foucault; governmentality; liberalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : More than ever before the European integration project reached a point of political and economic crisis that cannot be dismissed. The main academic and political solutions presented for the crisis is to refocus on European citizens, enhance their rights and make them part of the system, a move considered to be a response to democratic deficit. READ MORE